A
group of kids play a game at an abandoned
school. They play a game similar to hide
& seek. One girl goes into the
abandoned school and she seems to be the
victim of their game and falls out of a
window and dies. They all keep it a
secret but someone outside of the school
witnessed the murder.
Six years later they are getting ready
for their senior prom dance and a strange
caller calls all of them and crosses out
their name after he calls each and every
one of them. They gets pictures of
themselves stuffed in their lockers with
a shard of glass stabbed in the pic. Some
suspect that it's the strange janitor
that eyes the girls that walks past him.
Then it is prom night and a killer in a
ski mask with an axe starts hacking the
people away that are responsible for the
little girls death 6 years ago.
Ahh yes, those
were the days when there was disco
dancing, roller skating as well as Atari
and Colecovision video games.
Although this film is cheesy nonetheless
it is still well done and reigned as a
cult classic. It influenced many other
cheesy teenage slasher films during the
same era like Graduation Day,
Hell Night and Happy
Birthday to Me.
I loved the disco dancing sequences plus
this film inspired two other flicks in
the late 90's titled Scream and
I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Followed by 3 more sequels that beared no
relationship to this one which was an
awful shame as they weren't that great
like this one but again this film had a
beginning and an end so there couldn't be
a continuation. Anyhow why should there
be as this movie stands out perfectly as
is.
The acting is
cheesy and a little off but I wouldn't
change it at all since it suits the film
itself. Leslie Nielsen played a
terrific loving father and school
principal with a perfect strict and
serious attitude.
Jamie Lee Curtis was at the top of
her scream queen famedom due to this film
as she struts her stuff well like she
always does as one of the triplets and
can play a great popular teenager
perfectly.
Casey Stevens really knew his part
as the funny and outgoing one in the film
as he will always be findly remembered
for his role in this film and really
standing out well.
Anne-Marie
Martin looked terrifically beautiful
and stunning as the rich bitch which she
was perfect at doing in this film. One of
the best cast members in the film.
Michael Tough was good as the other
triplet with his quiet attitude and
innocent behavior. He had that perfect
boy next door type of look to him.
David Mucci lived to play a punk in
this film showing a great nasty attitude
to his part as his role almost reminded
me of John Travolta's role in Carrie.
Mary Beth Rubens had that right shy
girl outsider type of appeal to her
although her part was a little different
which she's passable at doing.
Joy Thompson had the best 80's curly
hairstyle to her role and really knew how
to act outgoing in this film.
Antoinette Bower had the nice
supporting role in the film as the basket
case mother as she came across nicely by
doing so.
Very brief nudity
performed by Mary Beth Rubens
who takes a shower but you could barely
see her. There's another scene where she
is making out with her boyfriend but it
is dark but you can see a bit of her
breast.
Pita Oliver moons someone by
exposing her butt.
Just some bloody
stabbings but there is a very gory scene
when a bully's head is chopped off and
shown.
The directing is
uneven but Paul Lynch seems to
show many dark moments throughout this
film.
We have great shots in an abandoned
school with kids playing a sort of hide
and seek game with them running and
hiding.
Nice look at them pushing supporting
child actress Tammy Bourne which
looked disturbing to do to a poor child
looking like a real bullying act.
There's a good camera shot up on other
supporting child actors Brock Simpson,
Karen Forbes and Joyce Kite
screaming KILL towards Bourne as
well as a good shot on her backing up and
trying to get a way.
A nice reaction on Antoinette
Bower breaking down and crying with Leslie
Nielsen embracing her.
We spot a perfect present day shot at a
graveyard mainly focused on Jamie Lee
Curtis and Michael Tough
placing some flowers on a tombstone.
A good dark shot on a phone cord leading
up to a phone with a hand dialing a
number as well as a nice effective growly
whisper on the phone along with a shot on
a pencil hitting a notepad.
There's a real effective response on Anne-Marie
Martin with the prank call telling
the caller to get lost.
We have a nice effect on supporting actor
David Mucci smoking a cigarette in a
highschool hallway and trying to approach
Curtis and her friends when they
try to avoid him.
A good sharp and prickly reaction on Martin
towards Curtis in a gymnasium
telling her after the prom it's all over
trying to make her feel bad about her new
boyfriend.
A nice struggle between Curtis
when Mucci tries to grab her in
a cafeteria wearing a ski mask along with
nice blocking between Michael Tough
and Mucci fighting.
A good sharp reaction on Nielsen
towards Mucci in his office by
suspending him along with a good serious
and disturbed expression by Tough.
Mucci does well by pointing at
him with a vicious expression on his face
telling him he will see him later.
There's a nice setting between Casey
Stevens and Curtis walking
on top of a cliff near an ocean having a
nice romantic discussion as well as Stevens
trying to force out his words too
hesitant to tell her what happened to her
sister during the game he played at that
abandoned school.
We spot a real funny dialogue with a prom
queen and king rehearsal that involved
supporting actress Sylvia Martin as
a teacher instructing as well as Curtis
and Stevens practicing along
with Tough rehearsing with the
crowns and Stevens getting
sarcastic about the kissing which offers
a few chuckles.
A nice moment with Bower acting
nervous and like a basket case towards
Curtis when they all prepare for the
prom.
There's a great setting with the disco
dancing floor in the gymnasium with
people dancing.
A good dialogue between Curtis and
Nielsen dancing together at the
prom as daughter and father.
A dynamic disco dancing performance by Curtis
and Stevens together and totally
showing their stuff.
A nice shot on Mucci and
Martin dancing together.
A nice making out moment between Joy
Thompson and supporting actor Sheldon
Rybowski in the van and outside with
a camera shot on the killer watching.
There's a perfect slasher timing with Thompson
lying down in the van with the door
opening and the masked killer constantly
stabbing her.
There's great fast paced panicking shots
on Rybowski driving in his van
with the killers hands grabbing him along
with a perfect shot on the van falling
off a cliff and exploding.
Many good dark shots on Martin
running away in the hall and the killer
standing holding his axe and chasing her.
We spot a nice shot on Martin
standing beside a corner crying and
trying to hide away from the killer. Many
good shots on the axe coming down and
crashing into things.
Nice light and static effects as well as
good shots on the extras at the prom
screaming after spotting a decapitated
head and running out of the gymnasium.
A great struggling moment that involved
Stevens in the gymnasium trying to
protect himself from the killer and
Curtis trying to do something about it.
Great close up shots on Curtis when she
discovers who the killer is along with a
nice close up shot on the killer in his
ski mask.
Lynch directed the ending perfectly that
involved Curtis and Tough
but I won't get into it as that would be
a spolier as it was very sad and can make
you cry.
The music was composed by Carl
Zittrer. It's cheesy violin
sounding. Kinda like Friday the
13th like but a little uneven.
However, the songtracks are excellent.
We get alot of disco tunes at the prom
dance all composed by Paul Zaza
(One of them they borrowed the beat
heavily from Gloria Gaynor's
"I Will Survive").
There is another track titled "Fade
to Black" by Glorene Simpson along
with two other tracks titled "All is
Gone" and a nice ballad during the
closing credits titled
"Forever" both by Blue
Bazaar.
Young
Nick: [after Robin falls out the
window and dies] We've got to get
somebody, quick.
Young Wendy: Are you crazy?
They'll put us in jail. If we tell
anybody they'll say it's our fault. Who
would believe it was an accident?
Young Nick: But what if...
Young Wendy: Listen to me, we'll
go home now and never ever tell anyone.
No one but us will ever know. Jude,
swear?
Young Jude: I swear.
Young Wendy: Kelly? Kelly!
Young Kelly: I don't want to go to
jail!
Young Wendy: Swear?
Young Kelly: I swear.
Young Wendy: Nick? Nick!
Young Nick: I won't tell anyone.
Young Wendy: Good, let's go.
Lou:
Now I know why Kim won't go out with
me... She likes girls
Kim: Better than kissing an
ashtray
Kim
Hammond: You seem a little anxious,
Wendy. By the way, who are going with
tonight?
Wendy Richards: It's not who you
go with, honey. It's who takes you home.
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