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- 70VarietyJoe LeydonVarietyJoe LeydonA surprisingly effective teen-skewing thriller that soft-pedals graphic violence (in marked contrast to the R-rated 1980 original) while generating a fair degree of suspense.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghFormulaic to the core, this reworking of the fondly remembered high-school slasher picture works surprisingly well on its own terms.
- 40The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenWithout the gore, this old school slasher rehash is one anemic bore.
- This is as listless, mindless and utterly useless a piece of corporate brain-clog as one is likely to come across for quite some time.
- 25ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDespite having the same title and a similar premise to a 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis flick (kids getting slaughtered on prom night), this is NOT a remake. In fact, it really doesn't have much of a plot. It's basically "The O.C." with a body count.
- 20L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonMcCormick and screenwriter J.S. Cardone don’t have one original thought between them, but they do appear to share an obsession with characters opening hotel-room closets in which the steel hangers gleam ominously.
- 20The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe movie offers less gore than the average Band-Aid commercial and fewer scares than the elimination episodes of "Dancing With the Stars."
- 16The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasThere's really nothing much to Prom Night: No twists, no atmosphere, no big Grand Guignol setpieces, not a single moment when it tries to do something novel with the event, the killings, the villain, or the victims. It's a little like going on a tour of the slaughterhouse, where death is meted out with mechanical regularity, but visitors are kept at a safe, PG-13 distance from all the butchering.
- 12Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisWhen Jamie Lee Curtis ran from a killer in 1980's "Prom Night," she was 22 and had a unique gift for belting out fear. She was the Beverly Sills of slasher flicks. That "Prom Night" was dumb, but it wasn't insulting in the way this remake is.
- 0The Globe and Mail (Toronto)The Globe and Mail (Toronto)A bland, timid and thoroughly un-thrilling teen thriller.