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Prom Night (1980)

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Released in 1980, Prom Night opens with an unfortunate death of a child, caused by a group of kids playing a variation of hide-and-seek in an abandoned building teasing a girl, leading her to fall from a window. The kids never told anyone what happened and the little girl's death was blamed on Leonard Murch, a psychopathic sex fiend who is caught shortly after.Several years later, students of Hamilton High are preparing for prom. But unbeknownst to them, a masked killer looking for revenge has invited himself to it.The film features Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen in starring roles, and has since become a cult classic, especially among slasher fans, even inspiring some elements of Scream (1996). It is also remembered for its disco soundtrack, which is sought out by collectors. It was also popular enough to receive three In Name Only sequels; Hello Mary-Lou: Prom Night II (1987), Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990) and Prom Night IV: Deliver Us From Evil (1992). A loose remake was also released in 2008.
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Half-Identical Twins
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Half-Identical Twins: Twins Alex and Robin Hammond are introduced wearing similar blue and white striped shirts and dark slacks, with the main difference being the curls on Alex's head.
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Blind Without 'Em
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Blind Without 'Em: When Jude comments about the amount of the stars in the night sky to Slick, he replies that he guessed about it, as he sees poorly without his glasses.
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Where It All Began
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Where It All Began: The film's end credits play over a shot of the abandoned building where Robin was killed.
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Villain Team-Up
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Villain Team-Up: Alpha Bitch Wendy and Barbaric Bully Lou team for the prom to get revenge on Kim and Nick.
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Terrible Trio
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Terrible Trio: School bully Lou is accompanied by two cronies, both of whom distract Alex during the lunch brawl and later assist Lou when he attacks Nick and takes his place during the prom king and queen ceremony.
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Daddy's Girl
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Daddy's Girl: Kim.
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Villain Song
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Villain Song: The end credits song "Fade to Black." Listen closely to the lyrics.
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In the Back
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In the Back: Lou takes Alex down in the cafeteria brawl with a punch to the kidneys.
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Papa Wolf
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Papa Wolf: Once Mr. Hammond hears that Lou was sexually harassing Kim, he doesn't waste any time suspending him indefinitely.
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Reveal Shot
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Reveal Shot: As Kim unmasks the dying killer at the end of the film, the shot of Robin lying dead six years ago is shown again, but when the killer's shadow falls over her corpse, the camera in the flashback moves upward to reveal Alex: he was the one who found her that day and has been killing the perpetrators.
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Oral Fixation
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Oral Fixation: Lou is constantly chewing gum.
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Failed a Spot Check
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Failed a Spot Check: As Drew leaves the locker room, he apparently didn't notice the masked killer sneaking in behind him to cut Kelly's throat.
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Alpha Bitch
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Alpha Bitch: Wendy was this right from childhood as she manipulated a group of other kids to keep the accidental death of Robin a secret. She grows up to be a very straight example of this, as she's openly jealous of Kim being voted Prom Queen and taking her boyfriend Nick. She then attempts to win her man back and sabotage the prom.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Chekhov's Gun: Lou's ski mask that Principal Hammond throws into a garbage bin later appears worn by the killer.
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In Medias Res
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In Medias Res: An example that doesn't become apparent until The Reveal, but after Alex is seen at the school, the phone calls are made to each of the targets. Then he tears their yearbook photos out and makes more threats.
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Cute Bookworm
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Cute Bookworm: Jude.
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Shag Wagon
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Shag Wagon: Slick's van, where he gets hot and heavy with Jude before the killer interrupts them, causing Slick to try to run him over.
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Death of a Child
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Death of a Child: The film opens with the accidental death of Robin Hammond at the hands of her classmates.
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Extremely Short Timespan
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Extremely Short Timespan: The film takes place over the course of two days that are six years apart.
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Crusty Caretaker
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The weird Mr. Sykes is rumored to be a Peeping Tom who spies on the female students in the gym lockers. There is also a scene in which Mr. Sykes cleans up the broken glass, which the killer sent to each of the victims.
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Once is Not Enough
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Once is Not Enough: Wendy makes a run out of the auto shop and knocks out the killer with a broom in the process, and keeps going when he falls to the floor in pain.
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Little "No"
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Little "No": Kim lets out one when she realizes that the killer is her brother Alex.
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Girlish Pigtails
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Girlish Pigtails: Kelly has her hair in ponytails in the gym class and locker room scenes.
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Glass Cannon
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Glass Cannon: Alex can deck a person with a single punch and toss a grown man several feet, but a similar blow is enough to floor him, as shown in the cafeteria fight with Lou's cronies when Lou punches him in the back.
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Even Evil Has Standards
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Even Evil Has Standards: Wendy tells Lou she doesn't want their prank to ruin the prom crowning to seriously hurt anyone.
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Angsty Surviving Twin
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Angsty Surviving Twin: Alex, whose anger over his twin Robin's death drives him to commit five murders over a single night.
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Everyone Is a Suspect
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Everyone Is a Suspect: The killer was introduced via a shadow standing over Robin Hammond's body, so someone found the body and knows who killed her, but who? Given the nature of the crime and the coverup, anybody could be the killer from grieving relatives, vigilantes disgusted by the crime, or the resident sex offender who was framed for the crime (and murdered somebody else during the film).
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Destination Defenestration
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Destination Defenestration: Robin dies as she accidentally falls through a window in the opening.
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Impromptu Tracheotomy
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Impromptu Tracheotomy: Robin was killed by glass shards entering her throat. The killer stabs Jude in the throat.
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Unnamed Parent
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Unnamed Parent: Kim and Alex's parents Mr. and Mrs. Hammond are never given first names.
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Murder by Mistake
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Murder by Mistake: The slasher accidentally beheads Lou instead of Nick because Lou is standing in the darkness backstage wearing Nick's Prom King crown.
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Actor Allusion
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Actor Allusion: This wasn't the first Slasher Film starring Jamie Lee Curtis that involved an escaped homicidal maniac. In this film though, said homicidal maniac turns out to be a Red Herring.
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Misplaced Accent
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Misplaced Accent: Apparently, people from suburban Ohio sound exactly like Canadians.
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Every Car Is a Pinto
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Every Car Is a Pinto: Slick's van explodes immediately after it rides over the edge of the bluffs.
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Cradling Your Kill
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Cradling Your Kill: Kim holds Alex in her arms after striking him down.
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Virgin in a White Dress
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Virgin in a White Dress: Kelly wears a white dress to the prom and intended to have sex with her boyfriend only to get cold feet.
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Improvised Weapon
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Improvised Weapon: The killer breaks a mirror in the girls' changing room, and uses one of its shards to kill Kelly and Jude.
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Downer Ending
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Downer Ending: All but one of the secret keepers die, the surviving target's secret is exposed, destroying his reputation, and the killer gets an Alas, Poor Villain sendoff as he dies in his sister's arms while sobbing about his other sister's death and the injustice of her killers covering it up. Not to mention the prom is completely ruined.
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Making Love in All the Wrong Places
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Making Love in All the Wrong Places: Jude and Slick go to have sex on the edge of the bluffs, but are spooked by the killer, so they return to Slick's van.
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Sex Signals Death
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Sex Signals Death: Averted with Kelly, who is killed just after she chickens out on going through with the deed with her boyfriend Drew. Played straight with Jude and Slick, whose first time turns out to be their last.
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Bookends
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Book Ends: The film begins and ends with the death of one of the Hammond siblings.
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Book Safe
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Book Safe: Slick keeps his joints in a hollowed history book.
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Flashback
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Flashback: The Harassing Phone Call scene where the killer calls each target is accompanied by a flashback to an image of each child the day Robin died, to remind the audience which one is being called.
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Troubled Backstory Flashback
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Troubled Backstory Flashback: Used to set up The Reveal. In the final scene, Robin's death plays through the killer's mind. However instead of the scene ending with a shadow standing over Robin's corpse, the camera instead pans upward to reveal Alex as the person who found Robin and exacted revenge.
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Prom Wrecker
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Prom Wrecker: Being a Slasher Movie in which a masked killer hacks up teenagers at their senior prom, this trope is naturally at play.
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Police Are Useless
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Police Are Useless: Lt. McBride is present at the prom obsessing over the wrong suspect while the real killer is offing prom attenders practically under his nose.
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RedemptionEqualsLife
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Redemption Equals Life: Nick, the only one of Robin's tormentors who seems to feel any guilt about her death is the only one who survives the film.
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Man on Fire
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Man on Fire: Leonard Murch in McBride's flashbacks is shown leaving his crashed and flaming car while on fire.
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Lonely Piano Piece
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Lonely Piano Piece: The film closes with a melancholy piano line as Kim cradles Alex as he dies from his wounds.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_60f567f1
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_60f567f1
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_60f567f1
 Prom Night (1980) / int_644eca71
type
Rich Bitch
 Prom Night (1980) / int_644eca71
comment
Rich Bitch: Wendy, as evident by the huge house she lives in, her nice car and offhand remarks of buying things.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_644eca71
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_644eca71
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_644eca71
 Prom Night (1980) / int_648fe274
type
But for Me, It Was Tuesday
 Prom Night (1980) / int_648fe274
comment
But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Combined with Angst? What Angst?, detailed in the YMMV page for this film. Of the four kids who killed Robin, only Nick seems to show any remorse over her death or recollection of the event, leaving them completely blindsided during the third act when they start getting bumped off.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_648fe274
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_648fe274
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_648fe274
 Prom Night (1980) / int_65bc92fc
type
Four-Temperament Ensemble
 Prom Night (1980) / int_65bc92fc
comment
Four-Temperament Ensemble: The four targets: bubbly Cute Bookworm Jude (sanguine), domineering Alpha Bitch Wendy (choleric), jumpy and nervous Kelly (melancholic) and level-headed and reflective Nick (phlegmatic).
 Prom Night (1980) / int_65bc92fc
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_65bc92fc
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_65bc92fc
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6b2b3b59
type
The Reveal
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6b2b3b59
comment
The Reveal: The killer is Kim's brother Alex, who sought to avenge their sister's death by killing those responsible.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6b2b3b59
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6b2b3b59
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_6b2b3b59
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6db06839
type
The Stoner
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6db06839
comment
The Stoner: Slick. He may not have the looks, but he makes up for it with weed.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6db06839
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6db06839
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_6db06839
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6ee10e0
type
My Greatest Failure
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6ee10e0
comment
My Greatest Failure: Nick is racked with guilt over his role in Robin's death six years earlier.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6ee10e0
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_6ee10e0
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_6ee10e0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_72791cc
type
Broomstick Quarterstaff
 Prom Night (1980) / int_72791cc
comment
Broom Stick Quarterstaff: Wendy knocks the killer down with a broom (and lays on a couple of additional blows while he's done) when she escapes from the auto shop.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_72791cc
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_72791cc
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Prom Night (1980) / int_72791cc
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7315fd38
type
Covers Always Lie
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7315fd38
comment
Covers Always Lie: Echo Bridge's DVD cover has Jamie Lee Curtis staring devilishly at the camera and holding an ax, falsely implying that she's the killer. Another cover recycled her face from the Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later poster.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7315fd38
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_7315fd38
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7315fd38
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7335ffa9
type
Grey-and-Gray Morality
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7335ffa9
comment
Grey-and-Gray Morality: The main conflict. Did Wendy, Nick, Kelly, and Jude hurt Alex by killing Robin? Undeniably. Do they deserve to die? Debatable.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7335ffa9
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7335ffa9
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7335ffa9
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7374ab13
type
Once More, with Clarity
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7374ab13
comment
Once More, with Clarity: When the children leave after Robin is killed, a shadow appears over Robin's body, indicating that they know what those kids did and that they are the killer. At the very end of the film, this shot is shown again but the camera pans up to reveal that the person who found Robin was Alex.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7374ab13
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7374ab13
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7374ab13
 Prom Night (1980) / int_740f59b4
type
ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 Prom Night (1980) / int_740f59b4
comment
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: All the girls wear a different color dress to the prom. Kim: Pink Wendy: Red Kelly: White Jude: Light Blue Vicky: Dark Blue
 Prom Night (1980) / int_740f59b4
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_740f59b4
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_740f59b4
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7553a0d4
type
Nature Tinkling
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7553a0d4
comment
Nature Tinkling: Slick leaves the van to relieve himself and is nearly killed by the slasher before Jude drags him off to have sex on the bluffs.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7553a0d4
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7553a0d4
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7553a0d4
 Prom Night (1980) / int_798a9e41
type
Auto Erotica
 Prom Night (1980) / int_798a9e41
comment
Auto Erotica: Jude and Slick use the latter's van to have some good times by the bluffs.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_798a9e41
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_798a9e41
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_798a9e41
 Prom Night (1980) / int_79eb1e2e
type
Neutral Female
 Prom Night (1980) / int_79eb1e2e
comment
Neutral Female: Averted. When the killer goes after Nick, Kim does everything in her power to stop him, which ultimately leads to his death.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_79eb1e2e
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-1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_79eb1e2e
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_79eb1e2e
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7d89315b
type
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7d89315b
comment
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Principal Hammond tells Lou that he's a disgrace to the school and the community before suspending him "indefinitely."
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7d89315b
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7d89315b
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7d89315b
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e577db
type
Slashed Throat
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e577db
comment
Slashed Throat: Kelly meets her death by getting her throat cut with a mirror shard.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e577db
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e577db
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7e577db
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e6c0522
type
Off with His Head!
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e6c0522
comment
Off with His Head!: Lou's head is knocked off with an axe as he waits behind the curtains to become the prom king. His head then rolls to the view of the prom attendants, who promptly panic and leave the premises in a hurry.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e6c0522
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_7e6c0522
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7e6c0522
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7ec94d53
type
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7ec94d53
comment
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Alex.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7ec94d53
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_7ec94d53
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7ec94d53
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f390ebc
type
Developing Doomed Characters
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f390ebc
comment
Developing Doomed Characters: Over an hour is used to build up the characters before the killer offs his first victim.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f390ebc
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f390ebc
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7f390ebc
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f9b12a6
type
Chairman of the Brawl
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f9b12a6
comment
Chairman of the Brawl: Kim throws a chair at the killer during the climactic confrontation.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f9b12a6
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_7f9b12a6
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_7f9b12a6
 Prom Night (1980) / int_863fa679
type
What Happened to the Mouse?
 Prom Night (1980) / int_863fa679
comment
What Happened to the Mouse?: We are not told where Kim's dad has disappeared to at the end of the movie. There are photos of him arriving right at the end, but these were left on the cutting room floor.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_863fa679
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_863fa679
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Prom Night (1980) / int_863fa679
 Prom Night (1980) / int_8ed5c6e4
type
Asshole Victim
 Prom Night (1980) / int_8ed5c6e4
comment
Asshole Victim: Wendy and Lou, who conspire to ruin the prom crowning of Nick and Kim for their own ends. Wendy was also the person who insisted on keeping Robin's death secret. Leonard Murch, the guy who was wrongfully charged with killing Robin. Although he was innocent of that particular crime, he's still a rapist.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_8ed5c6e4
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_8ed5c6e4
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_8ed5c6e4
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9059bd5d
type
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9059bd5d
comment
Peek-a-Boo Corpse: Wendy gives out her location to the killer when she is startled by Kelly's corpse dropping from a shelf in the closet that she is hiding in.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9059bd5d
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9059bd5d
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_9059bd5d
 Prom Night (1980) / int_90d44f44
type
Karmic Death
 Prom Night (1980) / int_90d44f44
comment
Karmic Death: Lou's attempt to upstage Nick by knocking him out and taking his place backstage ends up backfiring when the killer mistakes him for Nick and takes his head off.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_90d44f44
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_90d44f44
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_90d44f44
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94c1e2f7
type
Grave-Marking Scene
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94c1e2f7
comment
Grave-Marking Scene: The first scene after the Time Skip is the Hammond family visiting Robin's grave.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94c1e2f7
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_94c1e2f7
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_94c1e2f7
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94e4c8ab
type
Betty and Veronica
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94e4c8ab
comment
Betty and Veronica: Nice Girl Kim and Alpha Bitch Wendy for Nick.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_94e4c8ab
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_94e4c8ab
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_94e4c8ab
 Prom Night (1980) / int_95713538
type
Outside Ride
 Prom Night (1980) / int_95713538
comment
Outside Ride: When Slick attempts to escape by driving away, the killer clings to the outside of his van.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_95713538
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_95713538
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_95713538
 Prom Night (1980) / int_96fbeaf
type
There Are No Therapists
 Prom Night (1980) / int_96fbeaf
comment
There Are No Therapists: Zigzagged depending on the cut. The theatrical cut plays it straight while the director's cut averts it since the second scene after the Time Skip shows Mr. Hammond visiting a family therapist.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_96fbeaf
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 Prom Night (1980) / int_96fbeaf
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_96fbeaf
 Prom Night (1980) / int_970c790a
type
Big Bad
 Prom Night (1980) / int_970c790a
comment
Big Bad: The killer, who turns out to be Alex Hammond, who is seeking to avenge the death of his sister Robin.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_970c790a
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_970c790a
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_970c790a
 Prom Night (1980) / int_97926168
type
Rewatch Bonus
 Prom Night (1980) / int_97926168
comment
Rewatch Bonus: Alex's reluctance to go to the prom with Jude. Why would he want to go with someone he knows killed his sister? He also doesn't want to be tied down with a date when he has killing to do. Alex taking a job as the secondary DJ. The DJ's box is the highest point in the dance room, meaning that Alex has a vantage point where he can keep tabs on everyone: Kim, his targets, the cops. Alex attacking Lou in the cafeteria seems like My Sister Is Off-Limits played for excessiveness. However it's Foreshadowing that Alex is not as runty as he seems, and that he has a violent side... Alex's complaint that he smells like a girl's locker room. While treated as a "not liking girly stuff" moment, we learn that Alex was in the girl's locker room since he smashed all the mirrors and took one of the shards to use as a weapon. Alex throws a dirty look when Lou and Wendy enter the prom. On the first watch we think he's glaring at Lou, for their fight earlier. But on the second, it's clear he's actually glaring at Wendy because he plans on killing her.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_97926168
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_97926168
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_97926168
 Prom Night (1980) / int_98591d23
type
Speech Impediment
 Prom Night (1980) / int_98591d23
comment
Speech Impediment: Robin's stammer—possibly why she is ostracized by the other children.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_98591d23
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_98591d23
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_98591d23
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9b2923bc
type
Mooning
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9b2923bc
comment
Mooning: Vicki moons Sykes when she sees him picking up trash next to the tennis court.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9b2923bc
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9b2923bc
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_9b2923bc
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: Nick is the only one of the four targets who doesn't answer the phone and doesn't find his photo in his locker. He winds up being the only survivor. Kelly and Jude receive their yearbook photos with glass pointing at their throats. Both receive deaths via glass to their throats.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9d12bbc1
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9d12bbc1
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_9d12bbc1
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9ee065ab
type
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9ee065ab
comment
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: The killer plots to carry out their massacre on the night of the senior prom. And because it marks six years since Robin's death.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9ee065ab
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_9ee065ab
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_9ee065ab
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a696c783
type
Event Title
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a696c783
comment
Event Title
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a696c783
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a696c783
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_a696c783
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a70223
type
Karma Houdini
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a70223
comment
Karma Houdini: While Lou gets killed for upstaging Nick by knocking him out, his cronies get no comeuppance.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a70223
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a70223
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_a70223
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a7601fd0
type
Big Ol' Unibrow
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a7601fd0
comment
Big Ol' Unibrow: Lou, a Type I unibrow sporter due to being an asshole.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a7601fd0
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a7601fd0
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_a7601fd0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a8896b94
type
Leave No Witnesses
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a8896b94
comment
Leave No Witnesses: Presumably why the killer attacks Slick.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a8896b94
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_a8896b94
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_a8896b94
 Prom Night (1980) / int_abad35b4
type
Soundtrack Dissonance
 Prom Night (1980) / int_abad35b4
comment
Soundtrack Dissonance: As the killer chases Wendy through the school, the viewer can hear the upbeat music from the prom echoing through the hallway.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_abad35b4
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_abad35b4
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_abad35b4
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ac09dc0f
type
Alas, Poor Villain
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ac09dc0f
comment
Alas, Poor Villain: The film ends with Alex screaming for the sister he lost long ago and sought to avenge while his other sister Kim sobs over the brother she struck down.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ac09dc0f
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ac09dc0f
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_ac09dc0f
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: Kim has an understated one when she looks into the killer's eyes and realizes it's Alex... right after she hacked open his head.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad1db87c
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad1db87c
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 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_ad1db87c
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad4c74ed
type
Final Girl
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad4c74ed
comment
Final Girl: Kim is built up to be one, but it is then subverted when it's revealed that she wasn't a target at all. The film does, however, feature a final boy with Nick, the only target to live. All three female targets die.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad4c74ed
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-0.3
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ad4c74ed
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_ad4c74ed
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ae3d6438
type
Deadpan Snarker
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ae3d6438
comment
Deadpan Snarker: Wendy at times.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ae3d6438
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ae3d6438
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_ae3d6438
 Prom Night (1980) / int_b7e0c5ff
type
Love Triangle
 Prom Night (1980) / int_b7e0c5ff
comment
Love Triangle: Wendy loves Nick, but Nick loves Kim and Wendy isn't happy about it.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_b7e0c5ff
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_b7e0c5ff
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_b7e0c5ff
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2cedc1c
type
Big "NO!"
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2cedc1c
comment
Big "NO!": Kim gives one right before landing a fatal blow on the killer.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2cedc1c
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2cedc1c
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_c2cedc1c
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2d978fe
type
Car Fu
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2d978fe
comment
Car Fu: Subverted; Slick tries to run the killer over with his van, but he dodges and hitches an Outside Ride.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2d978fe
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-0.3
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c2d978fe
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_c2d978fe
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c8ce7b2d
type
Smash to Black
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c8ce7b2d
comment
Smash to Black: Used when Wendy finds herself face-to-face with the killer; when he starts to swing his axe, the screen remains black as Wendy is hacked to death offscreen.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c8ce7b2d
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c8ce7b2d
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_c8ce7b2d
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c960826
type
Supporting Protagonist
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c960826
comment
Supporting Protagonist: The film is mostly told from Kim Hammond's perspective, despite not being much involved in the main conflict, and wasn't even a target for the killer. This is most likely because she was played by Jamie Lee Curtis.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c960826
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_c960826
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980)
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Prom Night (1980) / int_c960826
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ce389717
type
Harassing Phone Call
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ce389717
comment
The bad boy Lou is a notably violent character and owns a ski mask that the killer wears. Wendy also believes that he is behind the Harassing Phone Call she received.
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ce389717
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1.0
 Prom Night (1980) / int_ce389717
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1.0
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Roaring Rampage of Revenge: It's abundantly clear, what with the killer's talk that it's "[their] turn", that they want to take revenge on the four children (now grown) who killed Robin Hammond. The question is: whose revenge?
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Hoist by His Own Petard: The killer is struck down with his own axe when Kim slashes the side of his head.
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Canada, Eh?
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Canada, Eh?: Despite the middle American setting, the film's mostly Canadian cast makes little-to-no attempt to hide their native accents.
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Dramatic Unmask: The killer is unmasked as he lays dying on the ground in the ending.
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Teen Horror: Teenagers getting hacked to death by a slasher killer on prom night.
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here: What Leonard Murch tried to do after killing the nurse, instead of killing the teens.
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Prone to Tears: Kelly, as shown when she starts to cry right after Robin is killed. In her last scene when Drew leaves her, she's about to start crying but doesn't get very far before the killer comes up behind her and cuts her throat.
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All Girls Want Bad Boys: Averted, as all the girls are repulsed by Lou. Good girl Kim and bad girl Wendy are in fact rivals for good boy Nick.
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Red Herring: There are quite a few suspects in the film. The escaped psychopath Leonard Murch, who got the blame for Robin's death six years ago, has a possible motive as the killer—getting revenge against the kids who let him take the fall for a crime he didn't commit. The weird Mr. Sykes is rumored to be a Peeping Tom who spies on the female students in the gym lockers. There is also a scene in which Mr. Sykes cleans up the broken glass, which the killer sent to each of the victims. The principal, Mr. Hammond, has a strong motive since the deceased Robin was his child, not to mention that Hammond confiscated the ski mask worn earlier by Lou Farmer. Later, Mr. Hammond also conveniently disappears once the masked killer begins murdering students around the school grounds. The bad boy Lou is a notably violent character and owns a ski mask that the killer wears. Wendy also believes that he is behind the Harassing Phone Call she received.
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Ballroom Blitz: The disco themed prom is ruined by the killer scaring everyone off by decapitating Lou, and then attacking the Prom King.
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Contrived Coincidence: Murch kills a nurse in the same place where Robin Hammond was killed by her classmates, leading Lieutenant McBride to believe that Murch will strike at the prom.
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Male Gaze: We get two gratuitous shots of camera following a female character's behind, including a Mooning.
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Colliding Criminal Conspiracies: The killing spree intersects with Wendy and Lou's scheme to ruin the prom near the ending when Wendy is murdered and Lou decides to attack Nick on his own; the killer mistakes Lou for Nick and decapitates him.
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"Psycho" Strings: The violins in "Love me 'til I die" (the song playing during the final fight) reach a fever pitch when Kim and the killer lock eyes and she realizes who the killer is.
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Black Spot: Alongside the Harassing Phone Calls, the killer leaves a yearbook photo of each target in their lockers, some with glass shards pointing at their throats.
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Evil Wears Black: For the climax, the killer wears a black sweater, matching slacks, black shoes, and a ski mask.
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Bound and Gagged: Nick tied up with tape and left hidden in a corner of a backstage after being attacked by Lou and his goons.
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Clingy Jealous Girl: Wendy to Nick. She'll do anything to get him back.
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Match Cut: The shot of Kelly's slashed throat is immediately followed by one of a bowl of red punch.
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Shrine to the Fallen: Robin's photo accompanied by flowers and her teddy bear are displayed on the mantelpiece in the Hammonds' living room.
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Unbuilt Trope: The film was among the first Slasher Movies released in the eighties, and it contains some of the typical cliches (the title, death by decapitation, a masked killer etc.) of the era. However, the Unbuiltness is evident by its killer, who isn't silent, slow-walking or a heavy damage shrugging monstrosity. Instead, he's some guy in a ski mask who makes mistakes like any other person would (at one point he rushes after his victim, and in the hurry forgets his axe) and is ultimately defeated by a blow to the head with a blunt instrument.
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The '70s: The prologue is set in 1974. The main events of the film are technically set in The '80s, but because it's only 1980, it still has strong 70's vibes, complete with a disco soundtrack. Heck, the theme for the prom is "Disco Madness". Notably, the movie was still filmed in late Summer 1979.
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Evil Plan: The killer is picking off a group of teens who accidentally killed a little girl as children.
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Tag Line: "If you're not back by midnight, you won't be coming home."
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Camping a Crapper: The killer makes his first attempt to kill Wendy while she's in the bathroom applying mascara.
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Sarcastic Clapping: Wendy gives one to Kim after witnessing her practicing her moves on the dance floor, followed by her threatening to take Nick away from her.
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Cool Big Sis: Kim to Alex. She's the only person who can get him to lighten up.
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Dark Secret: The children who accidentally kill Robin vow to tell no one. They don't realize someone else figured out what happened, but who?
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Alex attacking Lou in the cafeteria seems like My Sister Is Off-Limits played for excessiveness. However it's Foreshadowing that Alex is not as runty as he seems, and that he has a violent side...
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Beware the Nice Ones: Easygoing Alex, who seems perfectly happy helping with the lighting at the prom and assisting the DJ rather than attending with a date. He's the killer.
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Lady in Red: Wendy's outfit for the prom is a glittery red dress.
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