Prom Night (1980)
Paul Lynch's Prom Night is a slasher film released in 1980 and follows the students of a high school stalked relentlessly by a serial killer leading up to their prom night. Following the death of a young girl named Robin six years prior, her surviving siblings prepare for their big night as a killer begins to target those close to them, seemingly related to the incident.
Prom Night
- Director
- Paul Lynch
- Release Date
- July 18, 1980
- Studio(s)
- Simcom Productions , Prom Night Productions
- Distributor(s)
- AVCO Embassy Pictures
- Cast
- Jamie Lee Curtis , Leslie Nielsen , Casey Stevens , Eddie Benton , Michael Tough
- Writers
- William Gray
- Runtime
- 93 Minutes
- Franchise(s)
- Prom Night
- Sequel(s)
- Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II , Prom Night III: The Last Kiss , Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
- Story By
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