{"id":538,"date":"2022-09-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/?p=538"},"modified":"2025-04-24T21:07:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T21:07:36","slug":"prom-night-1980-vs-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leoloves.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/09\/23\/prom-night-1980-vs-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"Prom Night 1980 vs 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WARNING:<\/mark> <\/strong>This Review May Contain Spoilers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case it hasn\u2019t become apparent with a few of these articles, people have a habit of thinking that 80s films clearly weren\u2019t good enough and decide to remake them. Now, 80s horrors are some of my favourite films and I will want to protect the ones I\u2019ve seen for as long as I can (especially Lost Boys <\/em>but that\u2019s a conversation for another time\u2026) Prom Night <\/em>just adds to the number that I have already covered \u2013 and surprise, surprise, the 3rd<\/sup> 80s horror film I\u2019ve covered that stars that wonderful scream-queen Jamie Lee Curtis\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall Setting<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                You want to know something funny? These films are the same length give or take 4 minutes but the remake feels so much shorter than the original. For me, I think thats because the majority of the film is actually set at prom whereas in the original we don\u2019t get there until 30-45 minutes from the end. This means that we are able to get to know the characters and make our opinions about them; like being shocked that Jamie Lee Curtis isn\u2019t playing a victim and absolutely hating Wendy (I get serious Chris from Carrie <\/em>vibes from Wendy\u2019s character) but I still felt quite bad when each of them died. In the remake, however, I genuinely couldn\u2019t care less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Differing Motives<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                May be this is something that could be put down to the changing of the eras and how things move on with the horror genre. You know, things may have changed on what the public considered as \u2018scary\u2019. Having said that, this didn\u2019t make a difference for Sorority Row. <\/em>Anyway, the original film follows what we all know to be the typical 80s trope of revenge killings for a prank, or in this case a child\u2019s game, gone wrong. However, in the remake, the guy ends up being some kind of crazed teacher of the lead character\u2019s hell-bent on having her all to himself \u2013 killing anyone close to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unnecessary Killings<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This is actually my biggest issue with the remake! In the original film, the deaths\/murders are kept specifically to those who were at fault for Robin falling out of the window at the beginning of the film. However, in my opinion, in the remake he kills the maid and bell hop for absolutely NO REASON! OK it is revealed later that the killer escapes and evades the police by wearing the bell hop\u2019s uniform but we\u2019ve seen it in films like Star Wars, <\/em>you can just knock the guy out and steal his clothes, but why the maid? Did he realise her dress didn\u2019t fit him?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                This actually leads me on to my next point\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All Too Obvious<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                It may just be me and the number of these style of films that I\u2019ve watched in general, let alone for this blog, but I had figured out who the killer was after the first scene. Now, that\u2019s not a criticism because I still genuinely enjoyed the film and it\u2019s not like they handed it to the audience on a silver platter, I just happened to be right with my original suspicions. However, if the Joe Goldberg baseball cap and jacket look wasn\u2019t enough (anyone that has seen You <\/em>will know what I\u2019m talking about \u2013 yes, I know this film came first but it puts that image in my head\u2026), the fact that he kills the maid senselessly gives away who the killer is too quickly in my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beauty in Subtlety<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I know that my main focus of this article has been the deaths but that is really all the remake has going. So, I\u2019ve talked about what I hated most about the remake so I\u2019m going to move on to something reasonably more positive and my favourite thing about the original \u2013 the subtlety to some of the murders, especially Kelly\u2019s. Unfortunately, she is left alone in the changing rooms having decided that sex just wasn\u2019t for her (good on you, girl! Prom night doesn\u2019t have to equal sex!) but this doesn\u2019t save her life. Instead, she is left alone with the killer. Now, when I say this killing is subtle I mean that you don\u2019t actually physically see that act but you know exactly what\u2019s just happened before you see Kelly\u2019s throat just from the expression in her eyes. I feel like they tried to emulate this in the remake with the first important death but it just didn\u2019t come across as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Conclusion<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                I know it sounds like I\u2019m really hating on the remake, worse than I normally do I\u2019m sure, but that\u2019s because I genuinely was unable to find anything truly good about it that made it stand even close to the original. Obviously, as always, don\u2019t take my opinion as gospel \u2013 watch both and make your own opinions but I can tell you for a start if any one offers Prom Night <\/em>at a film night, I\u2019m going to make sure they mean the original\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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