1980 · 93 min

Prom Night

Name: Prom Night
Director: Paul Lynch
Released: 1980-07-18

At a high school senior prom, a masked killer stalks four teenagers who were responsible for the accidental death of a classmate six years prior.

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Rated R.

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Quick Facts

Confidence: MODERATE

Status: Provisional

Director: Paul Lynch

Why It's Disturbing

A masked killer stalks teenagers connected to an accidental death from their past, with murder threats and violent slasher imagery involving an axe and fire.

Psychological20

Gore8

Bleakness18

Realism20

Dread46

Violence59

Body Horror5

Taboo8

Lingering Impact20

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Prom Night has a DreadQ Score of 26/100. The score reflects psychological impact, dread, bleakness, violence, gore, realism and other disturbance dimensions.

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