Carrie-ing on About `Prom' Horrors
Sandra Kent - Boston Herald
Apr 10, 2008
As any slasher-flick fan knows, the real dangers of prom night aren't drunken teen drivers, but vengeful ghosts and ax-wielding maniacs. What is it about a rented tux that sets off so many angry spirits and obsessive slayers? Here's a tiara-worthy horror primer to get you in the mood before "Prom Night," starring Brittany Snow, opens Friday.
** PROM NIGHT (1980)
Who invited the...
Masked homicidal maniac
Style horrors:
Big hair, poufy bangs
Back story: Four Hamilton High teens accidentally killed their friend six years earlier and kept it a secret. Now someone's out for revenge.
Begs the question: NOW?
Omen of badness: Cracked mirror in the girls' bathroom.
They shoulda known better: The prom's the same night as the anniversary of Robin's death? What a coinky-dink.
** HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II
Who invited the:
Ghost of dead prom queen.
Style horrors:
Electric blue prom dress with built-in cape thing.
Back story: 1957 Hamilton High prom queen Mary Lou Maloney dies in a freak stinkbomb accident, and her ghost is trapped in a trunk. Thirty years later, she's out, and ticked off.
Begs the question: Her ghost is trapped in a trunk?
Omen of badness: Sudden urge to sing "Tutti-Frutti."
They shoulda known better: Don't make a prom queen mad.
** PROM NIGHT III: THE LAST KISS
Who invited the:
Ghost of the murdered prom queen, again.
Style horrors:
Uni-boob, courtesy of the worst push-up bra in history.
Back story: Mary Lou Maloney escapes from Hell, goes back to Hamilton High, gets crush on teen boy and goes on fresh slay spree.
Begs the question: She can't get out of a trunk for 30 years, but she can escape from Hell?
Omen of badness: Let's commemorate the new school gym, the one that prom queen died in, shall we?
They shoulda known better: Never sleep with anyone crazier than yourself.
** CARRIE
Who invited the:
Telekinetic teen
Style horrors:
A baseball cap worn with prom dress
Back story: Carrie's got move-stuff-with-her-mind powers, a crazy mom and few social skills. Gee, I hope no one's mean to her.
Begs the question: Just how does one acquire a bucket of pig blood?
Omen of badness: Wide-eyed Carrie's "Bride of Frankenstein" head twitch
They shoulda known better: Don't try to run down the girl who can set the gym on fire by just looking at it
** URBAN LEGENDS: BLOODY MARY
Who invited the:
Ghost of murdered teen
Style horrors:
Shapeless pink sack dress.
Back story: Mary Banner is murdered on prom night, body stashed in trunk. Years later, her spirit is released when teens say "Bloody Mary" three times. Now her spirit seeks revenge on the children of those who killed her.
Begs the question: How come no one opens these trunks for decades?
Omen of badness: Hmmm . . . I didn't have this odd-looking blemish last night'
They shoulda known better: Always check the pulse
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