In
1957 a graduating teen named Bill Nordham
(Michael Ironside) takes her sleazy
troublemaking girlfriend named Mary Lou
Maloney (Lisa Schrage) go to their prom
at Hamilton High but she uses him and
makes out with another guy there.
Mary Lou is voted Prom Queen and while
she is on stage Bill tries to drop a
stinkbomb on her but her dress is on fire
and she is burned to death.
It is now present day
and Bill is now a father as well as the
principal of Hamilton High. His son Craig
(Justin Louis) is preparing his prom
night with his girfriend Vicki (Wendy
Lyon).
However the highschool seems to be
possessed by Mary Lou as her soul was
kept in a trunk down in the highschool
cellar that someone opened releasing her
and Mary Lou goes on a killing spree with
her song playing each time she is about
to do so.
First she kills a troubled teen named
Jess (Beth Gondeck) making out like she
hung herself as if it was a suicide.
But Mary Lou also possesses Vicki to do
more killings and Vicki also encounters
nightmares of being Mary Lou as well as
experiencing hallucinations.
Mary Lou tries to seek
revenge on Bill during this years prom
night after what he did to her.
Bears no
relationship on the first film but there
is a memorable line that was used in both
of these films.
Very much like the original A
Nightmare On Elm Street
(Especially the ending) before
the dark comedy in the sequels with
Krueger doing people away with his jokes.
Clever and well done but the story is a
little rusty. Check it out if you like
this kind of teen horror flicks.
The acting is well
done for it's time. Wendy Lyon
has great timing for her character as the
posessed Vicki which she shows perfect
raging anger and evil like expressions.
Also Michael Ironside knows his
stuff very well in this one as the school
principal and disturbed about what
happened at his prom showing good
expressions and emotions too.
I also liked the highschool bitch that Terri
Hawkes played named Kelly as she
does well acting whiney and smart alecky.
Lisa
Schrage shows a nice sleazy and evil
presence to her part as Mary Lou and
knows how to grab the viewers attention.
Wendy Lyon
is full nude when her character is
possessed by Mary Lou in a change room as
she tracks down one of her victims (who
was nuse in a shower) singing Tutti
Frutti.
Mary Lou gets
scarred from the burning.
Someone is crushed inside a locker and
some guts splurt out.
Blood drips from Billy's head in a
nightmare.
A guy is electrocuted causing his face to
burn off.
Mary Lou's gruesome corpse crawls out of
Vicky's chest.
The directing by Bruce
Pittman is just as well paced as the
acting which is a compliment. He shows an
impressive beginning showing the outside
of a highschool as well as shots of the
hallways and then a trunk opening up.
A great close up shot on Lisa Schrage entering
a cathedral looking innocent. There is a
nicely set dialogue on her confessing her
sins to supporting actor Jay Smith
as a priest as he shows nice tense
expressions during this moment and
Schrage does well by saying she
loved every minute of her sins acting
like a typical troublemaker.
A good set at the 1957 prom with good
close up shots on Schrage and
supporting actor Steve Atkinson dancing.
Both Schrage and supporting
actor Robert Lewis both look
good by making out and acting sleazy.
A nice shot on the fire scene as well as Schrage
screaming in flames and looking at Atkinson
from above a stand as he does well by
looking terrified by his accidental
prank.
There is a good look on supporting
actress Judy Mahbey with her
stern attitude about the prom during the
breakfast table in a Carrie
like fashion.
We have a nice dialogue between Lyon and
supporting actress Beth Gondek alone
together discussing an issue in a
washroom as it looks very natural. Gondek
does well by crying on set.
There is a good horror moment with
Gondek with wind blowing at her and
a haunting killing her with a cape she's
wearing and her reactions were terrific.
Lyon performs terrifically intense
in a hallway by turning at Terri
Hawkes character and cussing her out
with wide eyed and angered expressions as
Hawkes knew how to act like a snob.
There's a perfect argumentive dialogue
between Mahbey and Lyon
during a dinner table. Lyon
really knew how to have a snappy like
attitude.
There's a good scene in a gymnasium with Hawkes
by heaving a volleyball towards Lyon's
head as she falls down quite well.
There's a nice dream sequence with Lyon
in a ghostly like gymnasium with a
perfect shot on the zombie like extra
cast members charging at her saying her
name and a great shot on Lyon being
tangled in a fake web and screaming as
well as hollering when this happens which
looked like a perfect nightmare sequence.
Richard Monette does well chanting
at a catherdral with candles around him.
There's a good strong dialogue between
Ironside and Monette as it
looked believeably aggressive about Mary
Lou returning.
Lyon was good at a diner acting
emotional wondering what is happening to
her.
There's a perfect and suspenseful moment
with hands coming out of a blackboard and
grabbing Lyon as she does well
by acting terrified.
There's a perfect close up shot on Lyon
possessed with great evil like attitude
in a cellar of the highschool.
There's a good shot on Lyon's
feet walking in the hallway of the school
and then strutting her stuff.
A good shot on Lyon slowly
walking into a shower and kissing Terri Hawkes
character as the setting does seem
strange and creepy. Hawkes does
well being getting spooked and good shots
of her trying to escape and hide in the
changeroom.
Lyon's does well acting demanding at
the gymnasium to the cast members
decorating it for the prom.
A good shot on Lyon's barefeet
slowly walking as well as her walking by
some lockers and staring at one to do her
deadly spell.
Lyon is great by behaving lustfully
vicious and violent towards Justin
Louis and he himself is great by
getting freaked out by all of this.
Ironside does well in a dream
sequence with a bloody head screaming for
his son in the dark hallway and a nice
shot on a car driving away with Louis
is screaming for his life in the car with
Schrage in it.
A good shot on Lyon standing in
the principal office with her icy voice
and Ironside acting confused and
scared.
Ironside does well by striking Louis
on the head.
The settings and going on's at the prom
looked extremely cheesy.
A good shot on Schrage on the
top step leading to the cellar with a
bright light from behind her and a
perfect close up shot on her approaching
for her prey.
Perfect blocking with Ironside
crowning Schrage and kissing
her.
Paul Zaza
composed the music and does a terrific
job with iit as it's a perfect touch for
an 80's horror flick as well as some good
windy howling and moaning sound effects
too.
There are also a couple of oldie hits
like "Tutti Frutti" and of
course "Hello Mary Lou".
Mary
Lou Maloney: Forgive me, Father, for
I have sinned. It has been three months
since my last confession. I've disobeyed
my parents many times. I've taken the
Lord's name in vain many times. I've had
sinful relations, with boys at my school.
Many boys, many times.
Priest: My child, these are great
sins. You must prepare yourself for the
consequences.
Mary Lou Maloney: Father, there's
just one more thing.
Priest: What is it, my poor child?
Mary Lou Maloney: I loved every
minute of it.
Josh:
Life's a joke, then you croak.
Vicki
Carpenter: [possessed by Mary Lou]
BE GONE! COME ON!! There's no God,
Buddy!! And there is no Heaven, and do
you know what pissed me off the most?!!
NO FUCKING WINGS!!!
Vicki
Carpenter: Places to go, people to
kill!
Kelly:
Who won?
Josh: I'm not supposed to tell, IT
WASN'T YOU.
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