A
maniac highschool teacher named Richard
Fenton (Johnathon Schaech) wants one
teenage girl named Donna Keppel (Brittany
Snow) all to himself so he kills her
family but then gets arrested and sent to
a lifetime in prison.
A few years have passed and she is trying
to overcome her nightmares and forgetting
about him. Plus, there;s a special event
for her as she is graduating from
highschool going to her prom with her
boyfriend Bobby (Scott Porter) and her
best friends as well. She hopes to be
prom queen but a jealous enemy of hers
named Crissy Lynn (Brianne Davis) wants
that honor so she makes it rough for her.
Donna's worst nightmares have come to
life as Richard escapes from prison and
tracks Donna down at her Prom which is
residing at a hotel.
He disguises himself and kills some of
her friends and employees there in order
to get to her while the police tries to
save her from his evil clutches.
This is by no
means a remake of the 1980 classic
starring Jamie Lee Curtis and a
story on it's own.
What can I say about this film? It's
boring, nothing much to it and not a
whole lot of scene's either.
What saves this film from bombing??? Well
we have some good direction in the film
but that's about it along with some cool
dark scene's involving the killer.
The acting is a
little above average but not terrific. Brittany
Snow seems to show off more of her
beautiful looks but can get into
character at times.
Scott Porter seem to breeze through
as the protective boyfriend.
Jessica Stroup is full of character
with her part and does come across nicely
too.
Brianne
Davis played a fairly believeable
bitch in the movie as she reminds me of
some stuck up girls at my school.
Johnathon Schaech portrayed his role
well as a killer and looked believeably
intimidating too as well as being
convincing by disguising himself too.
We have a small role performed by
Ming-Na as a counsellor but she
really brought alot to her part and I
will always remember her performance.
Some mold bloody
stabbings.
A couple of slit throats
Nelson
McCormick makes his direction look
impressive which saves the film from
bombing. There's a good far away camera
shot of a car driving by a tall bridge.
We have a very disturbing shot on
Brittney Snow hiding under her bed
and watching her mom getting killed.
We have a great dialogue between Snow
and supporting actress Ming Na
as her shrink as it looks impressive with
the encouragement on forgetting the
killer.
There's a good shot on Snow
walking down some stairs in her prom
dress.
We spot an excellent flashback sequence
involving Snow in a police
station crying and acting frightened
towards Johnathon Schaech acting
creepy towards her saying he's the only
thing she has while being arrested.
We see great shots on Snow in a
limo having conversations with Scott
Porter, Dana Davis and Collins
Pennie as they look like believeably
happy teens celebrating their grad night.
There's a good hateful relationship
between Snow and supporting
actress Brianne Davis when she
enters the prom which looks like two
girls who don't like each other but yet
Snow was trying to act like a good
sport to her which was impressive looking
and Davis does well sticking up
for her friend.
A nice camera panning in on the prom
which looks very flashy with supporting
actor Jay Phillips as a DJ
standing out well.
We have a good moment with Schaech walking
into a hotel hallway and a good camera
shot on him scratching his hotel card
with a knife.
There's a good moment with Jessica
Stroup acting upset at the prom and
a nice moment with Snow trying
to cheer her up.
We have a good moment with Schaech
walking by bit part actor Joshua
Leonard in a hallway and then Leonard
is good turning around to stare at him
and ask him a question about if he's seen
one of the employees there and then Schaech
tells him to enter his room which is
creepy like.
A great shot on Leonard when he
is screaming with his eyes wide and
paranoid. He was of course remembered in Blair
Witch Project.
A nice shot on supporting actress Jessalyn
Gilsig looking in shocked horror and
a great shot on a dish dropping and
smashing.
There is a nice shot on Kelly
Blatz sitting on a couch and a
camera approaching him which is of course
the killer.
A nice shot on Stroup with
surprised expressions on her face after
spotting the killer in disguse trying to
figure out where she's seen him.
There's a good scene between Stroup
and Pennie kissing lying on a
hotel and Stroup suddenly gets
up with a freaked out expressions when
she remembers who she saw.
There's a good shot on Stroup
walking down some stairs and tripping
crying and being scared which makes you
wonder if she's going to make it or not.
Nice moments with Stroup trying
to hide and not say a word and good shot
on Schaech trying to look
around.
Nice shots on Schaech smashing
the door with a fire extinguisher.
We have perfect suspenseful shots on
supporting actors Idris Elba and
James Ransone trying to act
cautious and silent looking into a room
and not trying to get killed themselves
hunting the killer down.
A nice moment with Elba trying
to look into a vent and you jump when he
finds out what's up there.
A great moment with Snow and Schaech
struggling and fighting as we have
nice jiggling shots on the camera with
their battle.
There's some
echoey classical violin playing and other
dark sounds composed by Paul
Haslinger but nothing too memorable.
Richard Fenton: [before
chasing Lisa] What's the rush?
Richard Fenton: [whispering
in the dark] Donna. Oh, I've missed
you.
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