Rating: 2 / 10

Starring: Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Collins Pennie

Plot: A group of teenagers can’t enjoy the magic of prom when a knife-wielding maniac won’t stop trying to get a glimpse of Snow.

The good: The movie is cheaper than a night at an expensive comedy club, and you’ll get about the same amount of laughs.

The bad: Where to begin?

“Prom Night”‘s PG-13 rating shines through as the predictable plot leaves viewers with only expectations of things flying in front of the camera, sending cheap thrills down the spine.

However, this type of medicine no longer has any affect on the veteran scary-movie viewer. All moments of surprise are horribly foreshadowed with deep music. The second violins and horns start up, you can start counting down the seconds when someone pops up from behind, or, in one scene, a flock of pigeons flies by … really fast!

The movie barely has any scenes of violence, which could be mysterious in an Alfred Hitchcock sort of way, but it seems to be a gimmick so the film wouldn’t receive an R rating.

The lowdown: “Prom Night” is an unfortunate construct of a movie made for teenagers who want to see real scary movies, but haven’t been alive long enough to see them without adult supervision. The scariest thing about the movie is either reliving prom night over again, or having to sit through an hour-and-a-half of people at least 20 years old acting like teeny-boppers. The film will make any person believe money can make any actor take any role.