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1. Reference Film#2
The Prom Night-2008

3. Introduction
Prom Night is a 2008 American slasher film from Screen Gems directed
by Nelson McCormick. The film is a remake of the 1980 film Prom
Night, which starred scream queen Jamie Lee Curtis. The film stars
an ensemble cast including Brittany Snow, Scott Porter, Jessica
Stroup, Dana Davis, Collins Pennie, Kelly Blatz, James
Ransone, Brianne Davis, Kellan Lutz, Mary Mara, Ming-Na
Wen, Johnathon Schaech, and Idris Elba with supporting roles done
by Jessalyn Gilsig, Linden Ashby, Jana Kramer, and Rachel Specter.
This movie is distributed by Sony pictures.

4. Plot
Donnas senior prom is supposed to be the best night of her life, one of
magic, beauty, and love. Surrounded by her best friends, she should be
safe from the horrors of her past. But when the night turns from magic
to murder there is only one man who could be responsible, the man she
thought was gone forever. Now, Donna and her friends must find a
way to escape the sadistic rampage of an obsessed killer, and survive
their Prom Night.

5. Production
The budget for the film was $20 million. It was produced by Original
Film and Newmarket Films in association with Alliance Films,
which holds the rights to the original franchise, along with sequel
rights. It was released in the United States by Screen Gems,
in Canada by Alliance Films, and in Australia by Sony Pictures. The
film was shot in the vicinity of South Pasadena, Californiaas the
location for Donna Keppel's home.Park Plaza Hotel (Los
Angeles) was used as the location for Prom. The Yaquina Bay
Bridge is shown in the opening scenes of the movie.

6. Filming locations
1. Biltmore Hotel - 506 S.
Grand Avenue,
Downtown, Los Angeles,
California
2. Los Angeles, California,
USA
3. Newport, Oregon, USA
4. Sony Pictures Studios -
10202 W. Washington
Blvd., Culver City,
California, USA(studio)
5. South Pasadena,
California, USA
(hair salon)

7. Box-office
• In its opening weekend, the film grossed $20,804,941 in 2,700 theaters in
the United States and Canada, ranking #1 at the box office and averaging $7,705
per theater, despite harsh critical reviews.
• In Australia, Prom Night opened at the #3 position making $854,514, just
behind Superhero Movie and The Spider wick Chronicles. In the United Kingdom
• Prom Night opened at the #4 position making £507,985, just behind Sex and the
City, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Superhero Movie.
• The film has a domestic gross of $43,869,350 and a foreign gross of $12,728,210
for a worldwide total of $56,597,560. According toBoxofficemojo, the film is
currently ranked as the 16th highest grossing slasher film and the 14th best Horror
Remake.

8. Home Media
• The DVD and Blu-ray Disc was released onAugust 19, 2008 in
theatrical (88 minutes) and unrated (89 minutes) versions.
• Both formats contain deleted scenes and an alternateending.
• It was released in Australia on Blu-ray and 2 Disc DVD Edition
on August 27, 2008.
• In FYE stores in the US, the unrated edition came with a bonus
disc called "Body Count: Investigating the Murders of Prom
Night", which is a 22-minute documentaryabout the murders of
various characters about the film, as well as various techniques
the director used to make the murders scarier. Includes interviews
with Nelson McCormick (director) and other members of the cast
of the film.

9. Awards and nominations
• Johnathon Schaech was nominated for the MTV Movie Award for Best
Villain, but lost against Heath Ledger for his role as the Joker in Christopher
Nolan's The Dark Knight.
• The prom night was nominated for 3 awards and won one of them
• Nominated at Fangoria chainsaw awards 2009 for the worst film and won it.
• Nominated for best horror thriller and best actress thriller in Teen choice
Awards 2008.