Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
1987 Directed by Bruce Pittman
Synopsis
You Can't Keep a Bad Girl Down
When Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge 30 years later. Bill Nordham is now the principle of Hamilton High and his son is about to attend the prom with Vicki Carpenter. However, she is possessed by Mary Lou Maloney after opening a trunk in the school's basement. Now Bill must face the horror he left behind in 1957.
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Hamilton High's Class of 1987 is in for a memorable send off! Prom Queen 1957 Mary Lou Maloney returns from the grave to avenge her death, caused by her then boyfriend, who is now HH's current principle. And girlfriend is pissed off.
Ridiculously cheesy and 80s, but I loved it to bits. Also has some of the most awkward scenes ever, including the shower scene, which could easily win some kind of award.
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The 80's gave birth to a lot of great horror flicks, Prom Night II being one them. It's very 80's, very fun and very underrated. It's cheesy at times, but I think that's just part of the appeal!
Bonus points for the Exorcist references, the Elm Street influence and that crazy ass shower scene.
Oh, and that rocking horse was creepy as f$%k! -
Hello Mary Lou (the "Prom Night II" was just tacked on to attract the established slasher fan base... and hey it rhymed!) is a pretty awesome horror film. As many have mentioned this is essentially just a melting pot of many previous horror films (though ironically not so much Prom Night) kind of thrown together haphazardly with no real direction or talent...
but, the thing is... it works amazingly well!
Although there really isn't anything particularly special about Prom Night II, there certainly isn't anything else quite like it either. I consider this to be required viewing for the slasher elite, and those of you who haven't seen it, I think, will be pleasantly surprised.
Watch for the nightmare sequence…
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Best of the series and an underrated 80s horror flick.
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Significantly better than the first, this Prom Night 2 did what the original couldn't - put a scary story together. But maybe it isn't fair to compare? Given that one is a slasher, and one is a ghost story.
I really liked the performances of both Lisa Schrage (with the pretty eyes) and Wendy Lyon (with the beautiful hair *jealous*), while the rest of the cast struggled to keep up.
The plot seemed well put together, and it did scare. But for a film that only lasted 90 minutes, it seemed incredibly long. -
Me and my lady decided to watch this tonight because she's dressing up as Mary Lou Moloney for our 80's themed joint-21st party.
I remember the first time I saw this. I liked it (being a sequel fan and all), but this second viewing was much more fun and we had a blast laughing at all the dated effects and visible boom mics etc.
Oddly enough, this b-grade slasher has some decent cinematography at times (eg. the scene depicted on the poster shown here, with Mary Lou's figure appearing in the fog from a view looking up a flight of stairs).
Great as a Sunday night flick and if I may say so myself, a much better film than the original Prom Night. Recommended.
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This has absolutely nothing to do with the original. It's campy and bordering on full-out comedy but I've always kind of liked it.
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Significantly better than the first, this Prom Night 2 did what the original couldn't - put a scary story together. But maybe it isn't fair to compare? Given that one is a slasher, and one is a ghost story.
I really liked the performances of both Lisa Schrage (with the pretty eyes) and Wendy Lyon (with the beautiful hair *jealous*), while the rest of the cast struggled to keep up.
The plot seemed well put together, and it did scare. But for a film that only lasted 90 minutes, it seemed incredibly long. -
Hello Mary Lou (the "Prom Night II" was just tacked on to attract the established slasher fan base... and hey it rhymed!) is a pretty awesome horror film. As many have mentioned this is essentially just a melting pot of many previous horror films (though ironically not so much Prom Night) kind of thrown together haphazardly with no real direction or talent...
but, the thing is... it works amazingly well!
Although there really isn't anything particularly special about Prom Night II, there certainly isn't anything else quite like it either. I consider this to be required viewing for the slasher elite, and those of you who haven't seen it, I think, will be pleasantly surprised.
Watch for the nightmare sequence…
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Hamilton High's Class of 1987 is in for a memorable send off! Prom Queen 1957 Mary Lou Maloney returns from the grave to avenge her death, caused by her then boyfriend, who is now HH's current principle. And girlfriend is pissed off.
Ridiculously cheesy and 80s, but I loved it to bits. Also has some of the most awkward scenes ever, including the shower scene, which could easily win some kind of award.
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The 80's gave birth to a lot of great horror flicks, Prom Night II being one them. It's very 80's, very fun and very underrated. It's cheesy at times, but I think that's just part of the appeal!
Bonus points for the Exorcist references, the Elm Street influence and that crazy ass shower scene.
Oh, and that rocking horse was creepy as f$%k! -
Surprisingly awesome, and with so many quotable lines and memorable moments! Loved it.
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This has more in common with Nightmare on Elm Street than the original Prom Night, and I think that's for the best. Hello Mary Lou tosses out the slow-paced, disco-y slasher/stalker stuff of Prom Night and replaces it with a magical dead 50s chick who wipes out a bunch of high schoolers. It's wacky and pun-filled and schlocky, but it's great.
I don't see why Hollywood couldn't make a similar gory, goofy sequel to the terrible PG-13 Prom Night remake. The precedent for having a basically unrelated, out-of-left-field sequel to a Prom Night movie is right here. And maybe in the modern Prom Night 2, we could get a payoff for the paper-slicer kill we almost got in 1987 before they shifted gears and tossed the girl out the window or whatever. So close.
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Best of the series and an underrated 80s horror flick.
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A marked improvement over the first tedious instalment. Has nothing to do with its predecessor apart from the Prom Night setting and disbands from the original's slasher setup in favour of a more supernatural story involving possession. Lots of strange nods to The Exorcist and the influence of A Nightmare on Elm Street-style surreal sequences make for a film that's by no means great but, unlike the original, is at least rarely dull.