One of the first dominoes to fall in a long line of slasher movies was the hit slasher, Prom Night. The film takes a typical approach when it comes to a slasher's timeline, starts off with a murder, exit frame, que "x" number of years to present time and build the tension to the final scenes. The premise of Prom Night and many of the slasher is taken right from Halloween's playbook. However, the lack of creative in the script is made up in other areas of the film. Jamie Lee Curtis performance is a stellar reminder when she is the top Scream Queen, it was a complete transformation from past characters while maintaining a likable, believable character. The surrounding cast were all unique characters too and didn't bring down the movie with poor performances. It's a slow burn up to the ending but it is eventually worth it, with a pretty good payoff that some may not expect coming.
Review of Prom Night
