Prom Night (1980) rated R for violence, brief nudity, language, and frightening content

I was curious about this film for some time and finally indulged in watching it after my sister purchased it.

This film opens with four kids Kelly, Jude, Wendy,  and Nick playing in an abandoned school building.  A fifth child, a little girl named Robin decides to join in their game.  The four gang up on her and corner her in front of a large window.  They get so caught up in their game that they don't realize how close Robin is to the window.  Robin gets so scared by the kids and their game that she tries to get away and ends up falling out of the window.  The four kids get scared that they will go to jail so they vow to keep what happened a secret.

Six years later it is the day of the prom.  The four kids are now high school seniors.  Robin's older sister Kim (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) is the prom queen and she is dating Nick who will be crowned prom queen.

Apparently Kelly used to date Nick but Nick broke it off with Kelly to be with Kim.  Kelly decides to win Nick back by physically separating Kim from Nick and keeping them separate by using a bully who likes Kim.

Jude is struggling with being pressured to have sex with her boyfriend.  She is receiving pressure from both her friends and her boyfriend.

Wendy is initially struggling with not having a date to the prom.

A masked person (evidently the killer in this picture) attempts to call all the four teens involved in Robin's accidental death.  The killer is able to speak to Jude and Wendy but the other two miss his calls.  The masked killer then leaves the cut up yearbook photos of the three girls in their respective lockers.

The prom begins and the killing begins culminating in the "dramatic" reveal of the killer.  The killer's identity is not surprising nowadays but I'm sure it was something of a surprise when the film was released in 1980.

All in all this film was exactly what it looks and sounds like, a typical teen slasher film.  It's not horrible it's just not great.  The best part for me was Kim's "awesome" dance sequence with  her boyfriend Nick during the prom.  It was quite entertaining.  I was further amused by how long the day was in this picture.