Prom Night - Phelous

[@kimifw58]

Good news: the official soundtrack for 1980's Prom Night was officially released this year. You can find it on Spotify. The artist is Paul Zaza, and the song is "Tonight is Prom Night."

[@Sean_Bird]

Very convenient!

[@GlobalsoftPirka]

I am pretty sure that almost anything can be improved by the Prom Night song, whether it fits the scene or not.

[@Hazard1007]

GlobalsoftPirka It really does make everything alright!

[@Davethe3rd]

What about To Boldly Flee?

[@tumulovermelho93]

@@Davethe3rd Let's not go that far...

[@bigbossshrek3327]

Someone needs to use the song in their funeral

[@dragonempress8367]

*puts it to the killings in Friday the 13th*

[@ztslovebird]

Wouldn't it have been more interesting if Brittany Snow had been the real killer? Yeah, it's too late in this movie to put that plot into motion, but read me out. The girl either had a psychotic break or is a total sociopath and slaughtered her family. The "crazy guy" comes across the murder scene and winds up being arrested for the murders because . . . eh, pick your motive (affair with Mom, Brittany's teacher who folks thought was sleeping with her, neighbor with questionable past). He breaks out on prom night and tries to get her to confess, but she's killing her friends and classmates (cheating boyfriend, best friend he cheated with, catty girls, etc.) while the police try to protect everyone from the crazy guy.

[@brennabrodbeck5183]

Actually I would totally watch that

[@DrGregoryHouseIT]

Like Amy in Dead Of Summer? Sounds cool!

[@WikiSorcerer]

Or maybe the "crazy guy" is all in her head and is her psychotic alternate personality.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

ztslovebird j

[@Ratciclefan]

ztslovebird this sounds like an actually good movie.

[@kidkunjer]

A while back i tried to do a "fan" edit of this film to make it watchable as an experiment. I stripped out most of the soundtrack and added stuff from the silent hill game OST, re-cut nearly every scene to make it scarier and and cut out the idiot cop subplot and all the irritating crap. After i had cut out everything stupid and dreadful, the new running time was just under 35mins. i'm not joking. What a waste of Brittany Snow who is actually a pretty good actress with the right script.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

That's so sad. Seems like it was not just a waste of Brittany Snow, but a waste of your time, as well...

[@kidkunjer]

Wrath's Turntable Time Machine Rocksmash Attack (AKA The Mysterious Reuploader, Ace-edo Mask!) hardly anyone saw it... but those that did said it was better...

[@kidkunjer]

***** nah, never uploaded it due to copyright problems... (and slow internet speed)

[@kidkunjer]

***** also now i come to think about it i think it was on a hard drive that went pfft! :( oh well...

[@Ratciclefan]

zeugfilms that's really sad.

[@Davethe3rd]

2:13 - Is Ming-Na in this shit too? Yep, that's Ming-Na. Which means this movie has Chun-Li AND Johnny Cage in it, which makes the dream Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat crossover a reality!!

[@greyrose6097]

i love the boyfriend's derp face when he sees her in her dress

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

That’s always how Scott Porter looks

[@abchasi27]

Oh come on, Phelous, you missed a perfectly good "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!" joke when the killer broke into the hotel room

[@rcct44444]

abchasi27 While I appreciate your humor We must ALL admit that joke is over used

[@Davethe3rd]

This review originally came out in 2011, MK9 had barely come out and MKX wouldn't exist for four years... (Though Phelous has added things to his older reviews...)

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Davethe3rd you do realize that he meant the one from the shining right?

[@troin3925]

The yandere can't even stay consistent.

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

I really love the "prom night" song

[@NekoJesusPie]

Phelous is the only person I've seen who looks older shaved than he does with a beard.

[@cobrahotly]

Man, I hated this movie. I remember my parents wouldn't let me watch it because they thought it would scare me. I finally watched it a few years after it came out and actually laughed at how bad it is. Today I'm convinced my parents wouldn't let me watch it because they knew it would suck. And I forgot Idris Elba was in this! Wow, he must have been strapped for cash.

[@wugglesx]

he's in a few rougher quality movies and calling them thats nice for some like this. . i always thought maybe he had hope that things would turn out better than the script seemed.. .that or well.. he doesnt read the scripts lmao.

[@MachineD3vil]

He was also in The Reaping

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Thankfully he moved onto better things like Thor

[@Fanimati0n]

A lot of movie slashers could learn from Jason Vorhees. He doesn't need some elaborate revenge scheme. he just skips straight to the murder. He knows how to get shit done

[@RinitaChan]

MagnetoDorito Jason had tacked on motives, a better substitute would be early Michael Myers (pre curse of thorn and other tacked on motives). In short, it’s usually scarier if you don’t fully understand the killer’s motivations because that makes him/her a lot more mysterious and unpredictable, which makes any pursuit of the main characters a lot more tense and frightening.

[@ellies.4781]

He was getting revenge for the murder of his mother

[@LordoftheSerpents]

Actually 2008's Prom Night isn't a remake at all. The two movies just happened to have the same name. Sony just tried to sell it as one to sell more tickets.

[@payasoloco6282]

Mike Paul even as it's own movie it's bland generic and boring. But if that's true that is fucking scummy by sony

[@SuperSwordman1]

Ugh, I hate when movies do that.

[@phantomzone2725]

How coincidental it happened the same thing with Ghostbusters a few years later...

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

Yes it would appear that Sony is set to do the same to my favorite horror movie Ju-On The Grudge next year

[@sdm47]

@@phantomzone2725 At the very least Ghostbuster did some recognizable stuff

[@luciomara8324]

You look lovely in a dress.

[@TheSkully343]

Lucio Mara PROM NIGHT *WAHWAH WAAAHWAH* EEEVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT!

[@TheSkully343]

***** Disco will never die.

[@Pyroniusburn]

***** If you don't like running gags then Phelous isn't for you.

[@conceptualfoxsky]

+Tad Underwood prom night theme goes with everything!

[@rorylumley4727]

yes I hope he has that dress really and he wears it for either a review of the original prom night or prom night 4

[@paladindragoongirl18]

This movie is a guilty pleasure. I don't know why but I used to like it. It's not the best movie but for me, it's enjoyable. You know what would've been interesting? If Brittany Snow actually has feelings for the crazy guy and they have an affair. Then her mom finds out and wants to end things with him but she doesn't want to. So she manipulates the crazy guy into killing her family and she pretends that she doesn't know anything about it.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Ohlook, her therapist is Mulan, small world.

[@theitfactorjameswheezer2852]

Nathaniel Perry and chun li

[@U014B]

10:26 Seriously? This is a hotel in 2008, not a friggin space station. Or did they expect all the prom attendees to be so stupid that they had to explain what a fire alarm meant?

[@Zomdra]

I just realised something, Brittany Snow's aunt is played by Jessalyn Gilsig, who played Claire's mom in Heroes. Claire from Heroes was played by Hayden Panettiere, who also played Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, which Brittany Snow was also in playing Namine; who is sort of a clone of Kairi (it's complicated). Interesting? No, but you've read it now so...yeah.

[@randalgraves6979]

Thank you for that. 😐

[@MforMovesets]

Everything is al-right~

[@SuperOnePieceMaster]

So, would Brittany Snow make a good Cassie Cage?

[@Davethe3rd]

Shut up, Stryker, nobody likes you... (Reference to Phelous' animated series review...)

[@justinperry2598]

There's no such thing as a good Cassie Cage.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Maybe. We’ll see how the new movie does.

[@DokkaChapman]

is it me or did this have potential to be a good Hitman movie? Imagine it done this way instead where you wouldn't really be routing for him until the end of the film when all the plot is laid out..... Granted he'd use more than a knife lol

[@anikmonette2140]

Dokka Chapman It would even make a good interactive movie!

[@jayarby8494]

Dokka Chapman It definitely feels more like a Hitman movie than the actual Hitman movies

[@CrazyWarriorCatLady]

My husband and I saw this movie in the theatre and EVERY SINGLE couple was making out during the movie. No one was watching it...of course we weren't either *wink WINK*

[@MmaSmarty87]

this might come as a surprise but....no one gives a fuck! *WINK wink WINK wink WINK wink WINK wink WINK wink*

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

don't blame yathis thing is bloodless and boring

[@iCanBeHeroic]

#IHAVESEX

[@SadakoMobile01]

But I thought that you get slasher killer powers automatically by being in a shitty slasher movie! That's why I see no problem with this guy's random disappearances. No problem at all.

[@Shamandigi62091]

So Johnny cage and Sonya blade got married nice

[@PKMN37]

Remember when there used to be good remakes to horror movies like how The Fly 1986 and The Thing 1982 were to their 50s counterparts? Now, every time there's a remake to a horror film, it's best to assume the remake's going to be crap because they always are.

[@destroyerinazuma96]

The remake crew esp the director had a vision back then. Nowadays it's all about the money.

[@PKMN37]

Destroyer Inazuma Another problem is that not enough people care.

[@destroyerinazuma96]

agreed

[@dkres82]

There's some good remakes but yeah overall I agree. Maniac was really good and I've always liked The Hills Have Eyes remake.

[@destroyerinazuma96]

dkres82 The Hills have eyes remake was almost a different movie to me :) and I watched it with expectations set so low that I got pleasantly suprised when the young guy started fighting in the latter part. That was freaking powerful

[@renamon5658]

The prom night theme song is epic

[@aii5748]

That prom night theme is so catchy. I find myself dancing to it by the end of the video. That being said it really doesn't help a horror movie to have music like that. Lol 😆 Another hilarious video, Phelous haha

[@Kairu_Kilofski]

Idris? What are you doing in this crap?

[@missmoanypants]

I said the same thing! Lol

[@SpeedyEric1]

At least he later went on to play Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Stacker Pentecost in Pacific Rim, and Krall in Star Trek Beyond.

[@29AndreG]

To be fair, he's the only good part of this movie.

[@ChAn-dv9to]

gotta start somewhere

[@DarthAzabrush]

The film would be a lot better if he just said fuck it and played the detective as Luther. This detective thinks to much, Luther would just chin a bitch!

[@michaelsanford3899]

Does Brittany Snow look like she's about ten to twenty years older than a high school senior to anyone else?

[@asiabrown99]

Michael Sanford kinda

[@ShelbyBaby27]

So Prom Night is the prequel of BBC's Luther? Think about it....

[@Aqua-Marine-UK_1991]

you sure had fun editing this one

[@gracekim1998]

That disco song is jamming, man! I’m not that big on hip hop (I mostly listen to game music myself 😅) but I love how that song fits the remake better 27.7.22

[@joehand2156]

Man jonny cage does not seem to age i watched a video of him and the dude that played Liu Kang in movie and they look the same at 59

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

I know, right? He could be in the new movie.

[@Galantski]

Mr. McCrazy with full beard: channeling Geico Caveman ("Plot holes so big a caveman could see them") Mr. McCrazy with stubble & baseball cap: channeling Ernest P. "Know what I mean, Vern" Worrell ("Ernest Goes to the Prom")

[@fireruby544]

14:44... Me: AH! Phelous shaved! WTF?!

[@lukemckenzie0121]

No he shave and had a hat on... Totally different person

[@DeclanCorey]

That's the scariest thing around the Prom Night flick. ¬u¬

[@DemiBirdDoes]

Le Sad Panda doing the whatcha say song made my day.

[@BobbinandGuidoShow]

idris elba, why do you keep turning up in these awful movies?

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Hey man. You got to start somewhere, it tends to be horror.

[@sidearmsalpha]

@@tbirdUCW6ReAJ He's still making horror movies. He was in Cats.

[@v1c-was-her3]

3:48 Perfect representation of the audience's reaction to this movie

[@jonathanwarrdddedcxddeecec4787]

Feels more like a hit man level than a prom night movie

[@brendanforester4601]

That would make this better if it was intentional.

[@Dr.Loomis666]

My prom had a carpet (not red), and people (friends/family) lined up and watched as we were announced, and walked in. I thought that was normal... guess not

[@tumulovermelho93]

OK. After MKX, I'll never see this family the same way. Now they're AU Johnny Cage/Cassie/Sonya to me.

[@SamanthaPortUkulele]

Because of this and his other Prom Night videos, any time I see something that says "_______ night" (like I just read something that says "girls' night"), I get this song stuck in my head and HAVE to start singing it (replacing "prom" with whatever word it was instead, of course - girls' night! Everything is all right!).

[@thenetisslow]

Idris Elba noooooo! You're better than this!

[@SpeedyEric1]

***** He was also in the Thor movies, Pacific Rim, and well see him as the villain in the upcoming Star Trek Beyond.

[@29AndreG]

thenetisslow He was the only thing I liked in this.

[@blueblue930]

+thenetisslow I think the best thing in this is him and the few minutes of Ming Na Wen at the beginning

[@rcct44444]

thenetisslow I didn't think the Gunslinger would get involved in mortal situations

[@lionofthebluevale7170]

Not really

[@videodromeTVversion]

Phelous is the ultimate case of the: Wait... Does [Stanley] Have a Mustache or No?

[@wugglesx]

i just realized something.. phelous looks an awful lot like dan from Dan VS and he's almost as angry sometimes even more xD

[@renamon5658]

He needs a jerk t shirt

[@alicered4198]

The "Mmm Whatcha Say" cover bit is great.

[@Dantastic]

The worst part is that they didn't cast anyone as Slick in this "remake."

[@MrWii000]

1:52 And that was when Donna (Brittany Snow) became a Nobody trapped in Castle Oblivion.

[@KeyBladeMaster-Dan]

Her drawing skills leave much to be desired

[@blackdynogeek1925]

Absolutely hilarious review.

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Phel-arious

[@tumulovermelho93]

Damn, the people in the 80s prom knew how to dance!

[@magnos_decimus]

did anyone else notice in the fake out credits a guy by the name Erik Porn

[@puppymolly123]

I went to see this in theaters. Everyone else in the theater was screaming while my friends and I were laughing our asses off. Stlll not worth the price of admission though...

[@user-dr2yz8um3d]

Wonderful combinations of jump scares and actual screams Oh 2008….

[@Canadamus_Prime]

Red carpet? Is this the prom or the Academy Awards?

[@MrLuciusrm]

Best naked gun sequel ever !

[@MrDp115]

Idris Elba is wasted here

[@SpeedyEric1]

As well as actress Ming Na Wen, who played the psychiatrist in the beginning. She played Chun-Li Zang in the Street Fighter movie, played the title role in Mulan, and is currently playing Agent May in the series Agents of SHIELD.

[@MrDp115]

SpeedyEric1 agreed

[@Davethe3rd]

Are you ever going to review the original Prom Night?

[@renamon5658]

In the alternate ending the cop was gonna become obsessed with snow

[@mickeyperkins]

My prom actually did have a red carpet with people there to watch/take pictures. It was all parents though, not paparazzi like the movie seems to think would be there?

[@sidearmsalpha]

Johnny Cage, Chun Li, and Rex Racer are all in this. Nice!

[@dollknight3947]

I love this review the thumbnail gets me everytime But to be honest I actually like the killer he was probably the most interesting character in the whole movie. At least he was smart enough to disguise himself.

[@paulman34340]

Honestly Fenton (The Killer) was only smart because the writers made sure EVERYONE ELSE was dumb simply to give him an advantage! I had fun making scenario's at certain points of the movie where Fenton was caught if not for the plot! Seriously his "disguise" did have SOME merit till those who know him got a look at him! Frankly I expected them to think faster on identifying him then the officers looking for him who'd have to get a close look to ID him (And even then I don't think they'd let EVERYONE out so easily, I'm sure every MALE fitting his description as in Skin Tone/EtC would be stopped to get a clear check!) But then the writers did that ANNOYING thing where they give the Killer "Future Sight/Mind Reading" where they KNOW they've been ID without clear evidence on THEIR end to even KNOW IT (The worse was one movie I saw where a person a good distance ID the character, was not SEEN or detected by them! Yet they pull a Jason and "teleported/Jump Cut" to them before they could report it in! Frankly feels like writers want some SUSPENCE like "Oh they almost got caught" but don't direct it well enough that silly shit like that happens instead of directing it where they LOGICALLY realized they were made! But then Fenton was killing SO many people, I'm surprised he was made SOONER!) Frankly the only thing I REALLY hate at the end is he DIED! As I'd LOVE for him to be taken in alive to wonder what idiot braindead Jury will get him on Insanity TWICE now that the body count is larger, more vicious to "they didn't need to DIE" referring to the Staff at the Hotel, and add cops to the mix and I'd be surprised they don't make a SPECIAL EXCEPTION to get him on the Chair SOONER!

[@docdave15]

5:14 Wait a minute?! Is that... HOLY CRAP that is Idris Elba!

[@samuelturner6261]

I don’t know why, but a killer wearing a baseball cap and a suit just seems kind of silly instead of scary.

[@_SomeGuyOnline]

The only good thing Snow has ever done was voice acting in the Studio Ghibli film "Whisper of The Heart".

[@Obiwan1994Kenobi-iv4jf]

Mingna Wen!? Idris Elba!? What are YOOOOU doing here!?

[@petercharleskrug]

10:27 I must say, I'm just a bit disappointed you didn't include audio from SPACEBALLS here.

[@dragonfire5000]

If there was one good thing this movie did, it proved that Idris Elba can permanently put down a crappy slasher film villain and make sure they don't appear in crappy sequels.

[@the.sketch.projekt8851]

Oh now I remember this movie, wow I never new until I saw the hotel room scene

[@victorvilorn5964]

I love the self destruct edit!

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

Reading on Wikipedia i learned that this crap was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain (the guy who played the killer) but lost against the masterful performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker in The Dark Knight

[@LegendsP137]

To be fair this remake has to do with Prom Night then any of the sequels do.

[@bikelord4011]

the killer in the 2008 remake looks like vinesuace Joel if he want crazy, -._-.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

KZbin Movies is offering the "Extended Edition" in the recommended. What would that even be; longer scenes of stabbing?

[@smb-c3po]

Another great video, Phelan. Oh, well, at least they tried!

[@tompraeger]

I hope Idris Elba fired his agent after this!

[@CausmaticCosmo]

*PROM NIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE ALRIGHT!!!!*

[@tylerleach1833]

Wow, those people in the hotel are pretty calm walking out after hearing a FIRE alarm.

[@tbonevideos23]

Does anyone know how behind we are on all of Phelous's videos? Cause I don't want 2 videos of Phelous everyday to ever end ;-;

[@03bgood]

So this has a lot more in common with the Halloween 2007 remake than the original 1980 Prom Night; some random guy murders an entire family except for a girl, gets locked up in a mental institution, and then escapes years later to kill the one that got away.

[@gracekim1998]

Ooo catchy song😜 I’m now a fan too so thanks Phelous ✌️😎 2.2.22

[@FadeIn2Obscurity]

1:54 Key Artist Erik Porn? What are you doing here!?!

[@dixienormous9845]

lol

[@lordvoldemort9440]

How about special prosthetic makeup artist: almost human

[@konstance13]

Can you imagine going through life with the last name Porn? That guy has probably heard every joke in the book.

[@phantomzone2725]

Is Erik Porn the equivalent of Fred Fuchs?

[@suisei_san]

Awesome review Phelous! Does anyone know if the first review is on the yt channel ?

[@convoy81]

5:30 Nooo Welshy is getting jailed...oh well.

[@yukiskyzero1313]

Phelous again without the beard at the end...is just weird haha. xD Oh and DAT title card tho. You look good in pink nyahahaha. xD

[@themoviereviewernextdoor5327]

What is 11:40 from?

[@dragondaveltd1992]

13:31 Well his luck just Ran Out! *Oooh, What'd You Sa~ay!*

[@dragondaveltd1992]

11:10 You know what this scene needs... A Prom Night Song.

[@nefarioussness]

3:04 My exact thoughts on his current role on the shitty-as-fuck MTV show, Twink Wolf. 8:08 Also, AARON STONE, WHAT ARE YOOOOU DOING HERE?!

[@BATCHARRO]

2:31 He must have looked ridiculous hanging of the side of the bus.

[@akikominagawa2075]

4:31 why is there a riced out civic?

[@troin3925]

Apparently the killer is a teacher, wonder why Phelous didn't bring that up. Edit: Nevermind.

[@Gotenks7Kid]

I always get prom night and carrie mixed up :p

[@brendanforester4601]

James Brewer I can understand why.

[@universalwizard9963]

Why do I feel like someone at Hollywood got the idea that looks are more important than acting. Seriously, why must it always be about the popular ones?! Looking at you guys who did the reboot of Nightmare on Elm Street.

[@jonathanjoestarwithpluck4930]

2:13 Agent Melinda May, what’re you doing here? I know your husband was a therapist too, but that doesn’t mean you can just walk out on Coulson and SHIELD.

[@Themaniacnextdoor]

The original is my favorite film from 1980. It's another great Canadian horror film.

[@haruruben]

Prom Night 3 is a masterpiece of genius

[@BardandQueen]

Please please please review april fools day 2008 remake that movie is yet another unnecessary remake of an already good movie

[@munromister777]

BardandQueen They remade April Fools Day? Why?!? Next you're gonna tell me they remade Student Bodies and made it a serious horror movie.

[@BardandQueen]

munromister777 tell me about it was a piece of crap they took all the twist right out of it. All unlikeable characters the whole shibang. Oh man i really hope they dont remake student bodies that slasher comedy parody wad funny as hell and awesome with its spoofs

[@BardandQueen]

Got to love the shot for shot remake and then they slap more gore and cgi blood all over the place. Bleh.

[@BardandQueen]

-.- prequel/sequel meshes do somehow make me sleep better at night as well...good news even with that train wreck, there is the Halloween night premiere of ash vs the evil dead coming ...

[@dkres82]

+Wrath's Turntable Time Machine Rocksmash Attack (AKA The Mysterious Reuploader, Ace-edo Mask!) Yeah he does can't remember the exact time, and the car that's at the cabin already is Ash's car.

[@troin3925]

Didn't he already use a knife, or was your point that he wasn't using glass?

[@PrettyH8Mach1n3]

Did you also review the original?

[@TheWilderCat]

Suoleph is my favorite character.

[@starhustler1453]

He jokes about the floor but I've been to so many hotels where the floor below is unfinished