Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

"You Can't Keep a Bad Girl Down!"

1987 1h 37m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 222

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Synopsis

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Mary Lou Maloney, Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, is killed during her coronation ceremony due to a prank gone wrong by her jilted boyfriend, Billy Nordham. Thirty years later, teen Vicki Carpenter is in the running for Prom Queen, but accidentally unleashes the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou, who will stop at nothing to be rightfully crowned, even if it means taking Vicki's poor body for a cruise!

“You Can't Keep a Bad Girl Down!”

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Cast

Michael Ironside
Bill Nordham
Wendy Lyon
Vicki Carpenter
Louis Ferreira
Craig Nordham
Richard Monette
Father Cooper
Lisa Schrage
Mary Lou Maloney
Terri Hawkes
Kelly Hennenlotter
Beverley Hendry
Monica Waters
Brock Simpson
Josh

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruce Pittman
Writers: Rob Ballentine, Ron Oliver
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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MONEY

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Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Prom Night Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bruce Pittman, shot by John Herzog. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Zaza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nick Rotundo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Michael Ironside and Wendy Lyon and Louis Ferreira carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You Can't Keep a Bad Girl Down!".

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The take

Bruce Pittman directs. John Herzog behind the camera. Paul Zaza scores. Nick Rotundo cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $1.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
239 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Prom Night Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Bruce Pittman, shot by John Herzog. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Paul Zaza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nick Rotundo shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Michael Ironside and Wendy Lyon and Louis Ferreira carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You Can't Keep a Bad Girl Down!".
9IMDB entry: tt0093176 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 20 themes, including "infidelity", "high school", "cemetery", "exorcism".

The technical file

Cinematography: John Herzog
Original score: Paul Zaza
Editing: Nick Rotundo
Makeup / hair: Nancy Howe
Stunt coordinator: Dwayne McLean
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $1,760,625
Box office: $2,683,519
Return: 152% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

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Prom Night Collection

A slasher film series premised on malevolent forces inflicting suffering on prom night.

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Wuchak2018-11-05
★ 7/10
More kinetic and imaginative than the dramatic original A hedonistic prom queen is accidentally killed on stage in 1957. When her spirit is inadvertently released thirty years later, she wreaks havoc on prom night seeking to be queen again, not to mention obtaining revenge. Michael Ironside plays the principal of the school, the man responsible for the girl’s death decades earlier. Sometimes subtitled “Hello Mary Lou,” “Prom Night II” (1987) is disconnected from the original 1980 film with Jamie Lee Curtis, although there are some trivial links. This one discards the disco dancing while upping the ante with the “Carrie” (1976) elements and mixing in components from the first two “A Nightmare on Elm Street” flicks (1984/1985), like the illusions and possession. The original was more of a coming-of-age drama/whodunit with a masked assailant appearing in the last act whereas this sequel is actually a little better in that it adds creative horror pizazz, which some might say makes it “cheesy.” In any case, Wendy Lyon stands out as the winsome protagonist who’s shown totally nude on a few occasions in the second half which ties-in with the possession angle. If you favor any of those other horror films noted above, “Prom Night II” is arguably on par, although I suppose “Carrie” is superior on a technical level. The movie runs 1 hour, 37 minutes and was shot in Edmonton, Alberta, with other stuff (post-production) done in Toronto. GRADE: B

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