yes, it was released in june of 81. but i read an interview with the guy who played the killer and he says that this movie was actually shot in the fall of 1979.. i wonder why they released 2 years later.... But if you look closely you can see it has that late 70's feel to it.. The clothes and stuff.. just incase any one else wanted to know this... So its really a 70's slasher.. although released in mid 81//
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Crazy, right? Think about it--I bet most of the slashers released in 1980 were actually filmed in 1979 or early 1980 (including Friday the 13th!), which is basically still the late 70s since the 80s hadn't found its voice yet--heck, disco wasn't even dead! Think of Promnight. Released in 1980, but clearly, the dance scene and it's disco tune were TOTAL 70s.
--Daniel W. Kelly, author, "Closet Monsters: Zombied Out and Tales of Gothrotica"
prom night was shot in fall of 1979///
shareThis movie has to be from 81. If im not mistaken, Mark, the uppity rich kid says something like, "Either I drive an 82 or Im walking"
shareNo, he had to make an 82 on his exam to pass the course, if he failed his parents would stop making the payments on his car, thus he had to make an 82 or he'd be walking.
Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
The DVD was just recently released and i watched the film with the commentary and Joel S. Rice (Radish) says it was 1980
shareshe may be wrong. but i read an interview with the actor who played the killer on a site called the teror trap.. he claims this film was shot between sept/oct of 79. who knows? but wouldnt school been in session, unless the filmed after everyone went home..
shareThey also said the film was made in Gaffney, NC, but it's SC. Memories could be wrong. I'm not really sure, but it doesn't matter to me much one way or another.
Ignoring isn't the same as ignorance, you have to work at it.
There wasn't a huge difference in clothing styles between the late 70's and early 80's. Just looking at pictures of myself, family, and friends from back then we pretty much dressed the same between those years. Heck, watching Kenny and Co which was filmed in the mid 70's all the kids on there dressed like we dressed when we were the same age in the early 80's.
Hey, this guy's not gonna leak all over my ice cream, is he?share
i dont think the 80's quite found its style till 82...
but 80-81 was kinda like the late 70's still
Actually, from what I remember, the first 3 years of the 80s had the 70s run-off. 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981 and 1982 felt like one big five year period of similar styles(the late 70s had that feel of progression that felt like it was getting ready to change from the style of early and mid 70s to that which would eventually become early 80s). It's the same for the early 90s, actually. 1988-1992 were all very similar years in style. The 80s big hair thing didn't die with the decade, and neither did the style. It lasted pretty much into the early 90s, and was gone by mid-90s. That's how the early 80s were with the 70s.
If you look back, as well, regarding the late 60s/early 70s and the late 50s/early 60s, the transition period were similar as well. You usually take the year that starts the decade and use it as the center year, then put before it two years prior and two years after. That five year period is has the most in common. For the 80s, if you wanna get into the years where the decade REALLY found itself, you use 1985 as the center year and add the two years prior and two years after. The five year period where the 80s was in full bloom was 1983-1987(the major birth the decade's most apparent fads came from this time period). The decade cut into short style eras would be like this:
(Post-70s)
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
(True 80s)
1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
(Post-80s)
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
At least that's how I like to look at it. Within those 5 year periods, there's a LOT of similarities with fashion trends and music style.
I agree this feels more like a 70's movie
and a bad one as wellWhen there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
Yeah, I think that's the case with a few 80's slasher films, they have a
cheesier/cheaper looking budget than they should, even for low-budget horror.
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Doesn't matter when it was shot; the release date matters. If we go by your thinking many movies that won Oscars shouldn't have even been nominated.
Let's do it to them before they do it to us.