Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Excellent, a Must See

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.

This film is not a squeal or is in any way related to the Jamie Lee Curtis classic.The promiscuous Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) upsets her date Bill (Steve Atkinson) at the prom as it seems she has had sex with everyone in school except him. Bill couldn't get to first base. A prank backfires and Mary Lou goes reverse Carrie on us as she catches fire and no one else does.Years later Vicky (Wendy Lyon) opens the trunk with the unburned tiara. She eventually becomes possessed by the spirit of Mary Lou without a Ouija Board. Bill (Michael Ironside) is now the principal. Supernatural elements enter the film as it becomes more similar to "Carrie" than "Prom Night."This is a classic 1980's horror. The confessional scenes are memorable plus the unabashed full frontal nudity of Wendy Lyon as she walks through the locker room.Guide: F-word, foreplay, nudity. This is part of many multi-packs

Oh, those capitalistic 80s. Like Troll 2, this had less to do with the original and more with mimicking what worked over the previous two decades.What an odd pair of films in one. The movie, while mimicking the Carrie finale, begins with promise and actual laugh out loud scenes. But, then our demonic title character returns and the second, especially incoherent film, begins.I got it, though. Thoroughly tongue-in-cheek, the movie sets out to be meta before meta became meta. Granted, there were some effective special effects, ideas and comedy, the movie is all over the place and the worst offense: the lamest use of Michael Ironside I've ever seen.He's one of my all-time favorite actors. I grew up with him on V (the miniseries and regular TV series) and in any movie I could catch him in. I loved his voice, charisma and snarky presence. Here, he models Daniel Craig's waning interest in Bond: bored, sleepwalking and disinterested.In this name and event-only sequel/rip-off, consequences mean nothing, horrific actions forgotten and undeveloped side characters are forgotten. Basically, badass Mary Lou – the best character in the film, gets her just deserves by burning to death in 1957 at her prom and is inadvertently resurrected 30 years later to cause random FX on her old school.Ahhh, the 80s. Things just happen and characters simply accept them without much depth. For example: the first kill is a fun blast as the victim is almost decapitated, hung up to die and then tossed out a window. This, of course, in 80s fashion, is considered a suicide. No questions asked.The movie would've worked better with a few more rewrites as it had ideas, a few good actors and budget for gore. But, they slapped it together and hoped to cash in on the numerous horror movies' notorieties before it.Not hundred percent avoidable, but…Won't see you later…alligator. ***Final thoughts: I've ALWAYS loved this title and movie poster. So, 30 years after 30 years after this movie begins, I had to finally see it on Day 2 of October for this a part 2. While it sounds like I dissed this movie, I don't regret finally seeing it. Horror Movie Bucket List…checked off.

Mary Lou is a promiscuous teenager who gleefully indulges in boys, sex, and booze. On Prom Night in 1957, she goes too far by leaving her boyfriend, Billy Nordham hanging to have sex with another guy. Billy decides to get revenge and kills her. 30 years later, Bill Nordham is now the principle of Hamilton High. Mary Lou is awakened by a trunk in the basement and possesses Vicki Carpenter. Bill must face his traumatic past before it's too late. I'm gonna get this out of the way right now! I loved this movie. It's not a great film by any means, but it's great fun! It goes all out to ensure the viewer has a good time, and I'd say it exceeded expectations in a pretty big way. This movie is NOTHING like the first one. It's full on fantasy, resembling a Nightmare on Elm Street movie more than anything else. Wait until you see Vicki being attacked in the bedroom! (That creepy unicorn, brr) I really enjoyed the different approach from the first one, and it was way more fun as a result. This movie wants you to have a good time, everything else is secondary. There isn't much gore, but we do get some light lesbianism in the shower! Even a weird incest scene! A newly pregnant student gets killed as well (Ouch! God, I miss the 80's!) I was really impressed by the creativity and the guts the director, Bruce Pittman had. The acting is surprisingly above average for the most part. Wendy Lyon is excellent as our heroine. She's sympathetic, vulnerable, even a little creepy when she goes completely in Mary Lou mode. Lisa Schrage is a blast as Mary Lou. I had no sympathy for her being killed, because she's so unsympathetic. But I think they intended it to be that way. Michael Ironside phones it in here. I hate to say it, but he looked visibly unsure on what to do here. This is clearly a paycheck role! There were only brief flourishes of what makes him so great. Louis Ferreira is OK as Vicki's love interest. He didn't embarrass himself and held his own. The ending is similar to Nightmare on Elm Street 2 in some ways. I dug it and even clapped a little bit. I dig the false happy ending if it's done correctlyWhere is the love for this movie? It's unabashedly corny, and I loved every minute of it. It represents everything I adored about the 80's! Where you at, Mary Lou? I'll go on a blind date with you any day!7/10

Loose sequel to "Prom Night" only uses the same high school, Hamilton High, where another horror takes place as the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou Maloney, who was accidentally killed at her senior prom thirty years previous, is unleashed from a trunk(?!) by Vicki Carpenter(Wendy Lyon) who is dating the son of principal Bill Nordham,(played by Michael Ironside) who, just by one of those standard movie coincidences, happens to be Mary Lou's old boyfriend that she blames for her fiery death. So evil Mary Lou possesses poor Vicki to destroy Bill, and be crowned senior prom queen, no matter who has to die...Typically violent and idiotic horror exploitation is just another illogical and crass film where the supernatural protagonist has all kinds of superpowers because the script says they do, with no regard to plausibility or coherence, with the ending being the final insult.