Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (1990)

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

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.

Now I know I am likely in the minority here (based on ratings of each individual Prom Night movies), but I think this is the best and my personal favourite of the series. A sequel really to Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II and not the original as Mary Lou Maloney returns for new blood at Hamilton High. Ron Oliver penned this script as he did in part 2 and co-directs with Peter Simpson who produced each Prom Night movie. Mary Lou is played by Courtney Taylor this time and is more angry, more violent and sexier than ever. This time she is after 'Average Joe' Alex Grey (Tim Conlon), who she starts setting his life up pretty well as long as he can just return it with love. Problem is she leaves corpses in her wake. Interesting, clever and original deaths along with a great sense of humour make this one I really have enjoyed over the years. It is more of a comedy-horror film. Also starring Canadian and former boxing great George Chuvalo as Alex's teacher Mr. Walker. Give it a chance and maybe you will enjoy it, too.

This is very much a horror/comedy mixture (both genres being equally present this time, taking it a couple comedic steps further than the previous installment in the "Prom Night" series, "Hello Mary Lou"), and as such it's pretty entertaining. Our beloved Mary Lou character returns from hell, though played by a different actress (Courtney Tayler) in this sequel. She falls in love with average student Alex Grey and immediately goes on a killing spree for him, disposing of all the competition (like irritating jocks) and annoying high school teachers. A few amusing kills - not unlike the inventive ways of killing Freddy Krueger started to portray in the later "A Nightmare On Elm Street" sequels - and a funny ending make this one an okay, albeit silly 90 minutes time-waster.

Simply said, I enjoyed watching this movie better than its two predecessors. It therefore also was a better movie, even though this one is also far from an exciting one. It also really ain't a great movie but at least it knew how to be fun.Thing with this movie is that it doesn't take itself too seriously. It has a kind of campy '80's horror atmosphere all over it, even though this movie got released in 1990. I would say it's more of a comedy than an horror really. Not a great one but a fun enough one to watch nevertheless.The fact that this movie is more entertaining to watch really is the only reason why I liked this movie better than the first two movies. Nothing else about this really lets the movie stand out. Poor acting, poor directing and predictable all the way, without offering any surprises or originality. But you can just never expect too much from a straight-to-video sequel of course. It's far from an interesting movie to watch and there also is not always a lot happening in it. Especially for the fans of horror this movie will fall short and perhaps the movie could had used some more gore it.Really nothing too great but at least its being somewhat fun.5/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

Prom Night 3 (1990) * (out of 4) Mary Lou Maloney (Courtney Taylor) is in hell burning for her sins, which include multiple murders. While dancing on stage to a sexy tune she's able to break her chains and escape hell, which sends her back to Hamilton High School where her spirit walks around the hallways. Back in the normal world student Alex (Tim Conlon) is your typical average guy who really doesn't have too much going for him. Although he has a beautiful girlfriend named Sarah everything else is falling apart. He's flunking high school, which will cause him from going to Med School and he's still a second stringer on the football team.One night Alex goes into school to get a book so he can study and that's when he and Mary Lou first catch a look at one another. Within seconds the two are wrapped up in the American flag making passionate love while Alex's real girlfriend is waiting in the car. Alex must have been some lover because Mary Lou falls in love with him and decides that she must do whatever it takes to make him popular and that includes murder. She begins killing off anyone who pushes Alex around from teachers to other students.Prom Night 3 is a horrible movie that really has nothing going for it. It's obvious in the first five minutes that the directors (yes there are two credited) are going for a horror comedy but they fail to bring either to the film. Where the first film jumped on the Halloween bandwagon this one here tries to be Freddy Kruger. Every time someone is killed we get Mary Lou giving stupid one-liners that are never funny and eventually wear on the nerves. The death scenes are also a joke but we do get to see someone killed by an ice cream cone.I'm really not sure who this film was meant for. I seriously doubt the mainstream crowd was rushing out to pick this thing up so you'd think the director's would have had enough sense to make this for those renting it. They should have known the story was horrid and that the cast wasn't going to be bringing them much so with horror films like they usually throw in the gore and nudity. Well, we get a few gory scenes but nothing very good. The running joke is a guy who gets turned into a banana split but it's not funny when it happens and the running gags certainly aren't funny either. Courtney Taylor runs around half naked several times yet the director's just tease us with the nudity because there isn't any. Again, who was this film aimed at? In the end, Prom Night 3 is another of the many sequels, which should have never been made.