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* DawsonCasting: The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 26-year-old Casey Stevens, and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
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* DawsonCasting: DawsonCasting:
** The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 26-year-old CaseyStevens, Stevens (Nick), and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
** Averted however with Michael Tough as Alex, who was seventeen when he was cast. Mary Beth Reubens (Kelly) had also just graduated high school.
** The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 26-year-old Casey
** Averted however with Michael Tough as Alex, who was seventeen when he was cast. Mary Beth Reubens (Kelly) had also just graduated high school.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The whole "Leonard Murch" subplot was nowhere in the original script and was forced in upon studio insistence.
* FollowTheLeader: Came in the wake of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', also starring Creator/JamieLeeCurtis.
* FollowTheLeader: Came in the wake of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', also starring Creator/JamieLeeCurtis.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: ExecutiveMeddling:
** The whole "Leonard Murch" subplot was nowhere in the original script and was forced in upon studio insistence.
** The plan was for the film to have minimal gore, and focus on suspense. Avco Embassy however insisted on some graphic violence, such as [[spoiler: Lou being decapitated]].
* FollowTheLeader: Came in the wake of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', also starring Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. Specifically, the director was advised to set the story around a holiday by Irwin Yablans, who had also produced ''Halloween''.
** The whole "Leonard Murch" subplot was nowhere in the original script and was forced in upon studio insistence.
** The plan was for the film to have minimal gore, and focus on suspense. Avco Embassy however insisted on some graphic violence, such as [[spoiler: Lou being decapitated]].
* FollowTheLeader: Came in the wake of ''Film/{{Halloween 1978}}'', also starring Creator/JamieLeeCurtis. Specifically, the director was advised to set the story around a holiday by Irwin Yablans, who had also produced ''Halloween''.
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* DawsonCasting: The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 25-year-old Casey Stevens, and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
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* DawsonCasting: The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 25-year-old 26-year-old Casey Stevens, and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
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* DawsonCasting: The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
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* DawsonCasting: The cast included 21-year-old Creator/JamieLeeCurtis (Kim), 22-year-old Anne Marie Martin (Wendy), 25-year-old Casey Stevens, and 24-year-old Jeff Wincott (Drew). The rest of the cast's birthdays are unknown, but Joy Thompson (Jude) did comment in the making-of documentary that it felt strange walking down a high school hallway after so many years.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: The whole "Leonard Murch" subplot was nowhere in the original script and was forced in upon studio insistence.
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** Eve Plumb (Jan Brady from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'') was the first choice to play Kim until Jamie Lee Curtis expressed interest. The film was also supposed to be a far cheaper production before she was attached.
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** Eve Plumb Creator/EvePlumb (Jan Brady from ''Series/TheBradyBunch'') was the first choice to play Kim until Jamie Lee Curtis expressed interest. The film was also supposed to be a far cheaper production before she was attached.
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* TheForeignSubtitle:
** Germany: ''Prom Night: The Horror Comes at Midnight''
** Spain: ''Prom Night: Terror Calls''
* NoStuntDouble: Jamie Lee Curtis apparently did all the dancing and the entire final fight without a stunt double.
** Germany: ''Prom Night: The Horror Comes at Midnight''
** Spain: ''Prom Night: Terror Calls''
* NoStuntDouble: Jamie Lee Curtis apparently did all the dancing and the entire final fight without a stunt double.
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** Germany: ''Prom Night: The Horror Comes at Midnight''
** Spain: ''Prom Night: Terror Calls''
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The permed hairstyles for Kim, Slick, Jude, Nick and Alex, the fashions for the teenagers and the Disco soundtrack immediately show this was an early 80s movie.
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** The girls would be passing notes in class, which was Jude telling them about Slick. Kim would be caught with the note and forced to read it aloud to the class. This is why Mr Weller calls Kim "the literary Ms Hammond" when she arrives at the gym late.
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** The girls would be passing notes in class, which was Jude telling them about Slick. Kim would be caught with the note and forced to read it aloud to the class. This is why Mr Weller calls Kim "the literary Ms Hammond" when she arrives at the gym late.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: From watching ''Film/Scream1996'', you'd think Creator/JamieLeeCurtis is a straight FinalGirl. However, there are a few things that set Curtis' Kim Hammond apart: she has a more cavalier attitude about sex (most of her conversations with Kelly, who is a virgin, is debating with her about whether or not Kelly is okay with having sex with Kelly's boyfriend Drew), is in a morally gray area regarding the LoveTriangle between her, Wendy, and Nick, doesn't remain fully clothed (see the BestKnownForTheFanservice entry on the YMMV page), and [[spoiler:is no DamselInDistress: the killer a) repeatedly knocks her out of his way (he's gunning for Nick) when they fight, and b) would never have targeted her at all, given that they were family.]]
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* OrphanedReference: When Kim arrives late at the gym, Mr Weller calls her "the literary Ms Hammond", referencing a deleted scene in which she and her friends would be caught passing notes in class.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: From watching ''Film/Scream1996'', you'd think Creator/JamieLeeCurtis is a straight FinalGirl. However, there are a few things that set Curtis' Kim Hammond apart: she has a more cavalier attitude about sex (most of her conversations with Kelly, who is a virgin, is debating with her about whether or not Kelly is okay with having sex with Kelly's boyfriend Drew), is in a morally gray area regarding the LoveTriangle between her, Wendy, and Nick, doesn't remain fully clothed (see the BestKnownForTheFanservice entry on the YMMV page), and [[spoiler:is no DamselInDistress: the killer a) repeatedly knocks her out of his way (he's gunning for Nick) when they fight, and b) would never have targeted her at all, given that they were family.]]]] She's also a possible suspect for the killer, since the victims killed her sister.
* PlayingWithCharacterType: From watching ''Film/Scream1996'', you'd think Creator/JamieLeeCurtis is a straight FinalGirl. However, there are a few things that set Curtis' Kim Hammond apart: she has a more cavalier attitude about sex (most of her conversations with Kelly, who is a virgin, is debating with her about whether or not Kelly is okay with having sex with Kelly's boyfriend Drew), is in a morally gray area regarding the LoveTriangle between her, Wendy, and Nick, doesn't remain fully clothed (see the BestKnownForTheFanservice entry on the YMMV page), and [[spoiler:is no DamselInDistress: the killer a) repeatedly knocks her out of his way (he's gunning for Nick) when they fight, and b) would never have targeted her at all, given that they were family.
