Disclaimer: Contains spoilers!
Plot Summary: After a girl dies in a prank gone wrong a killer, seemingly, seeks revenge the following year.
Review: The original brought something unconventional to the table in the '80s whereas this film brings jack and shit to the table. I don't understand what was the point to remaking this. Oh, gee, wow, you changed the characters from regular college kids to obnoxious "socialites." Yeah, that's exactly what fans of the original would have wanted, right? Besides that, the killer's identity is BEYOND fucking obvious to the point that there's nothing to compare it to. I'm serious...if you can't guess who the killer is here, you might have a mental disability. Well, it's a moot point regardless since they kept the same goddamn ending of the original minus the original's context or any semblance of making sense. Ugh...god...why?
What's happening this time around? Someone does die this time, for real, in the opening prank when a girl falls off a balcony. So they're realistically hearkening back to "Prom Night" more than anything. The following year a killer is looking for revenge against the idiots responsible. The production value is terrible, and you will feel like you're watching a made for Lifetime movie. The film does try to make you think the characters are genuinely dying, but the setups are overly ridiculous and complicated that it's hard to believe anyone would, or could, go to these lengths to trick the other characters. Wait, scratch that, this is all a ploy to trick only one character this time around. Yup, that's right, the characters are in on the trick from the onset this time rather than being clued in as they "died." Once everyone appears to be dead, we learn that the main girl was responsible for the initial death that started this movie and that this entire thing with the fake killer was to get her to confess to that prank gone wrong. But...it was an accident...and her confession was coerced...sooo...how was any of this going to work out? But wait...there's more! There is a new twist as the main chick does end up dying after all when the fake gun they were using somehow had a real bullet in it. The film then ends with the main chick's brother seemingly behind the real murder in order to get his inheritance money? Oh whatever, fuck you!
Needless to say, this movie is stupid on every level. The characters are annoying and unlikable, the music sounds like something out of a radio serial from the '40s, the effects are embarrassing, and they kept the same ending, yet, somehow managed to fuck it up nonetheless! If there is anyone who was tricked by an April Fool's joke it is anyone who paid full price for this trash. Do yourself a favor and stick with the original.
Notable Moment: When that first idiot "dies" in the pool. Okay, how the hell did they pull this one off? So he was just sitting there in full makeup and able to lay at the bottom of the pool without ever showing a sign he was really alive? Riiiight.
Final Rating: 3.5/10
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