REVIEW: Aren't killers supposed to be scary?

@SL_body_copy_ragged:So, there's this teacher who has the hots for one of his female students, Donna. He gets fired, goes crazy and decides to go to her house to find her. However, he doesn't find her, thanks to the greatest hiding spot ever: under the bed. He does manage to find and kill her entire family. Three years later, he breaks out of the mental institute and goes after Donna again, this time at her senior prom.

Now correct me if I'm wrong, but seeing the bad guy in a horror movie is supposed to strike fear in the viewer. For example, whenever Freddy or Leatherface or even the dude from "Scream" show up on the screen it's kind of creepy. Well, "Prom Night" missed the boat on this concept, because this killer is not scary at all. He's just a guy in a baseball hat.

Not only is he not scary, but he has got to be the lamest killer ever. First of all, he kills everyone with some kind of curved pocketknife. Not exciting. I mean, let's get creative and mix it up every once it while. All the other killers do it.

Second of all, the guy needs to put forth some effort. He walks everywhere. Even when his victims take off running, he just stands there and watches for a little bit before he finally starts to make a move. How about you do what every other person in the world would do and run after them? About the only time this guy shows any effort is when he breaks down a door with a fire extinguisher.

Don't worry though, the killer is not the only bad part of the movie. The acting of some of the high school students is just ridiculous. You can't help but laugh at some of the lines these people deliver. My only guess is that instead of holding auditions, they just asked the lead characters to bring some friends along.

Now, given that this is a PG-13 rated horror movie about prom, I'm guessing I'm not the target audience for this movie. Maybe that's why I did not find this movie enjoyable or scary whatsoever. Personally, I think the scariest part of the movie is when the three main girls are hit on by a group of 40-year-olds in the elevator. Now that's creepy.