Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Trailer—Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

This film made a household name out of Michael Ironside, and had theatre audiences chanting, "We love bush!!". Of course at this time no one outside of Texas knew who the hell George H.W. or George W. was, and most people still wish we could forget them both, especially W. Most of the world on the other hand would not know what to do, had they never known the name...Michael Ironside. Anyhow, on a more serious note, Prom Night II is a campy classic regardless of it's status on the stinky and rigged IMDb rating system. 25 years later and people who don't have a pole jammed up their rectums still love this film. The original Prom Night does not hold a candle to this film in terms of entertainment, and let's face it, horror films are almost 100% about entertainment alone. The original Prom Night is a bore, but this film is a blast. If you haven't seen this and you love horror films, and especially the campy horror films; In the words of Jack Torrance, "Go check it out!" 8/10

Hello Mary Lou isn't the most entertaining horror I've seen but it's fairly decent and something always seems to be happening. There's no gore at all but there's plenty of silliness. There seems to be a weird religious edge to it as well, as the girl possessed by Mary Lou asks the priest: "Will you pray for me?...Will you f**k me?" There's a hilarious line from the priest during a funeral, when he comments that the death should remind everyone of violence seen every day in life, on TV, and in films. Other funny scenes include a girl being pulped in between two lockers, Mary Lou's corpse bursting out of Vicki's body, and an exploding grave. These are not as cool as they sound, but will still bring a smile to your face. I would give this a watch if you enjoy 80's horror films. It's not the best, but it's got enough wholesome cheesiness to pass the time.

Though this movie often gets skewered on the message boards it is a delight for those who appreciate the high school horror films of the 80's. The acting is stale, the story is one we've all heard before but this film had some memorable touches. The locker room scene is one of my all-time favorite death scenes and this film used the art class paper cutter as a weapon way before Josh Hartnett wielded one in "The Faculty". The "living rocking horse" is definitely something viewers wont easily forget and that scene reminds me of horrors historical roots in cinema: that scene screams German Expressionism as much as the title sequence in "Nightmare on Elm Street". If you don't like camp, this movie will be hard to swallow, but if you're a fan of the B movies you rented as a kid just because the cover art looked creepy: bon apetit.

Clever, inventive, and funny totally non-related sequel to Prom Night takes various elements from just about every horror film and blends them together with successful results. The story deals with a murdered prom queen possessing a young girl thirty years later to avenge her death. Lisa Schrage is funny, scary, and sexy as Mary Lou. Pretty good effects for the most part too. Rated R; Nudity, Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence, and Profanity.

If anyone's looking to introduce their friends to the wild world of 80's horror, Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II would be a great place to start. This movie has it all. You want blood? Got it! You want bare breasts? They got ya (un)covered! How about some wild hairstyles, outfits, and makeup? It's here in spades. Plus, the story is a bundle of campy fun. In the 50's, a prom queen was accidentally set on fire before she got the chance to wear her crown and, 30-something years later, a mousy high schooler releases her spirit and ends up getting possessed by her. That Mary Lou sure can hold a grudge. If you take Carrie, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Peggy Sue Got Married, The Evil Dead, and The Exorcist and stuck them in a blender, you'd probably get something similar to this. Despite its obvious influences, Hello Mary Lou has a vibe and pulse of its own.

This one is simply too much devilish fun! An unrelated, stand-alone sequel much more in the supernatural slasher vein of the at the time very popular "A Nightmare On Elm Street" movies. There's some black humor & genre references present (the film winks at "The Exorcist" and "Carrie"), but it does deliver in the creepy horror department also. Lisa Schrage is delicious as the evil Mary Lou Maloney and Michael Ironside is running around in it also as the principal of Hamilton High (always a nice bonus in any movie, this man). Wendy Lyon (as the possessed Vicky Carpenter) provides some very unexpected full frontal nudity, resulting in a scene featuring the best kill of the movie. This is a fine example of how much crazy fun an '80s slasher movie can get.

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