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A hedonistic prom queen is accidentally killed on stage in 1957. When her spirit is inadvertently released thirty years later, she wreaks havoc on prom night seeking to be queen again, not to mention obtaining revenge. Michael Ironside plays the principal of the school, the man responsible for the girl's death decades earlier.

Sometimes subtitled "Hello Mary Lou," "Prom Night II" (1987) is disconnected from the original 1980 film with Jamie Lee Curtis, although there are some trivial links. This one discards the disco dancing while upping the ante with the "Carrie" (1976) elements and mixing in components from the first two "A Nightmare on Elm Street" flicks (1984/1985), like the illusions and possession.

The original was more of a coming-of-age drama/whodunit with a masked assailant appearing in the last act whereas this sequel is actually a little better in that it adds creative horror pizazz, which some might say makes it "cheesy." In any case, Wendy Lyon stands out as the winsome protagonist who's shown totally nude on a few occasions in the second half which ties-in with the possession angle.

If you favor any of those other horror films noted above, "Prom Night II" is arguably on par, although I suppose "Carrie" is superior on a technical level.

The movie runs 1 hour, 37 minutes and was shot in Edmonton, Alberta, with other stuff (post-production) done in Toronto.

GRADE: B

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.

Wendy Lyon plays blonde-haired high-school goody-two-shoes Vicki Carpenter (just one of several characters in this film blessed with the surname of a horror director) who gradually becomes possessed by the vengeful spirit of promiscuous tart Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage), who was burnt to death during her high school prom in 1957 as a result of two men fighting for her affections.

Before getting down to the messy business of exacting revenge on those responsible for her untimely demise, Mary Lou dispatches a couple of Vicki's closest friends (after all, practise make perfect), causing her next targets—local priest Father Cooper (Richard Monette) and high-school principal Bill Nordham (Michael Ironside)—to suspect that they might be next to die. At the high school prom, Nordham attempts to stop the now fully possessed Vicki from causing further mayhem, but only succeeds in making the spirit within even more angry, ensuring everyone present has a totally unforgettable night.

A non-related sequel to Prom Night, the 1980 Jamie Lee Curtis slasher, Hello, Mary Lou is an entertaining tale of revenge from beyond the grave featuring a grab-bag of supernatural elements borrowed from genre classics such as The Exorcist, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Carrie.

The result is a derivative slice of 80s teen horror that is rather light on the gore (why, oh why, didn't they chop fashion disaster Jess's head off like they threatened to do?), but which is still lots of fun thanks to some great performances from a decent cast (including the always superb Michael Ironside) and a couple of surprisingly risqué scenes: Lyon strips off and gives us full-frontal as she hops in the shower with (big) bosom(ed) pal Monica (Beverly Hendry); nasty prom queen hopeful Kelly (Terri Hawkes) gives a blow-job to a lucky computer geek to convince him to rig the evening's voting; and the possessed Vicki not only comes on to her principal and a priest, but also her own father!!!

Throw in some Elm Street-style nightmare scenes, the most memorable of which has a rocking horse come to life, and a daft 'shock' ending, and what you have is an eminently watchable time-waster.

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.

If there was ever a vote for THE prototypical 80s horror film, I'd be hard pressed to vote for anything other than this. The look, style, pace and vibe of Bruce Pittman's delirious non-sequel to the routine slasher PROM NIGHT are the very epitome of the period. For this reason, those touched by nostalgia will find it hard not to like but HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II has a little more in it's locker (literally as it happens!) to enjoy than just an appreciation of it's era.

Right from the opening scene, there is a wonderfully odd vibe throughout that propels the movie along nicely and although it openly borrows from CARRIE, ELM STREET and THE EXORCIST, it makes no apologies for this and goes about the task with real zest and energy. Much credit belongs to veteran Canadian composer Paul Zaza, whose queasy score here adds immeasurably to the off kilter mood that works so much in this movie's favour.

The cast have fun and are game for the ride with the ever-reliable Michael Ironside thrown into the mix. As for Lisa Schrage.........given her limited screen time (her character spends most of the movie in the guise of a possessed Wendy Lyon), I thought she was mesmerizing as Mary Lou, giving us a truly memorable and delightfully twisted character whose beauty can't be ignored and whose evil can't be escaped!

Mary Lou is a vengeful 50s Prom Queen back from the grave with a score to settle. Most of all, she wants back the crown she was cruelly denied and will stop at nothing to get it.

As the possessed Vicky, she kills and toys with victims - sometimes on a warped sexual level........at one point coming onto her Dad(!), her headmaster (in his office!) and even her best friend in a shower.........the latter in a sequence culminating in a protracted and utterly unexpected full-frontal nude scene, stalking her prey around the changing room with a payoff kill that's not easily forgotten.

Well staged and imaginative dream sequences and hallucinations abound such as the liquid blackboard and a possessed rocking horse that comes off very creepy and not nearly as silly as it could have been. With little to boast of in budget, the SPFX here are all the more ballsy and impressive.

Sharp, quirky and with a wicked sense of humour, there's not a dull moment here!

A prime example of 1980s b flick horror done right. You don't find movies like this anymore, at least not with the budget they have to work with here. While lower budget compared to Hollywood blockbusters it's far above the shot on digital video with shoddy computer effects we generally see today. Likable characters, well done make up effects, nudity, twists and effectively creepy moments. Michael Ironside delivers his usual strong performance and the main cast in general are stronger than what you may have come to expect from this type of flick. There are obvious "homages" to Carrie but not to the point of embarrassing ripoff levels. It's far more interesting and thrilling than the first film and it's easily the best of the franchise (including the remake of the first film). A must watch for fans of the low budget 80s horror genre.

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.

In 1957 Hamilton High, Mary Lou Maloney is a sexually aggressive girl who dump her stiff boyfriend Billy Nordham at prom after making out with another guy. He's hurt and sets off a stink bomb as Mary Lou is crowned prom queen. Her dress is set on fire and she dies a horrible death. In the present, Vicki Carpenter (Wendy Lyon) is a sweet girl suffering under her strict religious mother. Her boyfriend Craig Nordham is the son of principal Billy Nordham (Michael Ironside). Vicky finds Mary Lou's cursed crown. Her friend Jess releases the spirit when she tries to take the crown apart. She is hung to death by the spirit and it is declared it a suicide.

There is a bit of comedy both intentional and unintentional. The 80s style is insane and the movie has to also have 50s style. For lower level 80s horrors, this is one of my favorites. I love the locker room scene. It is shoot perfectly. Every cut has something terrific. Then it ends in such a memorable way. The movie is an amalgam of some great horrors like Carrie. Sometimes the horror B-movie seams are showing but I do love the locker room.

Your attitude going into Prom Night II will determine how much joy you take away from the film. If you're expecting a horror masterpiece, look elsewhere. If you like campy movies that are rather fun to watch unfold, you'll like this. Lisa Schrage has the time of her life playing an over the top Mary Lou and Wendy Loyd channels Schrage's rage perfectly during her time "possessed".

Not classic cinema but a fun way to kill a couple of hours with a wicked ending.

I could not consciously give this film anything more than a 7 rating despite the fact that I really like it because it and the subsequent sequels and the remake of "Prom Night" have absolutely NOTHING to do with the original! This would be a great film on it's own, I don't know why the producers saw it necessary to leach onto the "Prom Night" title when this is actually a totally different movie. It's not really all that scary but it is a campy little horror flick about a prom queen who dies in a fire on stage in front of the entire school just before she is about to receive her crown. She dies before our eyes but returns to haunt the high school 30 years later and posses the soul of one prom queen hopeful. Michael Ironside puts on a great performance in this as the man responsible for Mary Lou's fiery death who later becomes the high school principal and whose son is dating the girl who has been possessed by the spirit of the vengeful Mary Lou. There are a couple of attempts to blatantly rip off "The Excorcist" and some inconsistencies in the story line but all in all this is a fun little flick and you don't need to watch the original to appreciate it since it's a totally different movie.

Before generative AI, there was Hollywood. You might say, "hey Ron Oliver, write me a screen play for a slasher that is Carrie meets the Exorcist meets Poltergeist, and include some stylistic inspiration from Nightmare on Elm Street, and the Evil Dead... oh and try to break the record for scene with the longest runtime of full frontal female nudity". If you did, you might get something like Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2.

The original Prom Night is something of an underrated 80's proto slasher. It follows a very slow burn, "who's the killer and why are they doing it" formula, probably before there actually was a formula to follow. Probably for that reason, it 's not nearly as efficient nor as effective as many later entries, but it still has a quality its own that has some charm, similar (though inferior, IMHO) to Black Christmas. But this movie here is neither a sequel nor an offshoot... it's a completely different film that has no connection of any kind to the first that I can tell. Perhaps they were trying to do something similar to Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, using more of an anthology concept that circles around a common theme, event, or day... in this case: Senior Prom. I don't actually know, so this is speculation. But, be aware, you won't benefit from having seen Prom Night,

But it's not just story and plot and characters... Hello Mary Lou also doesn't FEEL anything like the original. They are entirely different animals. The original was dramatic, kind of creepy, and at moments tense. If you went to the theater in 1980 looking for "thrills and chills", it probably delivered. 7 years later, you've got sarcastic killers spitting out punchlines before ironic kills and practical-effect-laced carnage intended to get people talking. "Oh, man! The LOCKER SCENE!" Or "did you see the part after the one girl gets shot where ____... that was wicked!". And that's exactly what this film delivers. Well... sort of.

See, parts of this movie are well done. The intro is creepy enough, focusing on building atmosphere. There's some surprisingly good camera work and visual design. Not consistently so, but where it comes up, it will make you go... hmm, I like the way they did that. Like, there's a scene where two characters are in the locker room, with one friend comforting another who's found out she's pregnant and the father of the child won't return her calls (don't worry... this has absolutely no plot significance!... more on that later). The subtle framing of this shot places the characters in the lower right hand corner with lockers on the left side dominating the perspective and a wall on the other, while the camera slowly zooms in on and centers the pair as the talk and connect. That... was more attentive than what one expects from something like this. There are also a few pretty classic 80's horror moments here. These are what I had gone into this remembering from my childhood. Yes, the "locker scene" was. Some decent jump scares and make up work as well. But, the problem is that these are like the marshmallows in a box of Lucky Charms.

First problem is pacing. The original was a slow burn, but at least it kept the audience engaged by establishing different characters and angles of the story. Here... there isn't much story. What we do have tries to evoke the original by playing the "see this character here, let's flash back to a short in the backstory scene to establish that they are the younger version of this other character" game. But that's about all of it. The rest makes very little sense. There are only two characters that were involved in the original sin of this story and our antagonist only has reason to be seeking revenge with one of them. We have his son, of course, which is a common trope in the 80's (teenager paying for sins of the father), but he is also not the primary target. Instead it's ... the innocent girl? Most of the victims don't seem to have it coming here, especially our first kill which doesn't happen until almost 30 minutes in. That's not too bad... except that the next kill doesn't come for ANOTHER 30 MINUTES. That's right, kill number 2 doesn't happen until a full hour into a sorta-slasher with only a 1:34 runtime (no counting credits). Without much story, what else is taking up all that time, you might wonder.

Not much. It's certainly not characters. Now, with horror in general and slashers in particular, we're not really expecting much in the way of character depth, let alone character-building. But the lack of well-rounded characters is more obvious when we're not distracted. Much like those flavorless pieces of cardboard are more obvious the fewer marshmallows are in your bowl of Lucky Charms. And so the audience has to sit through a bunch of meandering mediocrity in order to get to the good parts. There's some tension building around the supernatural/possession angle. This is where this film draws more inspiration from the Exorcist, Poltergeist, and other such movies of the era, not the least of which is Evil Dead. Not only does a mirror turn into a liquid portal to the other side, but the same type of visual effect is later used more extensively with a blackboard. There's a creepy rocking horse that comes to life and has eyes moving and an animatronic tongue flapping out in grotesque fashion that could easily have been lifted from any of several titles that come to mind. Etc, etc. But this breaks up the pace quite a bit, as well as the mood. It just doesn't work as being seriously scary and these parts all lack anything fun or entertaining beyond a few cool visual effects.

Now, once we do get to the last 30 minutes or so, that is when things pick up. Gone is this slow-build supernatural story and in place of that we get something that feels much closer to a standard slasher of its era. The pacing here is fast enough that it's quite a wild ride, but lacking in any real tension or suspense, just fun. It's a catharsis that would be more satisfying if it was better earned. Maybe you'll feel you earned it for stiting through the first hour waiting for something cool. If, like me, this ends up being all you really remember of this film, then you may well remember it more fondly. Indeed, the rest of the film isn't bad, so much as just lacking much to feel good about. The thoughtful camerawork doesn't make up for utterly meaninglessness. It's defined by the movie's first kill, with is a combination of "OK! Here we go!" and a let down because it's underwhelming. It looks like we might get a good one with the paper slicer, only to end up getting something much less satisfying. It's unsatisfying enough that you end up thinking "hey, we just found out something pretty important about that character... and now they're dead just like that... why do I care? Why did that character story element even appear if we weren't going to at least spend a bit more time with this character and get to know them?" All questions which will have no answers other than lazy writing.

In the end, this isn't an experience worthy of repeat in full. No matter how many marshmallows are in the bowl, nothing can make the rest taste any better. Go for the Fruity Pebbles instead.

The film centers around the ghost of one Mary Lou Maloney, a girl who was accidentally killed during her prom queen crowning in the 50s. Her spirit is accidentally released by a girl named Vicki when she finds her supposed prom queen regalia in the school's prop room. Mary Lou possesses her, and sets out to get revenge on those responsible for her death and become the prom queen once more.

I usually prefer Hammer horror films or 80's horror with light gore and an emphasis on atmosphere and story and this 1987 sequel has plenty of atmosphere, moments that make you jump, builds progressively to the climax and the gore isn't too heavy - it's more special effect-laden like the Nightmare on Elm street series. Has some inventive effects and the characterisation is good, though it gets a little longwinded and tedious towards the end. The interesting aspect is that the would-be victim or the one vulnerable is the male - usually in horror film it's the female who is either the final girl or in the dangerous situation.

The original Prom Night and this sequel have about as much to do with each other as we tend to do with the relatives we have not seen since last MoneyMas. Where Prom Night told the story of a prom being interrupted by a criminal unjustly accused of killing a child, Prom Night II begins with a prom in the 1950s. The story quickly focuses on a prom Queen who changes boyfriends about as often as the skin cells on the top layer change. The young man she went to the prom with, played by a young actor doing an uncannily accurate impersonation of what an angry teenage Michael Ironside must have been like, decides to get even after being jilted through the use of a stink bomb. However, this stunt badly backfires, and Mary Lou burns to death in a conflagration that goes down in infamy. Fast forward thirty or so years, and the young prankster who lit the stink bomb is now principal of the school, which is attended by his teenage son. Michael Ironside slots into this role like a weary old man into a good pair of slippers. Contrast this with Leslie Nielsen in the original, who is simply too jovial for a high school principal.

In the 1980s, the dead being resurrected to punish the living through means totally accidental was a popular theme in horror. Prom Night II does not break convention, and soon, our principal's son's girlfriend is disturbed by attempts on the part of Mary Lou to come back to life. Not helping matters is her fanatical religious mother. About halfway into the film, after Mary Lou finally takes her over, our principal is haunted by visions of Mary Lou coming after her son, among other things. All Mary Lou seems to want in the end is the due glory as prom Queen that was cut short by an unfortunate pyrotechnic incident. She goes after this by killing off her competitors for the title, and even frying the computer geek when he is well... convinced to change the winner by computer. This was a fairly hip and new plot device at the time the film was made. No, really, it was. Anyway, the plot is strictly by the numbers, and can be summed up in less than a paragraph. It is strictly a B-list sequel, so I am sure you are wondering what compelling reason I can give you to see it. The answer, of course, is the same as that for Highlander II or Scanners. A Canadian actor named Michael Ironside.

As I said earlier, Michael Ironside has the authoritarian manner required of a high school principal down to an art. In fact, he raises the quality of the acting to a level that the script and production values quite honestly do not deserve. The story in this instance requires a little more from him than to look mean or surly. He is also asked at some points to look somewhat weary, even frightened. Surprisingly, even when other cast members fumble this ball, he gives it everything he has. The rest of the cast pretty much doom themselves to perpetual anonymity, save for Lisa Schrage, who portrays the vexatious Mary Lou Maloney. A quick look at her resume, however, confirms that this turkey of a sequel doomed the careers of all but its first-billed star. The final scene, which I will not detail except to say it involves Ironside behind a wheel, much like one scene in Highlander II, effortlessly achieves the fear factor that the rest of the film so desperately tries for.

So what else does Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II have to recommend it? Not much, I am afraid. The support cast's acting really could not get them work on a soap opera. The cinematography is so flat that it could be panned and scanned or open matted with the exact same results. The music, aside from some well-chosen staples of the 1950s, is memorable enough that I am trying to name one scene with an actual cue. Some interesting special effects involving an animated rocking horse, a blackboard, or lockers, are scattered throughout the film, but the big creature effect at the end of the film is almost hilarious. The final moment of mayhem is so ineffective that the moment when Ironside places the prom Queen crown on Shrage's head is, in fact, far more effective. Indeed, scattered throughout the film are moments when the film seems to work more as a comedy. The truly horrific moments occur more by accident than design.

I gave Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, to quote the full title, a five out of ten. All five of those points are earned by the acting of Michael Ironside. If you are a fan of Ironside, see it for him. Otherwise, don't bother.

The Prom Night series probably takes the cake as one of horror's more negligible series due to its lack of continuity, trite plots, and severe emphasis on Christianity. However, I think Mary Lou is probably the best installment in this series. Vicki Carpenter is the quintessential goody two shoes who's raised by strict and deeply religious parents who've done a fine job at making her feel guilty for having "sinful" thoughts about her boyfriend and using the Lord's name in vain. But with her interest in the prom queen who died thirty years earlier, it's obvious that she's torn between a her own world and one that can be considered more sinful. The spirit of Mary Lou does a helluva job at corrupting this little Miss Perfect by exposing her to violence, revenge, lust, and even homosexuality that she's pondered for years. While the film bears no major relevance to its predecessor much like the subsequent two films, it provides a reflection of what teenagers have been going through for years while they were trying break free from the parents who drove them crazy, discover more about themselves, or just try, by any means necessary, to be the most popular person in their school. After all, weren't those the elements that John Hughes filled his 80s teen movies with?

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II is the high point in the Prom Night film series.

In 1957 Mary Lou Maloney cheats on her boyfriend at the Prom. He thinks of a way to get her back and embarrass her. Things don't go as planned and Mary Lou ends up dead.

Fast-forward thirty years and Bill, Mary Lou's old boyfriend, is the principal at the same high school. His son dates a girl named Vicky. Vicky's mother won't spring for a new dress for the prom, so Vicky finds a box in storage with some old dresses as well as Mary Lou's old sash and tiara. Vickie has inadvertently released the restless spirit of Mary Lou Maloney. She possesses Vicky and sets out to avenge her own death and kill off those who stand in her way. This is easily an improvement over the first film.

Has nothing to do with the Jamie Lee Curtis 1980 original. Here in 1957 a cheating Mary Lou Maloney (Lisa Schrage) is named Prom Queen. She is burned to death after a prank goes horribly wrong coming from a jilted lover. Fast forward 30 years and her spirit is walking the hallways of Hamilton High. Or rather possessing Vicki Carpenter (Wendy Lyon) who is dating the son of Bill Nordham (Michael Ironside) who was hurt by Mary Lou 30 years prior on prom night. Does quite a good job on the possession angle and sort of feels almost like a Canadian-NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Just insert Mary Lou instead of Freddy. In fact at times plays out a little bit like, but works better than A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE (which was made 2 years prior). Certainly worth a look.

and not in a fun-to-watch way. it's just bad. it's shocking that people have posted positive things about it here. the story sucks, the acting is bad, it's not scary, the special effects aren't special--oh no! the blackboard has hands coming out of it! oh gee--the mirror turned into water! the hair, clothes and makeup in the '50s scenes aren't accurate, and they got a middle-aged man with a receding hairline to play the high-school version of himself. this is like later-on nightmare on elm street stuff. i enjoy sitting down to watch a cheesy horror movie as much as anyone else, but there are better bad ones out there to choose from.

This movie is awful. Made off the success of Prom Night (Yes all you young people who think the first Prom Night sucked, it was a success!) which has no bearing off the first film. This movie is more of a ripoff of other movies because in 1987, slasher films were not making money anymore, and producers needed to find ways to make millions. So, why not steal the name off a movie that everyone recognizes and likes, rip off Nightmare on Elm Street, and Carrie and call it a movie! I thought it was a campy comedy of a film not even a serious horror film.

My one question to all Original Prom Night Bashers: If the first prom night was so bad, why did they use the name for a sequel? :) My advice, if you are drunk and bored, watch this film!

Well, if anything, "Hello Mary Lou" at least succeeded in getting Ricky Nelson's classic song stuck in my head since two days now! You can't help but think about the song when you notice the title, and it's also marvelously used in the film, when the normally shy & timid female lead just went through a diabolical metamorphosis and parades down the school's corridors whilst enjoying the lustful stares of all the boys. This certainly isn't a bad 80's popcorn-flick, especially because it doesn't take itself too seriously and features quite lot of comical situations & witty dialogs. There's absolutely no connection with the original "Prom Night" and, in fact, part two isn't even a genuine slasher picture! It's more like a demonic possession/haunted (school) house film that found its inspiration in classic titles like "The Exorcist", "Carrie" and even "Nightmare on Elm Street". The story opens with a scene set at the notorious Hamilton High prom night in 1957. The luscious and flamboyant beauty Mary Lou cheats on her boyfriend Billy whilst he's gone fetching drinks and he responds to this rejection by setting her on fire when she's crowned as prom queen. 30 years later, young Billy grew up to become Michael Ironside ("Scanners", "Visiting Hours") and he's now the principal of Hamilton High. I guess there never was a murder investigation, then. His son's sweet girlfriend Vicky accidentally frees Mary Lou's furious spirit and she reincarnates to take revenge. Mary Lou goes after the ones that killed her as well as the new teenagers that come too close to her. This film features all the known clichés (shower sequences, high school rivalry…) and stereotypes (uptight parents, the class comedian…), but it's campy good fun and the murder sequences are delightfully gruesome. One poor girl is crushed between two lockers and another poor bloke's face gets electrocuted by a computer! Lisa Schrage and Wendy Lyon are both wickedly sexy as the evil wench Mary Lou, but Michael Ironside is badly miscast in his role. He's a really talented actor and a super-cool guy but, actually, he's TOO cool to be a school principal and hence not very convincing. Some scenes are really bizarre, like possessed Vicky on her rocking horse or the blackboard that turns into a smutty pool, but whenever the script doesn't try to be overly ambitious, "Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II" is harmless 80'entertainment.

HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II is such a cheesy film that if you watch it, your cholesterol level will rise exponentially. The acting is so bad, it's staggering. The actress who plays Mary Lou, Lisa Schrage, was 15 years too old and watching her play a teenager is bad enough but having her play a teenage girl possessed by the vengeful spirit of dead teen girl is too much. She's a car-wreck, train-wreck, shipwreck and all-around big wreck all rolled into one. Watching her vamping it and trying to have sex with anything with a heartbeat (including her dad) was the funniest and yet unfortunate thing I've ever seen.

Nevermind that the story is dumber than a box of rocks, nevermind that the effects are horrendous (in the final "Carrie" scene, you can see makeup fx coming off actors' skin), nevermind that the cast is befuddled and embarrassed by it all (Michael Ironside is almost as bad as Schrage), nevermind the cinematography is just plain ugly, nevermind the fact that this awfully titled "sequel" has nothing to do with the first film, HELLO MARY LOU: PROM NIGHT II is pure, unadulterated cheese on the merit of Lisa Schrage's ne-plus-ultra performance. Her performance and this "movie" give new meaning to bad.

What is the point of creating sequels that have absolutely no relevance to the original film? No point. This is why the Prom Night sequels are so embarrassingly bad.

The original film entailed a group of children hiding a dark secret that eventually get them all killed, bar one, in a brutal act of revenge. Can someone please explain to me what a dead prom queen-to-be rising from the grave to steel the crown has to do with the first movie then? Prom Night 2 had continuous plot holes that left the audience constantly wondering how did that happen and why should that happen? But in the end, i guess you could call it one of those movies that is so bad, you end up laughing yourself through it.