But Donna is not Goth, and her friends are the socially coolest in school. Everyone but the stalking psycho is dead set on having fun at the prom. Even the girly rivalry between Donna and Paris Hilton--sorry, that was my other script idea--between Donna and the spoiled rich girl who despises her is lukewarm and goes nowhere. Her boyfriend doesn't even get the chance to protect or save her. What's a boyfriend good for if he can't at least do that? When the ending comes, it's exactly like the ending you'd see in a non-continued television episode just before the commercial break. And roll credits.
There's a glimmer of tension when her best friend Lisa (Dana Davis) realizes who the creepy guy in the black golf cap and tweedy jacket reminds her of, but that fizzles out without much frazzle. Instead there's lots of predictable running away from potential help and through translucent plastic curtains hung in dark rooms as Lisa hides from the killer in a deserted part of the hotel under renovation. I was hoping she would stop and improvise a defense from the paint cans and potential weapons lying on workmen's tables, but her character wasn't written to be that clever.
At least she didn't open up another closet.
Article comments
1 - El Bicho
I am surprised you of all monsters would have a problem with closets.
"I do still need to shave and blog more often."
Certainly the writing. It's been too long since your last post. However, the Van Dyke makes you look distinguished.
2 - ILoz Zoc
Hi El Bicho: funny, but I hadn't thought about that. Good point. I'll be more sensitive next time. Maybe a little more horror in those closets would have helped.
And yes, it has been too long. I will definitely be doing more writing for BC. I miss the old homestead.
3 - Jenaee Johnson
My prom was nothing like this.
4 - ILoz Zoc
Jenaee,
And that's a good thing, I hope.
5 - Angeline
I loved this movie so much, I took my sister to see it and after the movie. We were scared shitless. and we really really were scared, because after the movie we went outside and the parking lot was completely empty, and a car alarm went off and nobody was around,. Like how f**ded up is that...Well we were waiting for a taxi to arrive. a car stops. and all they were doing is staring at me and my sister. i can personally say it freaked us right out. Then after we did find out that it was to guys, but they were still watvhing us. and trying to make me and my sister get in the car with them...we kept saying NO NO NO