Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1987)

Director:

Bruce Pittman

Writer:

Ron Oliver (writer)

Release Date:

October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Mary Lou is back ... God help the students of Hamilton High.

Plot:

When Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge 30 years later...

Plot Keywords:

Lesbianism | Apple Macintosh Computer | Pretty Girl | '50s Music | Unfaithfulness

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Michael Ironside	...	Bill Nordham
Wendy Lyon	...	Vicki Carpenter
Justin Louis	...	Craig Nordham
Lisa Schrage	...	Mary Lou Maloney
Richard Monette	...	Father Cooper
Terri Hawkes	...	Kelly Hennenlotter
Brock Simpson	...	Josh
Beverley Hendry	...	Monica Waters (as Beverly Hendry)
Beth Gondek	...	Jess Browning
Wendell Smith	...	Walt Carpenter
Judy Mahbey	...	Virginia Carpenter
Steve Atkinson	...	Young Billy Nordham
Robert Lewis	...	Young Buddy Cooper
Lorretta Bailey	...	Mary Lou (Creature)
Howard Kruschke	...	Todd

Also Known As:

Prom Night II (USA)
Prom Night II: Hello Mary Lou (UK) (video box title)
The Haunting of Hamilton High

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Iceland:16 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

8760 132 Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Simcom Limited

Trivia:

Almost every character in the film shares a last name with a cult film director (especially horror directors) such as Wes Craven, Stephen King, George A. Romero, Tod Browning, Joe Dante, John Carpenter, John Waters and Frank Henenlotter.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Extremely obvious rubber pullover head mask on the transformation creature of Mary Lou towards the end of the movie. You can visibly see the rubber neck edging of the pullover mask stand off the actor's neck by at least two inches. This bad makeup job runs all the way across the front of the actors neck as the creature stands up on stage to full stance.

Quotes:

Josh: Life's a joke, then you croak.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

Hints of German Expressionism

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.