While playing in a derelict building, four children accidentally kill a young girl called Robin Hammond (Tammy Bourne) and swear to cover it up. But six years later, as the quartet prepares for their prom night, each receives a menacing phone call from someone who knows their secret.
Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her Scream Queen title with this inventively plotted – (relatively) light on gore – entry in the teenagers-in-jeopardy/stalk-and-slash cycle inaugurated by Halloween(1978) and appropriating the Carrie(1976) high-school setting.
An elongated and suspenseful chase sequence through the campus and the surprise identity of the masked maniac lifts it above average.
Mr Hammond
Leslie Nielsen Kim
Jamie Lee Curtis Nick
Casey Stevens Mrs Hammond
Antoinette Bower Wendy
Anne-Marie Martin Alex
Michael Tough Sykes
Robert Silverman Vicki
Pita Oliver Kelly
Mary Beth Rubens Jude
Joy Thompson
