I know that people say that surviving high school may be impossible, but with all the high school horror flicks out there these days, it may actually have a literal meaning.
The latest is Prom Ride, which hits DVD and VOD on March 15. So don’t worry if you can’t find a date to the prom, because if you do go, you’ll likely be brutally murdered.
From the Press Release:
A horror debut from writer/director Kazeem Molake (He’s On My Mind), “Prom Ride” is an original horror thriller starring Heather Paige Cohn (Bachelor Night, Bound), Noah Nevins (Tales of Halloween, Realm), Victoria Levine (Zombies Vs. Strippers, Dracula: The Impaler), Joseph Rich (My Stepbrother is a Vampire, Cut!), Joi Liaye (Love Escapes Us, Dead Ant), Deanna Pak (Smosh: The Movie, Tattooed Love), Byron Thomas (After the Storm, In Our Closeness) and first time actress Ariella Rose.
“Prom Ride” is the story of best friends riding to the prom together in a stretch limo. On the way, the limo is hijacked and the audience becomes trapped inside with the friends who are fighting to survive.
Their senior prom was to be a night of elegance, rejoicing and celebrating, but when a psychotic killer hijacks their stretch limo, the teens are tortured while being held hostage. Soon they turn on each other for survival. By the end, we learn that one of the teens had been keeping a secret that played a bigger role in their demise.
Kazeem Molake says: “I’ve always been a fan of the teen horror/thriller/slasher genre and wanted to create my own iconic killer in the tradition of Freddy Kruger and Jason Voorhees. I also wanted to shoot a film that takes place in one location. Teens on their way to prom, trapped in a limo, seemed like a cool idea. And I named my killer’s mask the Vanity Mask, as the idea behind it is for his victims to see themselves one last time before they meet their demise.”
Managing Director / CEO of Vision Films Lise Romanoff says: “There hasn’t been a good prom horror movie since ‘Carrie’ [2013] and we’ve timed this one perfectly—right on the brink of prom season.”
“Prom Ride” combines POV shots with traditional cinematography. The musical score by Keith Harrison (American Idol, A Snow Globe Christmas) adds to the intensity of the film.
What is meant to be the best night of high school quickly spirals into a nightmare, full of twists and surprises that will leave audiences trembling in their seats.