Prom Night IV: Deliver Us from Evil
Thirty years after slashing a Hamilton High couple on Prom Night 1957, psychotic priest Father Jonas gets loose from the chapel basement where the other church fathers had been secretly keeping him locked up and drugged.
Why it matters
A low-rent slasher that mashes religious horror with teen kill-cation tropes, delivering a slow burn of cabin fever punctuated by a priest’s brutal rampage.
- Father Jonas’s stigmata and clerical obsession inject a rare, if uneven, ecclesiastical dread into early ’90s slasher formula.
- Practical effects on the kills lean into gritty, no-frills gore — not Bottin level, but serviceable for the era’s direct-to-video grind.
- More atmosphere than scares, it’s for fans who dig forgotten franchise sequels and the weird detours they take.
- Lags in pacing and character investment, but the oddball priest antagonist and isolated setting give it a cult curiosity factor.
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Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
28
Slow Burn
0
Psychological
43
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
0
Fun Factor
83
Cerebral
0
Survival
66
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