For the most part, this one was pretty decent. Your basic sociopath is a high school senior who will do anything to win. It was more of a drama than suspense, but overall it's worth a watch. The acting is surprisingly good also.
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A 30 year old playing a high school student???
steenie-6539123 January 2022
In the beginning of the movie, they show "Amy Turner" acting strange and crazy. At first glance I'm thinking she's a psycho mom who was turned down for Prom Queen when she was a kid. No. It's a 30 year old playing a 17 year old. A bigger stretch than the actors who played in Grease. It's just weird that they cast someone way too old to play a HS kid. Not even a good actress. Looks as old as Miya's mom.
call the cops
SnoopyStyle24 March 2024
Amy Turner (Allie MacDonald) is a psycho and will stop at nothing to be prom queen. Julie Taylor (Zoe McLellan) takes over teaching math class after her friend Joanne's apparent suicide. Her daughter Miya Fowler (Nia Roam) joins her as a new student and is befriended by Amy. Amy is failing math which threatens her prom dreams.
I'm fine with the first half of the movie. It's setting up a good Lifetime movie and I like the actresses. Zoe McLellan is a solid performer. First, there is the bad production. It looks dreary and not in a good way. Maybe they could push it more in the horror direction. Then there are a couple of logic problems in the writing and the problems keep piling up. I don't understand why everybody would assume that it's a suicide without the body. Calling her missing would fix the problem. When she finds the 3's, she has to call the cops. The story gets dumber and dumber as it goes. A promising B-thriller goes down the drain and I really hate Julie confronting Amy at the prom.
I'm fine with the first half of the movie. It's setting up a good Lifetime movie and I like the actresses. Zoe McLellan is a solid performer. First, there is the bad production. It looks dreary and not in a good way. Maybe they could push it more in the horror direction. Then there are a couple of logic problems in the writing and the problems keep piling up. I don't understand why everybody would assume that it's a suicide without the body. Calling her missing would fix the problem. When she finds the 3's, she has to call the cops. The story gets dumber and dumber as it goes. A promising B-thriller goes down the drain and I really hate Julie confronting Amy at the prom.
Watchable
windsorenquirer23 April 2019
Watchable but come on... unrealistic!
BTW, do they really interrupt classes in the USA with stupid unimportant announcements? Can't they make such announcements during recess?
And one more thing, while watching American movies it seems like kids go to high schools just to be able to attend the prom like it's a most important aspect of going to high school.
Watch out grown ups!
phd_travel26 January 2019
Instead of terrorizing other students this crazy mean queen of high school does it to teachers.
The wacko is played effectively by good actress Allie MacDonald. The teacher is no pushover and fights back.
Quite enjoyable.
The wacko is played effectively by good actress Allie MacDonald. The teacher is no pushover and fights back.
Quite enjoyable.
Utter nonsense
lamareletse2 May 2020
"This is My Moment!!! This is My Night!!!"
lavatch15 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
"Psycho Prom Queen" (a.k.a., "Mean Queen") focuses on a narcissistic sociopath named Amy Turner, whose reason for living is to be prom queen at Avondale High School. She will stop at nothing to achieve that end, and the main obstacles in her way are teachers who give her failing grades. In various times in the film, we witnesses Amy rehearsing her acceptance speech on prom night after she has received the acclamation of her fellow students to be Queen. Of course, these scenes are the build-up to the big night.
Julie Taylor is a recovered alcoholic who returns to teaching math when her best friend Joanne Hansen mysteriously disappeared. Unknown to Julie is that fact that Joanne failed Amy in math, which meant that she was ineligible to become prom queen. As a result, Amy kidnapped Joanne and held her hostage in a small shed behind her house.
Julie now becomes the object of Amy's wrath after Amy submits failing course work in Julie's class. Julie's daughter Miya is a new student at Avondale whom Amy dupes into thinking that she is her friend. This leads to tension at home when Miya fails to listen to her mom's admonitions about the dangers of being close to Amy.
The cast was strong with the most shocking character the spineless teacher Mr. Peters, who is caves in to Amy's demands. Mr. Peters assists Amy by stealing the math exam from Julie's file cabinet so that Amy will know the answers in advance and earn a passing grade.
The most pathetic character in the film was Amy's long suffering mother, Elaine, who worked extra shifts as a nurse so that her daughter could go to a good school and have her creature comforts. But Elaine did not instill in her daughter a compensating set of values to give her discipline and teach her about consideration of others.
The stellar relationship is that of Julie and Miya, where the mother-daughter bonding is tested, yet returns to the special connection based on a strong moral compass and the undying love of a mother for her child.
Julie Taylor is a recovered alcoholic who returns to teaching math when her best friend Joanne Hansen mysteriously disappeared. Unknown to Julie is that fact that Joanne failed Amy in math, which meant that she was ineligible to become prom queen. As a result, Amy kidnapped Joanne and held her hostage in a small shed behind her house.
Julie now becomes the object of Amy's wrath after Amy submits failing course work in Julie's class. Julie's daughter Miya is a new student at Avondale whom Amy dupes into thinking that she is her friend. This leads to tension at home when Miya fails to listen to her mom's admonitions about the dangers of being close to Amy.
The cast was strong with the most shocking character the spineless teacher Mr. Peters, who is caves in to Amy's demands. Mr. Peters assists Amy by stealing the math exam from Julie's file cabinet so that Amy will know the answers in advance and earn a passing grade.
The most pathetic character in the film was Amy's long suffering mother, Elaine, who worked extra shifts as a nurse so that her daughter could go to a good school and have her creature comforts. But Elaine did not instill in her daughter a compensating set of values to give her discipline and teach her about consideration of others.
The stellar relationship is that of Julie and Miya, where the mother-daughter bonding is tested, yet returns to the special connection based on a strong moral compass and the undying love of a mother for her child.
Best New Cult CLASSIC!!
smyers69819 January 2019
Fun freaky watch
bpklrose8 February 2023
There's nothing better than a mean girl high school movie and the prom Queen twist has been done to death.
That being said..Psycho Prom Queen is fresh enough in its script and strong performances that it makes your popcorn taste that much better. Even though we know the "bad guy" is gonna get their just deserts (not a spoiler), watching Allie McDonald's performance as Amy Turner makes the payoff all the more satisfying. Not since Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction have we watched before our eyes a delightfully deranged crackpot. A solid supporting cast makes this one a keeper from the Lifetime library!
That being said..Psycho Prom Queen is fresh enough in its script and strong performances that it makes your popcorn taste that much better. Even though we know the "bad guy" is gonna get their just deserts (not a spoiler), watching Allie McDonald's performance as Amy Turner makes the payoff all the more satisfying. Not since Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction have we watched before our eyes a delightfully deranged crackpot. A solid supporting cast makes this one a keeper from the Lifetime library!
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