The trailer for Prom Night, releasing April 11 from Sony/Screen Gems, and starring Scott Porter, Brittany Snow, Dana Davis and Jessica Stroup, among other fresh-crop budget-leasers… err, sorry, up-and-comers, is online, and it naturally looks very When a Stranger Calls and latter-day Last Summer-ish, befitting the feature debut of someone like Prison Break and episodic television director Nelson McCormick. The movie has the benefit of a nice, graphically simple one-sheet image (askew tiara and glamorous scream, all tinted grey), but then the trailer goes and seemingly pretty much kills any spell of optimism that might induce, with all the standard stalking cinematography, jump-cuts and aural bludgeoning.

Unless I missed him, Johnathon Schaech isn’t glimpsed in the trailer, so I guess he’s the loafer-clad killer, maybe complete with a scene that plays off his smooth, perfect-jaw smile? Also, cover version or no, who’s rockin’ out with the Cyndi Lauper tunes these days? Something with more uplift would’ve been a better prom tune than “Time After Time.” Oh well. To win a chance to attend the premiere, though, or score a private screening of the movie, click here.