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The Review Geek
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025) Ending Explained – Who is the killer?
Prom Queen Plot Summary The basic premise centers on Lori Granger, a senior at high-school who's haunted by the death of her father. Her mum has been blamed for his death, and it's something that's caused her to believe the Granger name is cursed. To break that perceived curse, Lori runs for Prom Queen, alongside five other 'it' girls at her school. Among them is Tiffany Falconer who has a serious chip on her shoulder and is determined to win the coveted crown no matter what. Stirring things up though is Lori's friend Megan, who has a habit of pulling off elaborate pranks. Her latest includes prosthetic body parts and a spurt of fake blood. And while she does all this for the giggles – there's nothing funny about what happens on Prom Night. It's here where we learn a killer is on the loose, slowly killing off the different prom queens for reasons that become clear toward the end of the movie. What's the big twist? When a dance-off ensues between Tiffany and Lori ion the main hall, it gives the killer a chance to slip away and go after Linda, one of the Prom Queen hopefuls. When she's killed, it's revealed that there's more than one killer. Unfortunately, after crying wolf all movie long, Lori doesn't believe Megan's concerns about the prom queens being killed off. She's heard screams in the hallway and susses something is going on, especially as the lights have been flickering too. Lori shrugs off the concerns and Megan heads off to the basement herself to investigate. As for Lori, she winds up with Tyler, Tiffany's boyfriend. After seeing how his girlfriend will do anything to get ahead, Tyler takes a quiet moment with Lori and makes his move with her. Lori pulls away though and when Tyler ends up dead soon after, everything kicks off. Who is made Prom Queen? Megan and Lori run through the basement and try to evade their killers, who are right outside their barricaded door in the basement with an axe, determined to break into their hiding spot. The pair manage to escape out the window, just as word of the Prom Queen votes comes in. The winner is Lori Granger, who – in her crazed state – makes it up to stage in a bid to warn everybody else about the killers. However, the axe-wielding maniac shows and begins killing left and right. The whole place is in pandemonium as the killer approaches Lori on stage and looks set to kill her. That is, until Megan courageously jumps on his back. This works for Lori to stab the guy in the eye with her tiara, and as he takes off his mask, reveals himself to be Dan Falconer. That's right, Tiffany's dad is the killer! Principal Wayland is still alive, despite losing an arm, while Dan is arrested by the police when they show up. He did all of this simply because nobody ever 'remembers the details' and he wanted Tiffany to be the winner no matter what. Do Lori and Tiffany trauma bond? The irony here, of course, is that Tiffany is now going through a scenario similar to what Lori suffered in the past. If anyone understands her shock and pain, it's Lori. She rides with her home, where Lori opens up and explains she did everything she could to fit in and be a winner in the eyes of the popular kids. Tiffany always felt like nothing, empty and angry at the world, and that eventually bubbled up into her bullying ways. When Lori heads over to Tiffany's place, we soon learn that this is far from over. The pair scramble upstairs and hide in the closet from Tiffany's mum, Nancy, who's the other half of this troublesome duo. However, it's here where the truth is revealed. It turns out Tiffany isn't really upset about the killings, as she's been conspiring with her parents the whole time. She's the one working alongside him and she tries to stab Lori here with a blade. Lori tries to race out but Nancy stabs the girl in the back – quite literally. What's Nancy's motivation? Nancy is a psychotic woman and she's actually the one who killed Lori's father back in the day. She played the role of a jealous ex, killing him when she couldn't get her own way. Nancy is pissed and has a huge vendetta against the Granger family as a result, believing that Lori and her family are 'always taking things belonging to them'. As Tiffany looks set to exact her revenge, Lori kicks Tiffany off the balcony and she ends up impaled by an ugly spiked statue on the table. Lori eventually manages to best Nancy, grabbing a statue from the mantlepiece in the living room after a bit of a chase and smacking Nancy upside the head. Blood trickling down her face, and slurring her words, Nancy collapses after berating Lori a bit. Lori ignores her and walks away, out the front door and back home. How does Prom Queen end? As Lori leaves, we cut back to inside the Falconer household, where the blood around Nancy forms into a strange pentagram on the ground. This sigil of course, will be familiar to anybody who has watched the original Fear Street trilogy, and it's a nice way of tying everything together in the same universe within Shadyside. Read More: Fear Street: Prom Queen Movie Review
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Woman, 27, 'Hated' Her High School Prom. Years Later, She Comes Out and Relives Experience (Exclusive)
Madeline Ford 'hated' her high school prom experience Looking to heal her inner self, Ford went to queer prom hosted in Chicago She got dressed up, got her nails done and was nominated for the prom courtMany people would love to redo their prom experience, but not everyone gets the chance. Madeline Ford was one of the lucky few. Ford, 27, finally got to be her authentic self surrounded by her community after going to a queer prom in Chicago. The event, which was hosted by a local LGBTQ+ group, was similar to a high school prom. Everyone got dressed up, there was music and dancing, and, of course, a prom court. The dance even had a theme: under the sea. Ford talks with PEOPLE exclusively about how it felt to "redo" her prom experience nearly a decade later. It started as all proms do: with a "promposal." Ford's date spoofed Taylor Swift's You Belong With Me music video, showing up with a poster board that read, "You going tonight?" "I never got that in high school, so I felt like a 17-year-old girl. It brought that out of me. I always wanted one in high school," Ford shares. "It's silly how time has passed, and then to get these experiences again when I'm 27, that reminds you that life is so unexpected. It was so cute." Ford chose an aqua blue dress to comply with the under-the-sea theme. She got her nails done to match the sparkling gown, and her friend, a makeup artist, did her glam. There was even a photoshoot beforehand; her date wore a boutonniere, and Ford had a corsage. Ford, who "didn't fully come out" to herself until she was 23, says walking into the space felt like a full-circle moment. "In high school, you're not confident. Having this experience at this age was so much better," she shares. "I did not love high school prom. I felt insecure and awkward and didn't know how to dance with anybody. I hated it." "I went to my high school prom with a boy, and I wasn't out, so to be with a bunch of queer people who, most of them weren't out in high school, you could feel the energy in the room of gratitude," she continues. "I feel so grateful to have this community and this safe space." "It felt like a group effort to let us all heal that part of ourselves," she adds. To her surprise, Ford and her date were even nominated for prom court. "Halfway through the night, they made an announcement. We went to the front, and they interviewed all of us," she says. "They picked the winner, and it wasn't me, but I felt like a winner, and that's all that matters." "The concept of being even nominated for prom queen did everything for me," she adds. "I'm good now for life. I could die happy." Like all proms, Ford jokes that the night also had a bit of "drama," but the focus was on getting everyone together in one safe space. "Once you find the right community, that's really what changed everything for me," she says. When she thinks back to the person she was at 17, she wants to tell herself, "There's time." "The older I get, the more I feel like there is no timeline. You can't be late to your own story," she says. "I would tell myself to calm down, relax, and enjoy the moment, knowing what I know now that it will get better for her." "Life can be so unexpected and silly," she continues. "I've struggled with mental health in my past, so the fact that there was this wonderful experience waiting for me gives me a lot of hope for my future. I never in a million years could have guessed that when I was 27, I'd be going to prom. "That gives me hope. In many ways, you never know what's coming." Read the original article on People
