Question: Do both films Sindoora Rekha and Prom Night (1980 Film) have the directors from the same country?

The plot follows a group of high school seniors who are targeted at their prom by a masked killer seeking vengeance for the accidental death of a young girl six years earlier. Prom Night is a 1980 Canadian slasher film directed by Paul Lynch, written by William Gray, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. It features supporting performances from Casey Stevens, Eddie Benton, Mary Beth Rubens and Michael Tough. " Prom Night" was filmed in Toronto in late 1979 on a budget of$ 1.5 million. Distributed by AVCO Embassy Pictures, it premiered in the United States in July 1980 in select cities, and was an immediate financial success. Its release platform expanded to major cities such as Los Angeles and New York in August, where it was again met with high box- office receipts. At the time, the film was AVCO Embassy's most financially successful release, breaking weekend records in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New England. By the end of its theatrical run," Prom Night" had grossed$ 15 million in the United States, and was Canada's highest- earning horror film of 1980. Critical reaction to the film varied, with some, such as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, dismissing it for its depictions of violence against women, while others alternately praised the film for its more muted violent content. " Prom Night" received some critical accolades, garnering Genie Award nominations for editing and for Curtis's leading performance. An alternative cut of the film was popularly aired on American and Canadian television networks in 1981. In the intervening years," Prom Night" has accrued a substantial cult following, not only for its horror content but also for its disco-heavy soundtrack, which was released by RCA Records in Japan in 1980. Some film scholars have cited" Prom Night" as one of the most influential slasher films of the period. Several companies released the film on video, and it was distributed on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 1998. A remastered Blu -ray edition was released by Synapse Films in 2014. <SEP> Sibi Malayil( born 2 May 1956) is an Indian film director who works in Malayalam cinema. <SEP> Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II is a 1987 Canadian supernatural slasher film directed by Bruce Pittman, and starring Michael Ironside, Wendy Lyon, Louis Ferreira and Lisa Schrage. It follows a high school student who becomes possessed by Mary Lou Maloney, a student who died at her high school prom in 1957. A sequel to the slasher film" Prom Night"( 1980), it was originally intended to be a standalone film titled" The Haunting of Hamilton High", but was refitted and retitled in order to capitalize on the success of the original" Prom Night". Despite this, the only connection between the two narratives is that they occur in the same high school. Filmed in Edmonton, Alberta in 1986, the film was retitled" Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II" by its Canadian distributor, Alliance Films. It was released theatrically in the United States by The Samuel Goldwyn Company in October 1987, and grossed nearly$ 3 million at the U.S. box office. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with many drawing stylistic comparisons to various other films of the era, ranging from David Lynch's" Blue Velvet" to its horror contemporaries" Carrie" and" A Nightmare on Elm Street". The character Mary Lou Maloney would also appear in( 1989). <SEP> Jessica Leigh Stroup( born October 23, 1986) is an American actress, best known for her role as Erin Silver on" 90210"( 2008 – 13), Max Hardy on" The Following"( 2014 – 15) and Joy Meachum on" Iron Fist"( 2017 – 18), which is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. She is regarded as a scream queen for starring in the horror films" Vampire Bats"( 2005)," Left in Darkness"( 2006)," The Hills Have Eyes 2"( 2007) and" Prom Night"( 2008). <SEP> Lynch came to Canada in 1960. He left school to become a cartoonist for the" Toronto Star" and then served as a photographer for a number of small- town newspapers. This led to work in film, including a 90- minute documentary on" Penthouse" magazine commissioned by its publisher, Bob Guccione. His first feature was" The Hard Part Begins", considered to be a classic of early English- Canadian cinema. This was followed by the box- office hit" Prom Night", a prototypical ‘ slasher ’ film starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Leslie Nielsen. Lynch has only made movies periodically, pursuing instead a career directing for American television. Paul Lynch( born June 11, 1946 in Liverpool, England) is an English- Canadian film director and television director. <SEP> Sindoora Rekha is a 1995 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sibi Malayil and produced by G. Gopalakrishnan. The film stars Suresh Gopi, Shobhana, Narendra Prasad and Ranjitha in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Sharreth.