Stage Fright

This horror movie-musical is corny in the best way. It’s High School Musical meets Phantom of the Opera meets Scream. Definitely give it a try and you’ll be singing all the songs before you know it.

The poster on the trailer preview is what sold me on renting the movie. It is a note-perfect rendition of an 80's style slasher flick movie poster, from the heroine in profile to the disembodied giant knife in the foreground to the goofy tag-line. The movie itself is most definitely inspired by slasher heydey plots. If you've ever seen classic scream queen movies like Prom Night or Terror Train, you know the basic elements: someone important to the Final Girl got killed long ago and now someone else is out for revenge. Which visible member of the cast could it be? However, this is also a genre mash-up, being that this horror movie is also a full-on musical. It doesn't just use musical numbers as breaks from the narrative. The musical numbers are IN the narrative. I can see why some of the horror fans are disappointed, as aside from a cold open the actual horror part of this movie doesn't get underway until over halfway into the runtime. It's musical comedy for most of the first half of the movie. However, once the horror starts it's horror all the way to the end. One other interesting aspect of this being a mash-up and decidedly postmodern is that the Final Girl is considerably more complicated in character motivation than would have been permissible in the eighties. I agree with other reviewers that the heavy metal that sets the killer apart musically from the rest of the show is a surprising treat. Stay for the end credits, there is a hilarious coda written into the end credits music just to reward people who watch 'til the last frame.

Font listen to the "This isnt a musical" snobs i mean its not really its better! Totally worth the watch & we will definitely be watching it again.

I gave it three stars cause it had SO MUCH POTENTIAL to be an epic well done rock musical but it fell flat on its butt. The killers bits were pretty much the only good music bits to it and were my favorite but there was not much of those so...it was mediocre and I'm salty about it.

This is original, funny, and good music. The acting is good enough, the singing is great. If you like slasher films, musicals, and comedy, there is nothing else really to check out and this movie satisfies!!

This movie was ridiculous. I love it. The music was okay, but there were a couple of songs I really enjoyed. The sheer ridiculousness was my favorite part though. I show this movie to everyone who will watch.

This film shows the extraordinary talents of Sable and Batalion. Great music, great theatre, great comedy and great fun! I can't imagine a more challenging blend of genres to attempt melding together. All things considered, it came together quite well. Worth watching.

I thought this movie was absolutely hilarious and most entertaining... I rate it five stars for its originality... With its dark humor and campy-ism (not a real word), this film has definitely surpassed any hesitation I may have had before the opening... Definitely a must-see!

Freunde von Horrorkomödien und Musicals dürften bei dem Film auf ihre Kosten kommen.Was mich jedoch an dem Medium stört ist, dass die Blu Ray einen Produktionsfehler aufweist.Bei 1 Stunde, 11 Minuten und 30 Sekunden gibt es einen Lesefehler und das Bild friert ein.Scheinbar bin ich nicht der Einzige mit dem Fehler, wenn ich mir die Rezensionen im Internet ansehe.Capelight hat sich mit der fehlerhaften Veröffentlichung und einer scheinbar mangelhaften Qualitätskontrolle keinen Gefallen getan. Der Film ging somit leider wieder zurück.

Horror comedies are a strange enough breed as it is but throw in musical numbers for good measure and you really are in bizarre territory. That's where we are with Stage Fright, a campy gory slasher film.When comedy mixes with horror the results are usually sub par. The likes of Dale versus Tucker are few and far between. Stage Fright is too campy to be fun and too cheesy to be funny, it doesn't quite find the right mix, but there are some enjoyable moments. The film finds its feet more when the killing starts and it focusses on the horror more than the comedy. Its a pleasingly gory affair although admittedly it is all rather cartoonish.The story is clichéd in the extreme but the killer is interesting and the kills are suitably elaborate. The songs are stagey and in themselves a little creepy.Stage Fright could have been a lot worse and for a silly 90 mins you can just about forgive its shortcomings.

If you like musical's and or horror movies,well this combines both.The classical side and the headbanging of the music is awesome,right to the ending of the credits.Meatloaf plays a well scripted character as well as the rest of the cast.The innocence of Grease meets Phantom of the Opera.Loved it,,,

Enjoyed this. I don't like slash and bleed and the first time I watched I have to admit that my eyes shut each time. By the second time seeing I opened eyes and cringed. By the third time I could watch and critique the scenes! The singing with the campers and "Meatloaf" is great fun, I like musicals. (I was a extra in this and happy to see my scene was not cut!)

This is just very very weird. Unless you like very camp musicals and very odd singing leave this well alone. Feel like I was conned into buying this.