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Stage Fright (2013)
Topic Started: Jun 11 2013, 08:15 PM (2,391 Views)
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“Stage Fright tells the story of a snobby musical theater camp terrorized by a blood-thirsty masked killer who despises musical theater.”
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Cherry Darling
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New pics.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/348689-sxsw-beaver-dam-helmer-jumps-to-features-with-stage-fright/
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It looks great.
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It's not a remake of the 1987 movie...in case you guys didn't know. Lol

And it's partly a musical. Meh
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Well I liked sweeney todd although thats a completely different movie. ill wait for a trailer.
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Just watched the trailer. Kind of like if Glee met Friday the 13th.
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Glee Meets Friday?

Not a good sale Jared.
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Mar 5 2014, 09:23 PM
Glee Meets Friday?

Not a good sale Jared.
Yeah I know lol.
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I'm not even really a Meat Loaf fan, but for some reason I irrationally want to think the movie will be good if he is in it. Can he still sing?
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Mar 8 2014, 07:25 AM
I'm not even really a Meat Loaf fan, but for some reason I irrationally want to think the movie will be good if he is in it. Can he still sing?
I have no idea lol.
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Yeah no I'm not digging this trailer. It bores me.
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Ehh looks like it could be okay
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I finally saw the trailer after a few days of avoiding it. Holy hell it looks INSANE and in the greatest ways possible! The killer's mask is damn AWESOME and I loved the humor scattered through the whole thing. It's coming out SO soon and I am READY for this!

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I'm not really excited
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Mar 14 2014, 11:33 PM
I finally saw the trailer after a few days of avoiding it. Holy hell it looks INSANE and in the greatest ways possible! The killer's mask is damn AWESOME and I loved the humor scattered through the whole thing. It's coming out SO soon and I am READY for this!




Ima be fucking depressed if the mask is like the one on the poster since that is almost identical to the one I had imagined for the killer in One Night In October...almost three years ago...

TwistedBeat
Mar 15 2014, 01:30 AM
I'm not really excited


I hope you watched the trailer at least and aren't just shooting it down for the musical angle or whatever (lol) I'm just 'meh' about it since it doesn't sound as awesome as a remake of the '87 film would be. And yes I will go on about that until I die.
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First review.
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Horror and the jovial, spontaneous realm of musicals don't collide often on the screen, but when they do, the outcome yields mostly positive and extreme reactions. The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Phantom of the Paradise became a cult classics, Buffy the Vampire Slayer's "Once More With Feeling" transcended expectations and is considered one of the best episodes to come out of that series, and, more recent efforts like Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil's Carnival have curiously carved out a significant Rocky Horror-like fanbase. Whatever your personal thoughts are on those offerings, you have to commend them for fully embracing the radical, unlikely merging of genres. They find their voice, their message and they really just go for it.

Stage Fright similarly goes for it enthusiastically and with bloody reverence for the slasher genre. That's right, this is a slasher musical that, in equal measures, goes for the laughs and goes for the throat. And it does it very well. So well, it amused me quite a bit (obvioulsy)…and I'm a real curmudgeon when it comes to musicals.

The Jerome Sable-directed film lovingly tips its hat to the slasher sub-genre on a story level: It's set at a camp. The main protagonists – twins Camilla and Buddie Swanson (Allie MacDonald and Douglas Smith) - are haunted by a previous tragedy, in this case the murder of their mother (Minnie Driver). Red herrings are everywhere. And there's a masked maniac. (Also, there's no connection between this film and the Michele Soavi's Stagefright: Aquarius beyond the fact that both films use a stage production as the plot's backdrop.)

Did I mention that masked maniac screams with the hellish fury of death metal once he begins his massacre? Yeah…it's pretty goddamn hilarious.

The film concerns itself with Camilla – a cook at the theater camp – and her desire to be the leading woman of a play called "Haunting of the Opera," the same production her mother was a part of when she was killed. The problem is, Camilla doesn't carry that much of a personality and she gets lost among the sundry large personalities that dance about and croon their way through Stage Fright. A strong female presence within a film of this ilk – one that recognizes the tropes of slasher cinema so well and even adds fun visual gags to previous movies - is almost mandatory here, yet it drops the ball. Meat Loaf, playing the producer of "Haunting of the Opera" and who runs the camp, is a welcome presence, even if he's not given the best songs in the film.

That said, Stage Fright a little bit clunky, but it packs some fun tunes, chuckle-worthy lines and isn't afraid to poke a bit of fun at theater geeks while addressing the obsessive pursuit of fame. And it doesn't skimp on the blood by any means. When the "Metal Killer" – who takes on a cool, menacing Kabuki-inspired visage - strikes, it's with a 3 Inches of Blood-esque wail, a generous splash of gore and maybe a goofy one-liner. Tonally, this movie radiates with more of a "Crystal Lake" or "Camp Blackfoot" vibe than "Hot Topic," capturing the innocence and essence of '80s camp-set terror tales. Sable obviously knows the films he's drawing from and that is felt – I don't want to get too spoilery - beyond the film's obvious winks.

Stage Fright is silly. Of course it's silly. But it's got a charm that comes with a sinister blood-stained smile and a knife dripping with viscera that horror fans should enjoy. As I alluded to earlier: Musicals are not my bag, however, Sable and company introduced enough wit and slasher movie carnage to win me over.

The film hits VOD April 3rd and opens in select theaters May 8th.
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I just finished watching this and I will be the first on this site to say that this is one of the BEST slashers in recent years and easily one of the best musicals I've ever seen. First off Allie MacDonald's performance as Camilla seriously BLEW me away! Her character was charming, ingenue and she seriously made me laugh at some parts. Meat Loaf was also amazing in his role as the producer of the play Roger McCall. He nearly made me piss my pants because he was so funny and he sure can sing! I also really enjoyed the little girl throughout the movie and she was one of the best things about the movie. Now on with the kills...THE KILLS! There were no guttings or some creative Terminator style deaths but while being a fun horror comedy musical this was filled with some great suspense. The amount of blood and gore made me drool and the mask of the killer was simply haunting and awesome. There were many surprises with this movie and as a whole it was just a masterpiece. Flawed? Yes, flawed here and there. However this had a certain charm that many slashers are lacking these days and it was a fun blood soaked ride that I will surely be buying on Blu-Ray. A no doubt, strong 9.5/10 for this movie!
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Ooh (goo) Well that review certainly bumps my hopes up a bit. Still kind of hesitant but now I'm a bit more willing to check it out lol. When's the DVD/Bluray release? Or is it already out?
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It's out already.
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This is up on stream sites now. I'll probably give it a watch tonight.
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This was good, but let me start off by saying I completely disagree with Derek. This is NOT one of the best slashers in recent years. And NOT one of the best musicals, and definitely not worthy of a 9.5. in my opinion atleast. The idea of a slasher musical IS kinda cool, but I think I would've enjoyed it better had they decided to ditch the whole Glee aspect. It was corny at times, and felt like I was watching one of those Disney high school musical movies, especially with all the 12 year old kids running around. The bloodshed is great, but there aren't enough kills, and I hate seeing characters that could have easily have been used to rack up the bodycount, walk away unscathed, making them quite pointless in the end. I wont give it away but there is always a certain type of character in slashers that should ALWAYS bite the dust, but did not in this, which was a major wtf moment. On the plus side, I did enjoy some of the kills, and the lead girl was quite charming and likeable. The killer WAS creepy, even if his voice was extremely annoying.

I think I'd give it a 6.5/10. A 7 at the most.
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