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Night 1: Stage Fright (2014)

31 Nights of Horror 2014, Night 1: Stage Fright (2014)

Three grammatically poor sentences review:

There’s a certain niche audience for a slasher flick that takes place at a musical theater camp and features corny original songs, hyperbolic acting (intentionally, otherwise ironic), a masked serial killer who screams death metal while stalking victims, and Meat Loaf… and that audience is ME. With a hackneyed plot, laugh-out-loud one liners, and just enough gore to gross out your guests, this is a perfect film to play in the background of your upcoming pumpkin carving party*. It’s not a remake of the 1987 Michael Soavi film, nor is it my favorite horror musical (that spot belongs to Repo! The Genetic Opera), but Stage Fright was definitely an entertaining, fun opener for the 2014 edition of 31 Nights of Horror.

The opener of Stage Fright already had me laughing.

Like a bat out of hell,

Katie

 *I am assuming your pumpkin carving party involves zero children

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Stage Fright Puts the Death in Death Metal

Is anyone else super excited about the upcoming horror movie Stage Fright? As a fan of campy horror with unique premises, the summary of this movie fills me with pure joy:

“… teenager Camilla Swanson, a starry-eyed kitchen hand, lands herself a role in the Broadway-bound showcase at the musical theater camp where she works, but just when rehearsals begin, blood starts to spill. The camp is being terrorized by “Metal Killer”, a masked slasher who screams death metal rock while hunting down every last pretentious cast member of the show.”

Broadway? Theater camp? Death metal? Slasher flick?

Still not sold? DID I MENTION THAT MEATLOAF IS IN THIS MOVIE?

YEP I’M IN.

Stage Fright will be released April 3rd on VOD and limited theatrical release on May 9th.

Note: Stage Fright is not a remake of the 1987 horror film with the same name.