Stage Fright
A flamboyant musical-theater camp becomes the stage for a blood-soaked slasher's war on show tunes.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- irreverent
- gory
- halloween viewing
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the musical-slasher mash-up inventive but uneven, with insufficient scares and gore to fully realize its premise.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The story places musical theater camp performers inside a killer-driven slasher premise and uses songs as part of the genre blend.
The production is described as frequently gory, hilarious, and theatrically eccentric while balancing horror and musical numbers.
The killer specifically hates musical theater and terrorizes a musical theater camp.
The camp's musical theater environment is both the social world of the characters and the arena for the killer's attacks.
Films like Stage Fright, and why
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
campy slasher horror fused with musical performance and dark comedy
Repo! The Genetic Opera
self-aware musical horror with theatrical settings, gore, and irreverent humor
Scream 4
comic slasher structure, exaggerated violence, and genre-aware entertainment
Little Shop of Horrors
musical horror-comedy built around eccentric performers and stylized gore
Movie Details
- Director
- Jerome Sable
- Release Date
- 2014-04-03
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Rating
- 5.3 / 10 (151)
Cast
- Allie MacDonald
- Meat Loaf
- Douglas Smith
- Minnie Driver
- Brandon Uranowitz
- Melanie Leishman
- Thomas Alderson
- Kent Nolan
- Ephraim Ellis
- Leanne Miller
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Stage Fright about?
- A flamboyant musical-theater camp becomes the stage for a blood-soaked slasher's war on show tunes.
- What is Stage Fright like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Stage Fright as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Stage Fright violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Stage Fright as graphic.
- What did critics think of Stage Fright?
- Critics broadly found the musical-slasher mash-up inventive but uneven, with insufficient scares and gore to fully realize its premise.
- Which films are like Stage Fright?
- Films with a similar feel include The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Scream 4, and Little Shop of Horrors.
- How long is Stage Fright?
- Stage Fright runs 89 minutes.
- Where can I watch Stage Fright?
- In United States, Stage Fright streams on fuboTV, Magnolia Selects Amazon Channel, Monsters and Nightmares Amazon Channel.
