Very Cool!!!

There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Taking the name of other films from before (including another slasher from 1987), Stage Fright (2014) is a recent obscure, independent horror film that brings back the slasher genre, added with a twist; that being it's a horror musical, with characters singing musical numbers and such. Now, when it comes to horror musicals, there are very few that have done it, but do turn out really good, such as The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Sweeney Todd (the Johnny Depp film). So, as this movie is a throwback to old-school horror, can it live up to its expectations as a unique slasher, or is it just another disappointment that is worth forgetting?Plot: 10 years ago, Kylie Swanson (Minnie Driver), a Broadway diva, is murdered by an unknown assailant wearing a mask, after the show is over. We skip to present day, and Kylie's children Camilla (Allie MacDonald) and Buddy (Douglas Smith) are now teenagers and have been raised by Roger McCall (Meat Loaf), a former lover for Kylie and the producer of a musical theater at a summer camp. When Camilla hears about the musical production that will be opening at the camp, she decides to audition, even if that isn't a choice for her. Soon, however, she does get the part as the lead role, Sofia, after sneaking in with Joel Hopton (Kent Nolan), a camper overseeing the auditions, and is now a lover for Camilla. Unknowingly, however, there is now a masked-killer (the same mask as worn from the death of Camilla's mother) who is picking off each cast and crew member, one by one. The reason? Well, he says, as in sings, that he's sick of Roger's musicals and is enraged by so.On paper, this does sound like a well-thought-out plot. That is until we get to the killer and his motivations. As cool as he was, with the metal guitar playing and all (in contrast to the much softer musical tracks), it just feels out of place and is like if you take a musical-comedy-drama and just throw in a slasher villain to make it horror. I know I'm being hypocritical, since that's what it is, basically, but the killer just feels irrelevant to the main plot, besides the opening scene and the reveal at the end. I won't spoil who's behind the mask or what the explanation is, but it is pretty odd and just felt, again, out of place.There are good things to say about this film, though. The acting from the cast isn't that bad, especially since we got notable stars in here like Meat Loaf and Minnie Driver (the latter only being seen in the beginning, making it feel more of a waste of potential). Also, the kills are pretty good, and the gore effects aren't bad, which is what makes many slasher films great. The characters are while some unlikable, others are fun to be had with, and I did feel sorrow for Camilla because of her mother's death, and her inspiration to be just like her. Thus, there are characters in which you have the good and the bad, no one that is really that boring.Overall, as a musical, it is quite decent, but as a slasher, it should've had more execution. Stage Fright may be a lot of fun with nice blood, a relatable main protagonist, and a badass villain when disguised, but it isn't quite enough to make it a good horror movie because of its focus going more towards the musical side, than a great B-horror, along with a bland motive for our main antagonist. If you like the musical genre, you'll most likely enjoy it. If you're more into the slasher-horror genre, then you might like the killer, but will be disappointed as a whole. For me, I thought it was okay, and had a good watch, but didn't really care for the musical aspects or the twist. Therefore, I give this movie 6 knives out of 10.

A horror comedy slasher musical might not sound that great for many but I found it to be rather entertaining.For the record it's not non-stop singing although there is a lot of it so if you're allergic to musical numbers then perhaps this is not for you.It's pretty cool though that the killer sings heavy metal songs while slashing people up, and yes it gets real bloody at times which looks real neat and make it more fun.The acting is fine, nothing amazing but they do what their characters asks of them to do... Minnie Driver who has top-billing here is only in it or about 13 minutes so if you want to see it just for the sake of her, well don't expect too much of her... Meat Loaf is in it more, which is fine cause he is a pretty good actor other than that the cast is fairly unknown, Douglas Smith some might recognise from 'Big Love' and he's good too.A little drawn out here and there and some songs are better than others but overall amusing movie that I would watch again.

I'm definitely not as skeptical and negative towards the combination "horror + musical" as most people are, or at least I like to think I'm not. In my humble opinion there exist a couple of terrific horror musicals - such as "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "The Wicker Man", "Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street", Dario Argento's "Opera" and "Repo! The Genetic Opera" – but the main question remains, of course, whether a modestly produced slasher like "Stage Fright" from an unknown and debuting director like Jerome Sable can be as good and memorable as any of the aforementioned titles (which are either genuine cult classics or directed by popular film makers). The answer somewhat bounces back and forth between yes and no. "Stage Fright" definitely contains a handful of imaginative ideas and mighty great sequences, but it also suffers from a couple of dreadfully dull parts and it occasionally goes too far over-the-top. The opening sequences of the film are inarguably fantastic and set the tone for what might become a truly barbaric and bloody slasher highlight. After another stellar performance in the acclaimed piece "Haunting of the Opera", musical starlet Kylie Swanson (the one and only Minnie Driver) is savagely stabbed to death by someone wearing the villain's mask, in the presence of her two young children Camilla and Buddy. Ten years later, Kylie's husband and producer Roger (Meat Loaf, oh yes) is running a summer camp for aspiring teenage musical singers – without much financial success, though – and her offspring works in the kitchen of this same camp. The new batch of singers arrives and the obnoxious art director decides that they will perform "Haunting of the Opera" at the end of summer camp. Camilla sees her chance to follow into the footsteps of her mother and auditions for the female lead role, much against the will of other girl campers and her own brother Buddy. Jealousy, treason, rivalry and sabotage ensue, but that's not all. The vicious killer pops up again as well, and expresses his/her hatred towards musicals by butchering people left and right. Okay, so the opening massacre is awesome. What else? Most the songs are actually very good and mix hysterical lyrics with nice rhythms and lovely singing voices. My personal favorite is the camp entrance song "Where we Belong", featuring lyrics like "I've got beaten up a dozen times for singing songs and sometimes rhymes. Those school bullies sound awful bad. What school buddies, that was just my dad!". The cast is terrific as well, with particularly the beautiful and sexy Allie MacDonald leaving a great impression, and the script contains numerous successful tongue-in-cheek references towards traditional slasher clichés (suspicious hillbilly janitor, anyone?) and summer camp classics. Negative elements include a few too many tedious sequences, notably during the musical premiere, and a too absurd maniacal killer character with Kabuki mask and a passion for metal music. The identity of the killer is so damn obvious, by the way, that I presume it's also part of the overall parody. Warmly recommended in case you like the slasher genre and all of its nowadays homage films, and also recommended of course if "you're gay but not in that way".

It's nothing new really. A horror movie with a lot of singing and dancing. Mix a bit of comedy in there and it might be your cup of tea. The actors give it their best. Sounds like most are either capable (singing-wise) or are being helped in a nice way. The choreography is nice I suppose, though no Bollywood fan will get too excited about any of that. Though not every Bollywood fan would like his song & dance mixed with blood of course.The horror sort of works, though it is pretty predictable (and sort of "easy" to put it mildly). Jokes do not work as they should though and the characters feel very flat indeed. The fact that it doesn't take itself too seriously makes it more watchable than if it wasn't.