Rent Stage Fright (1987)
3.3 of 5 from 77 ratings
1h 26min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- A group of young dancers rehearsing in an old theatre is accidentally locked-in for the night - but not alone. In the shadows, someone is watching, waiting and selecting victims at his demented leisure...tonight, deranged serial killer Irving Wallace (Clain Parker) has escaped and is about to put on his own real-life horror show!
- Actors:
- David Brandon, Barbara Cupisti, Domenico Fiore, Robert Gligorov, Mickey Knox, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Clain Parker, Loredana Parrella, Martin Philips, James Sampson, Ulrike Schwerk, Mary Sellers, Jo Ann Smith, Piero Vida, Richard Barkeley, Sheila Goldberg, Danny Gordon, Claude Jurman, Mark Parkinson, Helen Porter
- Directors:
- Michele Soavi
- Producers:
- Donatella Donati, Joe D'Amato
- Writers:
- George Eastman, Sheila Goldberg
- Aka:
- Deliria / StageFright: Aquarius
- Studio:
- Cornerstone
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 15/09/2014
- Run Time:
- 90 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Alan Jones: The Critic's Take
- Original Trailer
- Interviews with Cast and Makers
- Joe D'Amato Documentary
- Stills and Art Gallery
- VHS-era Featurette
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Reviews (1) of Stage Fright
Unusual and effective. - Stage Fright review by NP
In the 1980s, horror films became less about telling stories and more about furthering a franchise. The Freddies, the Jasons and the Michaels were reduced from effective scene-stealers to cartoon figures designed to appeal to as wide a demographic as could bring in money. Refreshing then, to find any genre film from that decade unbleamished by such cynical exploitation.
'Stage Fright' resurrects the Giallo genre, so it might be argued the premise is not original - but the setting and the characters, are all refreshing and surprisingly creepy.
The eagerness for stardom is possibly the greatest monster here, and the cast is seen to suffer for that ambition. The more traditional slasher kills are displayed in a variety of pleasingly outlandish ways. The chunky - and very '80s - incidental music is cheesily effective also.
My score is 8 out of 10.
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