Stage Fright

[Adje]

I must say I didn't watch this because of Meat Loaf but because it was suposed to be a horror/slasher movie.

Maybe I saw a different version but this was okay-ish at best. The musical part was decent, but as a sucker for (B) horror movies it was quite dissapointing. The final half an hour seemed rushed and was a mess, with the (very) predictable twist at the end. The opening was probably the best part of the movie. It just never got better after that.

Character development was poor and made the movie even more predictable. Not strange if you minimise the main characters. Acting was okay for most parts. But in the end this is a forgettable movie.

Slasher/musical: Nice idea,
Execution: so, so.
Grade: 4 out of 10

[Vickip]

According to this article, Stage Fright will be released on blu-ray here in the USA on July 8th :

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh...r-bluray/15377

[JennaG]

Originally Posted by Vickip

According to this article, Stage Fright will be released on blu-ray here in the USA on July 8th :

Amazon also have a DVD listing due for release on the same date for those that don't have means to play blu-ray discs.

[Vickip]

Originally Posted by JennaG

Amazon also have a DVD listing due for release on the same date for those that don't have means to play blu-ray discs.

Yes ... thanks Jenna

[Yevonda]

I am seeing all of these updates about the movie being released on DVD/Blue-ray today. It was a good day for my updates.. :)

[JennaG]

My copy arrived today so I thought I may as well watch it.

Here's my review: http://www.theiconicmeatloaf.com/rev...age-fright_jg/

[AndrewG]

Finally saw the film.
Not that great. I'd agree with Adje's rating.

I actually thought Meat was pretty good in it. Too bad he didn't have better material. Some of the other cast were not bad.

The songs were atrocious. They really should/could have done better with that. Maybe get some inspiration from Little Shop of Horrors or even Jerry Springer Musical. They both had much, much better songs. Imagine Meat singing something along the lines of "It ain't easy being me." Would be effing epic. It definitely required some good themes scattered around. They were just not there. Some of the orchestration was actually pretty good I reckon, but just weak initial material. Needed more simple melodies that could have given some simple but near stellar performances. A few themes some of the girls sang sounded really whiney almost to the point I wanted to switch the whole thing off.
Could have been better. Maybe avoid the young children setting too and just have it at a high school I think. The Gallows (movie about a high school play performance) was pretty decent, which I saw recently. Not a musical but showed that a high school has a more credible setting for a play/musical that turns into horror and eventually repeats itself many years later etc. Summer Camp... I just don't buy it.

They had material to come up with all sorts of songs here.
After the opening the movie really needed a grandiose beginning. They could have done this by focusing on the girl starting singing about the passing of her mum (soft with piano), that is was hard to grow up etc but now she is a woman herself, then that opens up to set the scene at the camp with whole cast joining in (grand. Reuse a main stage fright theme later again etc). The "glad we are here /where we belong" thing was lame and just didn't move things from the personal sphere to a spectacle which is what usually works at the beginning of a musical. They could have done simple lyrics such as "It gave me a stage fright/Feels like it has lasted all my life/Stage fright, just never seems like I'll be alright" Could have focused on the girl going out on stage looking afraid and the audience vanishing etc. Seriously almost anything would have been better than what they did with the songs and missed opportunities during the story. Too much focus on the girl "This is all I ever wanted" repeated over and over Really? That is all she ever thinks her entire life? The slasher metal songs were pathetic and more parody than anything. Shame.

The musical within a musical is an interesting classic approach as that was often used in the 40 and 50s (Singing in the Rain etc) to justify the reason why watching a musical seemed credible.