Stagefright
by Michele Soavi
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Actor: Barbara Cupisti, David Brandon, Martin Philips, Robert GligorovDirector: Michele Soavi
Brand: Koch
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 827058107693
Studio: Blue Underground
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- While a group of young actors rehearse a new musical about a mass murderer, a notorious psychopath escapes from a nearby insane asylum. But when the show s director locks his cast in the theater overnight, the madman is accidentally locked inside as well. Now, a killer with acting in his blood has gone berserk for the blood of actors (including several scenes that EuroHorror fans worldwide conside
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DVD Review: "Stagefright" Is Not A Giallo, But It Is A Gruesome Slasher Flick
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought "Stagefright" because it had been reviewed/advertised as a giallo. I was disappointed to learn that it is not. A giallo involves an unknown murderer who is systematically killing people for a reason other than that he/she is insane. Usually, they kill for revenge or to prevent a past crime of theirs from coming to light. In "Stagefright," the killer's identity is known - an escaped psychotic killer. And he, like Jason Voorhees, merely wants to kill as many people as he can.
"Stagefright" does have a high body count and the death scenes are very gruesome. However, few, if any of the death scenes were truly original. I felt like I was watching "Slumber Party Massacre" in which the killer slaughters innocent girls, without reason, with a portable drill. It also reminded me of Jason Voorhees of "Friday the 13th" with his hockey mask and machete. The girl being ripped in half and her torso pulled upward into the room above, reminded me of "Alligator" where the police officer in the water is bit in half by the giant alligator and his torso is lifted up out of the water and pulled into the boat.
I kept expecting a major twist ending that would shock me. I was hoping to learn that the killer was not the escaped psychopath but one of the cast members or stage hands who wanted the play to fail; therefore proving that this was a true giallo. Unfortunately, that twist ending never came. The escaped psychopath was the only killer.
The play that the performers were rehearsing was very strange. It involved too much glamorization of rape. It wasn't anything that I would pay to see.
"Stagefright" had potential to be much better than it was. Unfortunately, it was merely a collage of slasher flicks from the grand slasher era that was winding down when "Stagefright" was released in 1987.
Overall, the movie was entertaining if you like slasher flicks from the 80`s. I did jump a couple of times. Furthermore, Michele Soavi, the director, of "Stagefright" learned his craft from Dario Argento and Mario Bava`s son, Lamberto Bava.
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