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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
It’s inspired enough to draw attention to ways that it doesn’t realize its potential.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
25
Slant Magazine by Clayton Dillard
Jerome Sable's debut feature couldn't be further from De Palma's delirious cinematic essays on vision and genre.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Despite Meat Loaf’s hammily entertaining turn as the desperate owner of a musical theater summer camp, the film fails to live up to its obvious inspirations.
50
The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
Stage Fright has a weakness for predictability; it practically revels in it.
75
Entertainment Weekly by Keith Staskiewicz
It’s half "Friday the 13th," half "Phantom of the Paradise," and just cheesy enough to work.
50
Stage Fright starts out as a funny musical mashup — “Glee” meets“Friday the 13th” — but winds up indulging slasher-flick clichés instead of spoofing them.
37
Washington Post by Mark Jenkins
Whether it’s being sexy, jokey or homicidal, Stage Fright doesn’t deliver the goods with sufficient spirit. It lacks the sparkle to be a truly killer show.
38
McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore
As horror musicals go, Stage Fright is never more than an out-of-town tryout.
50
The songs are fine; the slaughter is sub-standard.
30
Stage Fright's lopsided tone wouldn't be so confounding if the horror elements worked or if writer-director Jerome Sable's music, co-composed with Eli Batalion, weren't so forgettable.