Entertainment Weekly by Keith Staskiewicz

It’s half "Friday the 13th," half "Phantom of the Paradise," and just cheesy enough to work.

The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

It’s inspired enough to draw attention to ways that it doesn’t realize its potential.

The A.V. Club by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Stage Fright has a weakness for predictability; it practically revels in it.

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.

New York Post by Kyle Smith

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.

The Dissolve by Scott Tobias

The songs are fine; the slaughter is sub-standard.

McClatchy-Tribune News Service by Roger Moore

As horror musicals go, Stage Fright is never more than an out-of-town tryout.

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.

Village Voice by Simon Abrams

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.

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.