Stage Fright, a Canadian horror musical, blends slasher tropes with the cheesiness of Disney Channel originals. The film features gory kills intertwined with over-the-top musical numbers and self-deprecating humor about the theater world.
Have you ever watched a slasher movie and thought, I know what would improve this—some Disney Channel original songs! Probably not, but that new-found curiosity can be quenched by Stage Fright. Directed by Jerome Sable, Stage Fright is a Canadian horror musical that combines all the well-known tropes of the slasher subgenre with all the corny nostalgia of Camp Rock .
The dynamics of the camp mirror are as ruthless as Wall Street, with bribery and blackmailing used to gain power and insight. Through this, Stage Fright is packed with self-deprecating humor, poking fun at the absurdity and almost cult-ish atmosphere of theater camp while also acknowledging what an important and safe space it can be for outsiders. This is epitomized in “Where We Belong,” the musical number sung by the campers—aptly named the center stagers—as they arrive at the camp.
There is careful humor in Stage Fright, with the killer borrowing the sinister taunting from Ghostface in Scream. They toy with their victim, constantly maintaining complete control of the situation with one-liners such as “break a leg,” which have cruel double meanings. This gives the killer personality and a vibrancy that blends perfectly into the eccentric environment. Having a silent stalker archetype for the killer in Stage Fright would’ve clashed too much with the movie’s tone.
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