#stagefright 1987

[ridgeworld2006]

A VERY RIDGEWAY HALLOWEEN 20XX DAY 6: STAGEFRIGHT

Decent slasher movie, would recommend. The acting is pretty bad and not in an over-the-top way that i'd like as much as the delivery is just very weird at times. Also the whole thing about how the killer even gets to the theater is super duper contrived, and while I don't mind that I think explaining that element at all takes away from the scariness of the movie (ESPECIALLY that first major kill, great idea but flawed execution all-around on that) as well as undermines the thematic nature of the killer's initial appearance.

With my big complaints out of the way, there are some pretty great moments in this, mostly comedic; for example the occasional cuts to the buddy cop duo doing fuck-all outside and that one idiot trying to go toe-to-toe with the killer and getting immediately fucked. Also a surprising amount of depth thematically for a slasher, you kinda have to keep an eye out for it but it's definitely there, especially the reappearance of the villain and how he kinda wins in the end after all, which usually I hate but works here for thematic reasons.

oh also the soundtrack fucking goes OFF i was literally jamming out half the movie. pretty much worth watching for that alone

[classichorrorblog]

StageFright (1987)

[blairwitchbaby]

StageFright

1987, Michele Soavi

[weirdlookindog]

Deliria (1987) - Japanese chirashi

AKA StageFright; Sound Stage Massacre

[apicturespeaks]

StageFright, Michele Soavi

[vampirecorleone]

Cats + Horror: Eye of the Cat (1969) Inferno (1980) The Monster Club (1981) The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) The Sentinel (1977) StageFright (1987) Hausu (1977) Pet Sematary (1989) Brainscan (1994) Alien (1979) The Uncanny (1977) Uninvited (1988) The Collector (2009) Black Christmas (1974) Hemlock Grove (2013) Torture Garden (1967)

[aloneandforsakenbyfateandbyman]

StageFright (1987)

[thegothicalice]

I absolutely love your style and was wondering as a cinemaphile what obscure, off the wall horror movies would you suggest for the spooky season?

Uhhhh how about various levels of obscure from the 80s and 90s? (Not a complete lists because I’ve seen literally thousands of films and forget half of what I watch and use Letterboxd to keep track)

1999– Idle Hands, Don’t Look Under the Bed, Bats, Ravenous, In Dreams, Lighthouse, Stir of Echos, Audition, Kolobos

1998—The Last Broadcast, Devil in the Flesh, Whispering Corridors, Urban Legend, Shadowbuilder, The Eternal, The Quiet Family, Strangeland, Deep Rising, The Wisdom of Crocodiles, Tomie

1997– The Relic, The Ugly, Event Horizon, Cure, Wax Mask, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, Quicksilver Highway, Office Killer, The Night Flier

1996– From Dusk til Dawn, Little Witches, Uncle Sam, The Frighteners, The Dentist, Karmina, Thesis, Tromeo & Juliet,

1995– Blood & Donuts, Screamers, Tales from the Hood, The Demolitionist, Mushrooms, The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, The Day of the Beast, Serpent’s Lair, Rumpelstiltskin, Mute Witness, Evil Ed, Project: Metalbeast, Habit, The Addiction, Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight, Lord of Illusions

1994– Tammy & the T Rex, In the Mouth of Madness, Lurking Fear, Cemetery Man, Death Machine, Brainscan, Nadja

1993– Love Bites, Doppelgänger, Necronomicon, Body Bags, Ed & His Dead Mother, Dark Waters, Skinner, Jack Be Nimble, Ticks, Carnosaur, The Temp

1992– Death Becomes Her, The Vagrant, Tale of a Vampire, The Unnameable II, Innocent Blood, Dr Giggles, Auntie Lee’s Meat Pies, Aswang, Sleepwalkers, Netherworld, Split Second

1991– The Resurrected, The Boneyard, Body Parts, Popcorn, Subspecies, There’s Nothing Out There, Highway to Hell, The Runestone, Cast a Deadly Spell, Children of the Night

1990– Frankenhooker, Fear, Nightbreed, Lisa, Mom, Grim Prairie Tales, Shakma, Pale Blood, Baby Blood, Mirror Mirror, Hardware, Meridian, Def by Temptation, The Vampire Family, Reflecting Skin, Demonia

1989– Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat, Nightlife, I Madman, Dr. Caligari, The Black Cat, Paganini Horror, Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge, The Dead Pit, The Phantom of the Opera, Dead Calm, Intruder, The House of Usher

1988– Paperhouse, Spider Labyrinth, Spell Caster, Sorority Babes in the Slime-Bowl-O-Rama, Cellar Dweller, Pin, 976-EVIL, Brain Damage, Rejuvenatrix, Blood Relations, Party Line, The Unnamable, The Wicked

1987– Psychos in Love, Blood Rage, The Caller, Stagefright, Graveyard Shift, American Gothic, Street Trash, From a Whisper to a Scream, Blood Diner

1986– Spookies, Poison for the Fairies, Vamp, Gothic, Deadtime Stories, TerrorVision, Witchboard, Trick or Treat

1985– The Doctor and the Devils, Phenomena, The Stuff

1984– Decoder, The Company of Wolves, Monster Dog, Sole Survivor, Special Effects

1983– The Lift, Wilczyca (She Wolf), Eyes of Fire, House of Long Shadows, The Hunger, Angst, Curtains, Blood Beat, Mortuary, The Keep

1982– Ferat Vampire, Next of Kin, The Sender, Tenebre, One Dark Night, The Living Dead Girl, Superstition, Alone in the Dark, Parasite

1981– The Black Cat, Fear No Evil, Dead & Buried, Possession, Night School, The Monster Club, Allison’s Birthday, Frightmare, Ghost Story, The Funhouse, The Pit, Evilspeak, Strange Behavior, The Nesting

1980– Macabre, Fade to Black, The Ninth Configuration, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

These are all just what I’ve recorded on my personal Letterboxd since I started it in April of 2017, I’ve seen plenty more but tried to just pick possibly less-known stuff, some bad and some good.

[uzumaakies]

You should give us your top five movies! If that's too broad, horror!

Okay, so I'm definitely going to forget something great and later be like "How could I forget [title]?" but for the moment I will say my favorites are, in no particular order,

Phantom of the Paradise (Brian De Palma, 1974)

Kiki's Delivery Service (1989, Hayao Miyazaki)

Taxi Driver (1976, Martin Scorcese)

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968, Sergio Leone)

Chungking Express (1994, Wong Kar-Wai)

It pains me to leave Dr. Strangelove, Vertigo, The Holy Mountain, The Life of Brian, 2001, The Royal Tenenbaums, Being John Malkovich, American Movie, and sentimental childhood favorites Star Wars, RoboCop, The Empire Strikes Back, and Blade Runner off the list. :( As far as non-ancient movies go, I fuck heavily with Everything Everywhere All at Once and Hundreds of Beavers.

For horror, in addition to PotP and Taxi Driver I'm going with

Opera (1987, Dario Argento) Suspiria is almost certainly a better film, but Opera's particular madness speaks to me, and it was my first exposure to Argento.

Dellamorte Dellamore a.k.a. Cemetery Man (1994, Michele Soavi) Absolute peak goth emo zombie movie. Soavi's Stagefright also deserves a special shout-out in the slasher department.

Black Sunday a.k.a. La maschera del demonio (1960, Mario Bava) Three words: Barbara motherfuckin' Steele.

Alien (1979, Ridley Scott) I'm sure this one needs no introduction.

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, Tobe Hooper) Ditto.

Thanks so much for the ask. Yesterday I found myself in a bleak headspace all day, then when I saw this in my inbox my mood did a complete 180. :) So do you have a top five?

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

Stats from Movies 201-300

Top 10 Movies - Highest Number of Votes

Return of the Living Dead had the most votes with 1763 votes.

The 10 Most Watched Films by Percentage

The Shining was the most watched film with 78.96% of voters saying they had seen it.

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The Human Centipede was the least watched film with 74.6% of voters saying they hadn't seen it.

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The Shining was the best known film with only 0.48% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The 10 Least Known Films by Percentage

Late Phases was the least known film with 86.64% of voters saying they'd never heard of it.

The movies part of the statistic count and their polls below the cut.

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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) Nosferatu (1922) The Toxic Avenger (1984) The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009) Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989) Haunt (2019) Blood Quantum (2019) Videodrome (1983) Splinter (2008) The Last Days on Mars (2013)

Late Phases (2014) The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020) Watcher (2022) The Blackening (2022) No One Will Save You (2023) The Sadness (2021) Sleepwalkers (1992) Mimic (1997) His House (2020) Get Out (2017)

Barbarian (2022) Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) Men (2022) Phantasm (1979) The Belko Experiment (2016) The Purge (2013) The Strangers (2008) The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018) Overlord (2018) Sinister (2012)

Candyman (2021) The Shining (1980) Doctor Sleep (2019) The Stuff (1985) The Blob (1988) Signs (2002) The Visit (2015) The Fly (1958) Sleepaway Camp (1983) The Brood (1979)

Intruder (1989) The Evil Dead (1981) Evil Dead II (1987) Army of Darkness (1992) Evil Dead (2013) Evil Dead Rise (2023) Pontypool (2008) Final Destination (2000) Final Destination 2 (2003) Final Destination 3 (2006)

The Final Destination (2009) Final Destination 5 (2011) StageFright (1987) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) Centipede! (2004) Excision (2008) Return of the Living Dead (1985 Frankenhooker (1990)

Crash (1996) Orca (1977) Wish Upon (2017) Things (1989) Cooties (2014) Glorious (2022) Terrified (2017) Diabolique (1955) In My Skin (2002) Death Bed: The Bed That Eats (1977)

Funhouse (2019) Blood Rage (1987) Carnival of Souls (1962) The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Horror of Dracula (1958) Bride of Frankenstein (1935) City of the Living Dead (1980) Piercing (2018) Spider Baby (1967) The Haunting (1963)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Malatesta's Carnival of Blood (1973) The Blob (1958) Tourist Trap (1979) Death Game (1977) Knock Knock (2015) Funny Games (1997) Funny Games (2007) The Company of Wolves (1984) The Stepford Wives (1975)

[classichorrorblog]

StageFright (1987)

[forthegothicheroine]

New-to-me movies seen in 2024: StageFright (1987)

"They're going to line up for blocks to see a show in which one of the actresses has been murdered by the real-life maniac in the plot!"

[moviemosaics]

StageFright

directed by Michele Soavi, 1987

[codycawdren]

Stagefright (Aka Deliria) (1987)

Director: Michele Soavi Starring: David Brandon, Richard Barkeley, Barbara Cupisti A group of stage actors lock themselves in the theater for a rehearsal of their upcoming musical production, unaware that an escaped psychopath has sneaked into the theater with them. Set primarily in a theatre, this confined space – and the fact the victims were locked inside – elevated the suspense in this…

[goomo]

i can’t believe we all have the privilege of watching stagefright (1987) for free on tubi