Stage Fright 2014

Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly: This singing-and-dancing genre mash-up actually has some good, bloody fun. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: "Stage Fright" starts out as a funny musical mashup - "Glee" meets"Friday the 13th" - but winds up indulging slasher-flick cliches instead of spoofing them. Read more

Andrew Barker, Variety: This horror musical has about 20 comically inspired minutes before devolving into increasingly moribund genre-spoofing territory. Read more

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, AV Club: Stage Fright has a weakness for predictability; it practically revels in it. Read more

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: Playing like a very special slasher film-themed episode of Glee, Stage Fright mixes horror and Broadway-style show tunes to decidedly mixed results. Read more

Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times: Likely to inspire much exiting stage left and right. Read more

Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times: Give the movie some zip, a few memorable songs and a stronger third act, and (to paraphrase Mr. Sondheim) something good's just out of reach. Read more

Minneapolis Star Tribune: It's too silly to be scary and too gory to be a romp. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Writer-director Jerome Sable, who co-wrote the songs with Eli Batalion, has a sharp ear for musical pastiche, from Andrew Lloyd Weber to heavy metal. But he comes up flat on the horror-musical spoof. Read more

Bruce Demara, Toronto Star: Too bad Stage Fright isn't a better movie. Read more

Simon Abrams, Village Voice: There's nothing lovable about a musical that leaves poor Meat Loaf to grasp lustily at low-hanging fruit. Read more

Mark Jenkins, Washington Post: 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. Read more