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[Horror Queers Podcast] Sing Your Heart Out in the Underwhelming ‘Stage Fright’!
Sing your heart out.
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In the newest episode, we dive into the world of horror musicals to discuss Jerome Sable’s 2014 film Stage Fright and its Kabuki-themed production of The Phantom of the Opera ripoff “The Haunting of the Opera”. Admittedly, we probably should have picked a better film. How do you make a slasher musical comedy that isn’t funny or scary, and doesn’t have any catchy tunes? We aim to find out! It’s not all bad, though. The film has some great kills and a few clever jokes. They’re just not enough to save this mess of a film.
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Episode 14 – Stage Fright (2014)
The boys have got pipes and they’re FIERCE! That’s right, this week they’re headed to Center Stage: Camp for the Performing Arts to audition for the revival of “The Haunting of the Opera”! That’s right, we’re discussing Jerome Sable’s slasher musical comedy Stage Fright! But mostly, we just want to know what went wrong with this film. It’s neither funny nor scary, and it doesn’t even have any good songs!
How do you have musical numbers, gory kills, (attempted) satire, Meat Loaf and Minnie Driver and still end up with this mess of a film? The Horror Queers aim to find out, all while testing out their own singing abilities, contemplating the utter uselessness of Camilla as a Final Girl and the film’s incredibly anti-climactic killer reveal.
Plus, why did Trace decide to drink half a bottle of wine before recording (and the other half during)? We will never know. What we do know is that drunk Trace discussing a film he doesn’t like is mean.
Cross out Stage Fright!
Coming up Wednesday: we look at the role a sibling (or siblings) can play in the coming-out process as we discuss Mike Flanagan’s 2014 film Oculus.
– Joe & Trace
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Note: This episode was originally released to our patrons in October 2025.
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