StageFright

Original title: Deliria

1987
18
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

10K

YOUR RATING

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.

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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.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.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.

Director
- Michele Soavi
Writers
- George Eastman
- Sheila Goldberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

10K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michele Soavi
Writers
- George Eastman
- Sheila Goldberg
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win total

Top cast29

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David Brandon

Peter

Richard Barkeley

Doctor Porter

Barbara Cupisti

Alicia

Domenico Fiore

Police Chief
(as Don Fiore)

Robert Gligorov

Danny

Sheila Goldberg

Nurse

Mickey Knox

Old Cop

Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Brett
(as John Morghen)

Clain Parker

Irving Wallace

Loredana Parrella

Corinne
(as Lori Parrel)

Martin Philips

Mark

James Edward Sampson

Willy
(as James E.R. Sampson)

Ulrike Schwerk

Betty

Wanja Mary Sellers

Laurel
(as Mary Sellers)

Jo Ann Smith

Sybil
(as Jo Anne Smith)

Piero Vida

Ferrari

Danny Gordon

Dancer
(as Dany Gordon)

Claude Jurman

Dancer

Director
- Michele Soavi
Writers
- George Eastman
- Sheila Goldberg
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Featured review

"There's No Business Like Show Business!"....

STAGEFRIGHT opens with a jaw-dropping, murderous dance routine, featuring some awesome saxophone playing and a "killer" in an owl mask! After this, one might think that anything to follow would be anticlimactic. Ha! This would be a mistake! What transpires after this sequence is even more astonishing!

A troupe of thespians is working on the aforementioned musical, complete with a rape scene (!). In a miraculous turn of serendipitous events, the play's hyper-intense director (David Brandon) decides to keep everyone in the theater overnight. A dark, stormy night! In addition, an escaped, homicidal maniac is on his way to the theater! He's an actor-gone-berserk, don't ya know?! He also loves owl masks!

Let the bodies hit the floor!

Kooky, bloody, and absolutely enjoyable, this movie should be seen by all sentient beings! Especially, those with a hankering for Italian horror cheeeze. Or owls. Stars Barbara Cupisti (OPERA, THE CHURCH) as Alicia, the only character with a functioning brain...

Dethcharm
Nov 11, 2019
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Trivia
During a screening at the Fantasia Film Festival fans threw white feathers from the theater balcony which showered down on the audience in homage to the haunting finale of the film.

Goofs
In the scene where the girl is cut in half, it is later revealed she was cut in half by a chainsaw. However, as this was happening, there wasn't single noise coming from the chainsaw.

Quotes
Willy: I... I just went to get the gun, trying to show you how to put a bullet in the chamber. See that? I got him right between the eyes! Just like I said... Right between the eyes! Damn... You see that Ally? Right betw... right between the eyes! Just like I said. Between... between the eyes. Got him... I got him, right between the eyes Ally! I got the fucker right between the eyes. Right between the eyes Ally. Just like I said... Right between the eyes!

Alternate versions
The Australian VHS release of StageFright as it's called, has a few shots cut for it to be released, otherwise, it would have been banned. The shots cut are:
Under shot of Brett with the Driller through his chest is cut
Close up of the drill with loads of blood is cut
Wide shot of Danny pulling up Sybil with the intestines showing is cut
Close up of chainsaw cutting through Danny's chest
Irving sawing off Peter's arm remains for a few seconds but copious bleeding from the severed arm is cut
2nd shot of Peters head rolling is cut