tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post2021253577392898089..comments2024-03-27T08:51:52.335-04:00Comments on The Bloody Pit of Horror: Stage Fright (1987)The Bloody Pit of Horrorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419921450872885649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-83390602638304200172014-03-20T23:52:29.966-04:002014-03-20T23:52:29.966-04:00You know, it never crossed my mind while watching ...You know, it never crossed my mind while watching this that it was striving to be anything other than a straight-forward (albeit stylish) slasher flick. The wink at the very end does hint at some playfulness but I actually found it awkward and a bit jarring in contrast to how seriously the film took itself up until that point. Trying to deconstruct and then put a fresh spin on a worn out, predictable formula without also becoming one of those films and falling prey to the same issues is a tough thing to pull off.The Bloody Pit of Horrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419921450872885649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-60576477766716630772014-03-20T10:51:11.811-04:002014-03-20T10:51:11.811-04:00This holds pretty firm as my favourite slasher, I ...This holds pretty firm as my favourite slasher, I appreciate how from almost the earliest moments it actively treats the slasher genre as a form of theatre, bound by convention and audience expectation, but then seeks out art rather than the insipid post modern humour that seems to be a mainstay of such metagenre fare.BWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570418981619610382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-68521994398711981212014-03-19T19:38:13.680-04:002014-03-19T19:38:13.680-04:00Lawd! I can't keep up.Lawd! I can't keep up.The Bloody Pit of Horrorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419921450872885649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5214930440884348127.post-54225478013746149002014-03-19T06:45:59.606-04:002014-03-19T06:45:59.606-04:00And there's yet ANOTHER slasher called Stage F...And there's yet ANOTHER slasher called Stage Fright (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGriHLjtXxQ) about to be released.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com