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Movie Review: “Stagefright” (1987) 4K Restoration

Michele Soavi’s directorial debut Stagefright (AKA Aquarius; Italy, 1987) is already well known as one of the craziest entries in the slasher genre, and now it looks super thanks to Shameless Films’ terrific 4K restoration. The film combines giallo elements with the slasher approach and — a stage musical! Alicia (Barbara Cupisti of Soavi’s later directorial features The Church and Cemetery Man) is an actress in a destined-to-bomb musical called The Night Owl, which is about a murdered prostitute who comes back to life to rape the man who killed her. Things only get more lurid from here, so hang on as the musical’s director Peter (David Brandon) goes off on a megalomaniacal trip after Alicia sneaks off to a nearby hospital to have her sore ankle checked with wardrobe mistress Betty (Ulrike Schwerk) — it’s a psychiatric hospital, and the young ladies unknowingly bring back to the theater Irving Wallace (Clain Parker), a psychotic former actor who has killed

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Joseph Perry
Dec 25, 2021

Italian Horror ‘Stagefright’ Coming to 4K Ultra And Blu-ray

Director and master of Italian horror, Michele Soavi‘s (The Sect, The Church) 1987 horror Stagefright is being unleashed on 4K Ultra. In the film, “when a masked killer infiltrates a group of actors rehearsing overnight in an isolated theatre, the stage is set for carnage! Featuring an abundance of over-the-top kills and spills, shot with Soavi’s typical style, marvel at the mayhem as the iconic chainsaw-wielding ‘Owl Man’, delivers a blood-soaked performance for the ages.” Stagefright is at the pinnacle of 80s slashers. Michele Soavi was schooled by Dario Argento and Terry Gilliam and his beloved first feature can now finally be seen as intended, with this edition further benefiting from the director’s color grading and framing indications given during a candid interview filmed exclusively for this release. SPECIAL FEATURES – New 4K restoration – ‘Staging the Fright’ – Interview with director Michele Soavi – ‘The Theatre of Blood’ – Interview with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice – ‘The Last Performance’

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 2, 2021

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Movie Review: “Stagefright” (1987) 4K Restoration

Michele Soavi’s directorial debut Stagefright (AKA Aquarius; Italy, 1987) is already well known as one of the craziest entries in the slasher genre, and now it looks super thanks to Shameless Films’ terrific 4K restoration. The film combines giallo elements with the slasher approach and — a stage musical! Alicia (Barbara Cupisti of Soavi’s later directorial features The Church and Cemetery Man) is an actress in a destined-to-bomb musical called The Night Owl, which is about a murdered prostitute who comes back to life to rape the man who killed her. Things only get more lurid from here, so hang on as the musical’s director Peter (David Brandon) goes off on a megalomaniacal trip after Alicia sneaks off to a nearby hospital to have her sore ankle checked with wardrobe mistress Betty (Ulrike Schwerk) — it’s a psychiatric hospital, and the young ladies unknowingly bring back to the theater Irving Wallace (Clain Parker), a psychotic former actor who has killed

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Joseph Perry
Dec 25, 2021

Italian Horror ‘Stagefright’ Coming to 4K Ultra And Blu-ray

Director and master of Italian horror, Michele Soavi‘s (The Sect, The Church) 1987 horror Stagefright is being unleashed on 4K Ultra. In the film, “when a masked killer infiltrates a group of actors rehearsing overnight in an isolated theatre, the stage is set for carnage! Featuring an abundance of over-the-top kills and spills, shot with Soavi’s typical style, marvel at the mayhem as the iconic chainsaw-wielding ‘Owl Man’, delivers a blood-soaked performance for the ages.” Stagefright is at the pinnacle of 80s slashers. Michele Soavi was schooled by Dario Argento and Terry Gilliam and his beloved first feature can now finally be seen as intended, with this edition further benefiting from the director’s color grading and framing indications given during a candid interview filmed exclusively for this release. SPECIAL FEATURES – New 4K restoration – ‘Staging the Fright’ – Interview with director Michele Soavi – ‘The Theatre of Blood’ – Interview with actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice – ‘The Last Performance’

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Dec 2, 2021