10 Best Horror Movie Musicals To Watch This Halloween 2020
10. Stage Fright (2014)
If Scary Movie is the satirical horror to parody the slasher genre, then Stage Fright is the satirical horror to parody the musical... and also, the slasher. This is a film which appeals to both groups of audiences who either love or hate Broadway. It's far from perfect but it is completely self-aware and uses that to its advantage for the humour.
The story opens with stage diva Kylie Swanson (Minnie Driver) performing the lead role in The Haunting of the Opera. That same night, she is murdered backstage by someone wearing the opera ghost mask, leaving her two children orphaned. Ten years later, Camilla and Buddy attend a musical theatre summer camp, ran by Roger McCall, the man who raised their children of his former lover Kylie.
The camp is terrorised by a relentless killer and hater of musical theatre and thus, the dark humour commences. The storyline is a little weak and the songs could be improved on considering it's a musical, but it is thoroughly entertaining overall.
Much like the aforementioned Scary Movie, this is far from a true horror and further to being completely immersed in comedy.