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A Super Stylish Brutal Modern Giallo - Dead By Dawn (2025) Review. Actors rehearsing at the mysterious Heissenhoff theater face a deadly threat when a masked killer appears. The theater, play, and murders are revealed to be part of an occult ritual. Premiered at SCREAMFEST LA 2025!
The finale in the Mark Doubt Giallo Series. “The first thing I thought when watching Stage Fright was “I wish I’d watched this in a triple bill with Murder Rock and Opera.” Like Fulci’s Frenzied Flashdance pastiche, Michele Soavi’s Stage Fright is a late foray into Giallo, and focuses on the performing arts. Where Stage Fright differs from (and is superior to) Fulci’s movie is in its creativity and its streak of self-awareness. Murder Rock, while a lot of fun, did feel like Fulci going through the…“
