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[[File:stage_fright_poster_3883.jpg|frame|The theatre of death.]]

 

'''''StageFright -Aquarius-''''' (a.k.a. ''Deliria'', ''Aquarius'' and ''Stage Fright'') is an Italian [[Slasher Movie]] with [[Giallo]] elements from the year 1987. It is the first feature film directed by Michele Soavi, who also did ''[[Cemetery Man]]'' seven years later.

The film opens with our main characters rehearsing the play by the name of ''The Night Owl''. Alicia, one of the actors, slips away briefly with Betty to get some treatment for her sprained ankle. They visit the local psychiatric hospital, where Alicia runs to Irving Wallace, an actor who recently went crazy and gruesomely killed and mutilated 16 people. Irving manages to escape from the hospital and hitches a ride with the women to the theatre. He then kills Betty just outside the theatre. After Alicia finds her body, the police are quickly called to the scene.

 

 

* [[Accidental Murder]]

* [[All Part of the Show]]: When Irving kills Corinne, Peter's first reaction is to wonder why is he using a knife.

* [[Cool Mask]]: The owl's head.

* [[Covers Always Lie]]: Some posters depict Irving smashing a fish tank. A fish tank does appear, but it doesn't get destroyed.

* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Ferrari, [[Informed Attribute|according to the cast]].

* [[Drama-Preserving Handicap]]: Averted as only thing that Alicia's sprained ankle manages to cause is a justified [[Let's Split Up, Gang!]].

* [[Eye Scream]]

* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Willy gets one when he shoots Irving..

* [[Homage]]: The [[Mirror Scare]] scene is a homage to [[Dario Argento]]'s ''Tenebre''.

* [[A House Divided]]: Averted, as whe the remaining cast starts to crack in the dressing room, Alicia quickly tells them off.

* [[Mysterious Past]]: We're not told why Irving went insane and why exactly he arranges his victims bodies the way he does.

* [[Never Split the Party]]: When the cast realizes that they can't get out the building, Peter suggests that they stay together and retreat to the dressing room. However, due to Alicia's sprained ankle they all can't go to get the spare keys together. This leads Peter and Danny justifiable [[Let's Split Up, Gang!|splitting up with others]] temporarily to go look for them.

* [[Not Quite Dead]]

* [[One-Woman Wail]]: On the soundtrack.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Peter gets such moment when he openly admits his faults.

* [[Screaming Woman]]

** [[Fan Service]]: Initial selling point of the play.

** [[Owl Be Damned]]: The killer in the play wears an owl head.

** [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: To cash in on Betty's murder, Peter changes some aspects of the play to reflect it.

** [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]

[[Category:Slasher Movie]]

[[Category:Films of the 1980s]]

[[Category:Film]]