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Category: Horror Musicals (page 2)
“Our Lives Are One Masked Ball”: Monsters, Masks, and the Art of Imitation in The Phantom of the Opera Franchise
“If I am the phantom, it is because man’s hatred has made…
Damnation as Infection: Repo! The Genetic Opera and The Devil’s Carnival
Repo! the Genetic Opera (2008) was arguably my first horror musical, or…
“NAILED IT”: (Un)Intentional Parody, Redemption, and the Musical Stage Fright (2014)
If horror movies have taught me anything, it’s that summer camp is…
“Wake Up”: Questioning Reality and Absurdity in the Musical Bang Bang Baby (2014)
“Hardly seems real from here, like it’s so strange and evil. It…
“That’s the Hell of It!”: Allegory, Satire, and Musical Horror in Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Revised June 2021, Phantom of the Opera month. We see a stage…
“Eyesight to the Blind”: The Cult of Monroe and the Musical Tommy (1975)
Marilyn Monroe’s cult status has steadily grown since her death in 1962.…
“I’ve Just Come to Tell You How Fabulous I Am”: The Shock in Shock Treatment (1981)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show is perhaps the most beloved horror musical…
“The Hills Are Alive [!]”: Singing, Mayhem, and Horror Musicals
I think horror films don’t include enough singing. I’m a sucker for…