History YMMV / StageFright

* MoralEventHorizon: For most of the short, Hugh is a bully who scares other into working for him, but he undoubtably goes too far when he starts assaulting Daphne and nearly kills Tiny.

* NightmareFuel: Mr. Hugh soul being taken away by the ghostly organist, who rises out of the orchestra pit and, presumably, takes him to hell.

* TheWoobie: Tiny. To a lesser extent, Daphne.

!! The Hitchcock Film:

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: TheReveal throws Charlotte's character into a different light. [[spoiler: Jonathan murdered her husband for her. He claimed she made him do it but how true is that? Although she doesn't seem sad about her husband's death, she's perfectly nice to her employees, and is it possible Jonathan just did this on his own and Charlotte got caught in the crossfire? Or is Charlotte even more manipulative than she appears? Did she attract Jonathan knowing his history, hoping he would commit the murder for her? She notably drops him pretty quickly once she thinks she's in the clear.]]
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Mostly a standard mid-career Hitchcock suspense film, but Charlotte's songs and Commodore Gill's scene with the wacky "Lovely Ducks" woman seem like they were pasted in from entirely different films. Understandable, though, since it might've seemed odd to audiences to have Creator/MarleneDietrich and Alastair Sim in the film, but to ''not'' have her sing or have him do comedy.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alastair Sim (Commodore Gill) and Joyce Grenfell ("Lovely Ducks") both make strong impressions in secondary roles.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** In a couple of years, there would be another [[Film/AllAboutEve thriller about a manipulative actress with a character called Eve]].
** The RADA scene was apparently filmed on location, and signs with the names of actual former students are visible in the rehearsal room. One name listed is Creator/RichardAttenborough.
** Modern viewers might find themselves distracted by the eerie resemblance of Creator/MichaelWilding (Smith) to Creator/AlanCumming.
* OneSceneWonder: Joyce Grenfell as the pompous lady operating a shooting game at the garden party. ''Kitty Hollywood'' in her review notes that she almost "walks away with the film". In the credits she's only listed as 'Lovely Ducks'.
* RomanticPlotTumour: Subverted brilliantly. Eve's growing romance with Smith seems to take time away from the main plot, but it pays off [[spoiler: when Eve's love for Smith is what convinces her to refuse to help Jonathan when she discovers he's a murderer]].
* RewatchBonus: When you know the twist, you pick up on how [[spoiler:self-serving Jonathan's explanation to Eve was, especially trying to paint himself as innocent, but also how much his portrayal of Charlotte is at odds with her true character]].
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The twist here is that [[spoiler:Jonathan was lying the entire time, in particular the fact that there was a flashback showing Jonathan's false version of the events, because it broke a long-established cinematic convention that flashbacks were always a true account of earlier events]]. Audiences were shocked at the time, and felt they had been cheated. The reaction was so negative that Hitchcock himself apologised for it. With the [[spoiler:UnreliableNarrator and TheRashomon]] trope becoming quite common these days, modern viewers would be de-sensitised to such a thing. Viewers might also pick up on how evasive Charlotte's dialogue with Jonathan is.
* ValuesDissonance: The baffled looks that the punters give Eve when she walks into the bar might seem odd to a modern viewer, likewise Eve's hesitation before going in. In those days a young woman wouldn't dream of going into a pub alone. This is underlined by her mother's annoyance that that's where she met Smith.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The twist here is that [[spoiler: Jonathan was lying the entire time]]. Audiences were shocked at the time, and felt they had been cheated. The reaction was so negative that Hitchcock himself apologised for it. With the [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator]] trope becoming quite common these days, modern viewers would be de-sensitised to such a thing. Viewers might also pick up on how evasive Charlotte's dialogue with Jonathan is.

-->"''Going... down''."
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In addition to the excellent character animation, especially on the dogs, which were mere ''inches'' high, making them notoriously difficult to animate, there's also the double-exposed Mr. Hugh being taken away by the glowing, ghostly organist.

!! The Short:

** There are signs with names of past award-winning drama students on the column in the rehearsal room at the RADA. One name listed is Creator/RichardAttenborough.

* HilariousInHindsight: In a couple of years, there would be another [[Film/AllAboutEve thriller about a manipulative actress with a character called Eve]].

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: In addition to the excellent character animation, especially on the dogs, which were mere ''inches'' high, making them notoriously difficult to animate, there's also the double-exposed Mr. Hugh being taken away by the glowing, ghostly organist.

* RewatchBonus: Notice that Jonathan throws the dress on the fire the second Eve says the stain has been smeared on there. [[spoiler: Jonathan himself put the stain there, and he destroys it because he now realises it'll be useless to frame Charlotte with]].

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The twist here is that [[spoiler: Jonathan was lying the entire time]]. Audiences were shocked at the time, and felt they had been cheated. The reaction was so negative that Hitchcock himself apologised for it. With the [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator]] trope becoming quite common these days, modern viewers would be de-sensitised to such a thing. GenreSavvy viewers might also pick up on how evasive Charlotte's dialogue with Jonathan is.

* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: The twist here is that [[spoiler: Jonathan was lying the entire time]]. Audiences were shocked at the time, and felt they had been cheated. The reaction was so negative that Hitchcock himself apologised for it. With the [[spoiler: UnreliableNarrator]] trope becoming quite common these days, modern viewers would be de-sensitised to such a thing.

* TheWoobie: Tiny. To a lesser extent, Daphne.

* The Woobie: Tiny. To a lesser extent, Daphne.

* NightmareFuel: Mr. Hugh soul being taken away by the ghostly organist, who rises out of the orchestra pit and, presumably, drags him to hell.
-->"''Going... down''."

-->"''Going... ''down''."