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Theatre Of Blood
1973
Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price), a demented Shakespearean actor, adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome revenge on the eight critics who slighted him. He knows he deserved that major award for his fine acting, but once again, the critics denied him and chose some other, inferior performer. So now he's going to .. Read more
| Starring | Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews |
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| Director | Douglas Hickox |
| Genres | Horror |
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Theatre Of Blood
Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price), a demented Shakespearean actor, adds murder to his repertoire when he takes gruesome revenge on the eight critics who slighted him. He knows he deserved that major award for his fine acting, but once again, the critics denied him and chose some other, inferior performer. So now he's going to make them pay. All it takes is a faked suicide so they believe him dead, and a few murder scenes taken directly from Shakespeare's plays.... Then, one by one, the eight judges will experience Lionheart's version of poetic justice. His loyal--and equally demented--daughter (Diana Rigg) abets him in his grisly plan.
| Starring | Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne |
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| Director | Douglas Hickox |
| Studio | MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 42 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Oct 2002 Production year: 1973 |
| Format | DVD |
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The magnum opus of Vincent Price's film career, this stylish, witty comedy horror boasts an irresistible premise, an inspired ensemble cast, fabulous music and first-rate production values. In a part he was born to play, Price is classically trained actor Edward Lionheart, who murders theatre critics using famous death scenes from Shakespeare's plays as payback for being dismissive of his talents. Aided by his faithful daughter Edwina (Diana Rigg) and a group of tramps, Lionheart plans each killing with elaborate inventiveness and cunning disguise. Price does a superior job portraying an inferior actor and mines every nuance of tragedy and comedy with triumphant brilliance and delicious gusto. Enormously enjoyable.
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Comedy horror that really does give Vincent Price a chance to do his stuff, with deliciously absurd results. He plays a... read more on Time Out
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Another critical miscalculation on your part.
Replaying motifs from The Abominable Dr Phibes, vilified Shakespearean actor Vincent Price dispatches his critics in a series of elaborate and horrific ways that correspond with the plays of the bard. Price's delicious gothic acting is given its full demented reign here, a performance so hammy it belongs on a Victorian stage. A cast of fine British talent from the era add to theatricality playing over-the-top stereotypes: the critics are a loathsome bunch of eccentric, erudite snobs while the police are inept half-wits. It's shoddy stuff but great entertainment.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Another critical miscalculation on your part.
Replaying motifs from The Abominable Dr Phibes, vilified Shakespearean actor Vincent Price dispatches his critics in a series of elaborate and horrific ways that correspond with the plays of the bard. Price's delicious gothic acting is given its full demented reign here, a performance so hammy it belongs on a Victorian stage. A cast of fine British talent from the era add to theatricality playing over-the-top stereotypes: the critics are a loathsome bunch of eccentric, erudite snobs while the police are inept half-wits. It's shoddy stuff but great entertainment.
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