Douglas Hickox's wry romp spotlights a vengeful Shakespearean ham (Vincent Price) and his helpful daughter (Diana Rigg). It's gory and funny. [14 Apr 1996, p.6]
Theatre of Blood
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United Kingdom · 1973
Rated R · 1h 44m
Director Douglas Hickox
Starring Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews
Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror
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After receiving bad reviews from members of the Theatre Critics Guild, Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart fakes his own death and plots the demise of the critics, recreating a famous death from a Shakespeare play for each murder.
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Theatre of Blood is a classic revenge story in the Grand Guignol tradition, following a single mastermind as he hunts down and messily dispatches all who have wronged him in ironic fashion.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
A triumph of stylish, witty Grand Guignol, it allows Price to range richly between humor and pathos as a crazed Shakespearean actor. It's not too much to say that if horror pictures were taken seriously Price would have been a 1973 Oscar contender. [24 Mar 2005, p.E15]
Superbly Vincent Price!
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