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Theater of Blood
Directed by
Douglas Hickox
1973
1h 44m
R
Horror
,
Comedy
,
Drama
7.1
88%
81%
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A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Cast of Theater of Blood
Vincent Price
Edward Lionheart
Diana Rigg
Edwina Lionheart
Ian Hendry
Peregrine Devlin
Harry Andrews
Trevor Dickman
Coral Browne
Chloe Moon
Robert Coote
Oliver Larding
Jack Hawkins
Solomon Psaltery
Michael Hordern
George Maxwell
Arthur Lowe
Horace Sprout
Robert Morley
Meredith Merridew
Dennis Price
Hector Snipe
Milo O’Shea
Inspector Boot
Madeline Smith
Rosemary
Diana Dors
Maisie Psaltery
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Sprout
Renée Asherson
Mrs. Maxwell
Bunny Reed
Policeman
Peter Thornton
Policeman
Charles Sinnickson
Vicar
Brigid Erin Bates
Maid
Tutte Lemkow
Meths Drinker
Stanley Bates
Meths Drinker
Eric Francis
Meths Drinker
Sally Gilmore
Meths Drinker
John Gilpin
Meths Drinker
Joyce Graeme
Meths Drinker
Jack Maguire
Meths Drinker
Declan Mulholland
Meths Drinker
George Oliver
Meths Drinker (uncredited)
Charles Gray
Solomon Psaltery (voice) (uncredited)
Theater of Blood Reviews
Rob's Movie Vault
Rob Gonsalves
Most easily described as 'deliciously nasty,' though some moments are far from delicious.
Edge Media Network
Frank J. Avella
highly recommend "Theater of Blood" for fans of theater, satire, or horror, or for anyone who has ever gotten a bad review.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Many actors would kill for the opportunity to perform Shakespeare on screen -- here, Vincent Price gets to have his soliloquy and devour it, too.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
The film attests to the freedom Vincent Price enjoyed in playing with his image, pushing potentially ludicrous concepts into realms of poetic feeling and psychological complexity.
Variety
Variety Staff
Theatre of Blood is black comedy played for chills and mood and emerges a macabre piece of wild melodramatics.
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
Gory, imaginative, wildly melodramatic -- good fun.
Citizen Dame
Lauren Humphries-Brooks
Theater of Blood is a rare delight. It's a camp horror film, a dissection of Shakespeare, a diatribe against cruel critics, a wicked adoration of the acting profession.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Ferocious gore-satire
ESplatter
Steve Biodrowski
One of the highlight's of Vincent Price's later career, a film that fused his reputation as a horror star with his penchant for self-parody.
PopMatters
Elena Razlogova
Theater of Blood reprises the multiple-revenge theme of the Phibes films, but injects new life into the concept with a superior script and stellar cast.
Philadelphia Inquirer
William B. Collins
A frequently amusing exercise in camp horror that misses being wholly satisfying because it has too many people to kill.
Blunt Review
Emily Blunt
For the poodle scene alone...
Philadelphia Daily News
Joe Baltake
It's modish, hip, and cleverly gruesome.
San Francisco Examiner
Michele Lomax
A horror film on a heroic scale.
TV Guide
Wholly entertaining and memorable, Theatre of Blood is ripe camp, an excellent film, and a lasting tribute to the career of one of the most important actors in the genre.
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