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Theatre of Blood (1973)
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If your sense of humor is even moderately twisted, you'll savor this tasty course of well-cooked ham. Directed with delectable British wit by Douglas Hickox, the comedy is decidedly dark when Vincent Price--as effete has-been thespian Richard Lionheart--wreaks poetic justice upon the snobby critics who panned his performances and drove him to a failed attempt at suicide. Reciting his poor reviews and staging murders inspired by Shakespearean tragedies, the actor and his Dickensian coterie of accomplices (including Diane Rigg, sexy as ever) dispatch their victims with shocking ingenuity, and by the time Lionheart reenacts Titus...
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Surely, this has to rank among Vincent Price's finest performances as a Shakespearean actor who takes revenge on his critics.
The makeup was remarkably eerie, and Price was masterful. The use of Shakespearean plays to perform the dastardly deeds was a stroke of genius.
But, Price was not the only great actor in this...
(complete Theatre of Blood review by Movie Addict)
| Theatre of Blood Movie Review by Jenny (8/27/2007) |
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Since getting digital cable and a DVR a few months ago, one of my favorite things to do is to find a channel I like (usually TCM or IFC or any of the HBO's) and scroll forward looking for things to record. Sometimes there isn't anything too interesting, and sometimes you find things like "Theatre of Blood". The title...
(complete Theatre of Blood review by Jenny)
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