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.
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07/23/08
Theatre of Blood (1973)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:21
Rotten:1
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: Deliciously campy and wonderfully funny, Theater of Blood features Vincent Price at his melodramatic best.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Robert Morley
Director: Douglas Hickox
Reviews for Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood is black comedy played for chills and mood and emerges a macabre piece of wild melodramatics.
07/01/08
Top CriticTheater 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.
07/01/08
Now we don't normally take to the idea that someone should go around murdering critics, since more than one disc producer is after our own head, but the movie is always a treat when it shows up on late night television.
07/01/08
Most easily described as 'deliciously nasty,' though some moments are far from delicious.
10/06/07
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.
09/25/07
Gory, imaginative, wildly melodramatic -- good fun.
09/25/07
Superbly Vincent Price!
09/25/07
Top CriticYou can't help but like a film with as much verve, wit and (of course) gore as this one. A bloody good show.
09/25/07
Comedy horror that really does give Vincent Price a chance to do his stuff, with deliciously absurd results.
06/24/06
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10/09/05
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07/25/05
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05/19/05
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08/25/04
No review available.
05/28/04
For the poodle scene alone...
09/11/03
Wasted cast in a misguided thriller.
08/13/03
Price is a grand ham in this neat horror film.
02/06/03
Come on Vincent, throw in some food coloring for us!
12/17/02
It has the distinction of being perhaps the most critic-proof film ever created.
03/05/02
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