Theatre Of Blood (DVD)

There is surely nothing more satisfying than coming home after a few lads with the beers, sorry, a few beers with the lads, settling down with a plateful of greasy chips from the local emporium of deep-fried sliced potato, and watching a cheesy horror film on late-night telly. Now I don't mean one of the new type of horror films that leave nothing to the imagination and which seem to have the sole intention of relieving your digestive system of its ...
...the copious quantities of milk of amnesia drunk that night), but rather the 1970's 'Hammeresque' horror film - you know, the ones that look as if they were filmed on a budget of 30 quid left over from the whip-round for the boss's leaving present! One of these films is one of my personal favourites. I await its arrival through my letterbox in a DVD case with baited breath. Vincent Price is surely the doyen of the 'grand-guignol' horror farce - you ...

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...'Brannigan'), 'Theatre' tells of a theatre critics circle slowly being wittled down by a mystery murderer. Taking revenge for a lifetime of bad notices, Shakesperean actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is dealing out cruelly ironic deaths to each of the circle, and each is taken directly from the text of Shakespeare. The only thing stopping the police connecting Lionheart with the murders is the undoubtedly strong alibi of him being dead. Price ...
...save for the excellently dressed theatre in which Lionheart skulks, rehearsing each murder in front of his drunken minions. The score is enjoyable and shy's away from the usual trappings of horror compositions, and is occasionally as imaginative as the visuals. The climax is rousing stuff, and actually rather poignant. I kid you not. Highly entertaining, a great cast lead by Price who is clearly having lots of fun, witty, horrific, and a step ahead ...

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Theatre Of Blood was made in 1973 and for me has always been one of the most memorable British horror movies. Don't allow yourself to be led down a dark alley thinking "Oh more gore" as Theatre Of Blood is a fantastically funny film. Better still unlike a lot of Horror movies this is intentionally funny. My very first memories of horror films as a child include this very movie. Saturday night television would always end in two horror movies. Usually ...
...into the first. When Theatre Of Blood was first shown, I was very much awake. Back then I never saw the comedy aspect, I saw the horror only. But as I got older I noticed the comedy more and more. Before I start talking about the film itself its important to get the cast issue out of the way, Theatre Of Blood had a very impressive calibre of top actors, possibly the last British gathering of such a stellar cast. Although to many younger readers ...

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...the grand style of acting. Theatre of Blood was made at the same time that the National Theatre was being built (and a stage version was in fact performed at the National last year). Visually it's a very bleak film, and some people might find the Shakespeare, even in this context, heavy going, but it's definitely worth seeing. ...

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Vincent Price is magnificent as the hammy Shakespearian actor Edward Lionheart. Thought to be dead, he wreaks deadly revenge on all the critics (and there were many) who had hoped they had seen the last of his wretched performances. This is a film with an ingenious idea. Namely, Lionheart takes the deaths of characters in Shakespeare plays, and plays them out for real - with the critics as his victims. Ably assisted by his daughter, played quite ...

paulapollo 28.04.2005 · Read full review
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