Theatre of Blood
Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart is passionate about his plays, so when being harshly humiliated at a awards ceremony, he was so disappointed that he unsuccessfully commits suicide by diving into the Thames. Two years later, Lionheart attempts to take revenge against the critics that denied his talent.
10 February 1930, Southsea, England, UK
22 September 1915, Hayfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
June 23, 1884 in Gestungshausen, Sonnefeld, Bavaria, Germany
1933 in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
20 July 1938, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK
28 August 1918, Oslo, Norway
4 February 1909, London, England, UK
5 August 1906, Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK
26 May 1908, Semley, Wiltshire, England, UK
19 May 1915, Kensington, London, England, UK
14 September 1910, Wood Green, London, England, UK
29 August 1928, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
2 November 1921, Malaya
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12 August 1921, Rosemont, Pennsylvania, USA
30 August 1918, Wetherby, Yorkshire, England, UK
27 May 1911, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
13 January 1931, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
3 October 1911, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
23 July 1884, Rorschach, St. Gallen, Switzerland
6 December 1932, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
2 June 1926, Dublin, Irish Free State [now Ireland]
2 August 1949, Hartfield, Sussex, England, UK
21 March 1917, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
July 01, 2008
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.
July 01, 2008
Theatre of Blood is black comedy played for chills and mood and emerges a macabre piece of wild melodramatics.
October 07, 2013
The magnum opus of Vincent Price's film career, this stylish, witty comedy horror boasts an irresistible premise, an inspired ensemble cast, fabulous music and first-rate production values.
July 01, 2008
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.
January 27, 2010
Ferocious gore-satire
October 13, 2014
For anyone who's ever wished ill on a pundit (we know you're out there), Price's merciless antics should strike a gleeful chord.
September 25, 2007
Gory, imaginative, wildly melodramatic -- good fun.
July 23, 2008
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.
October 13, 2014
Memorable for its lurid set-pieces (notably Robert Morley being forced to eat his own poodles), it also remains a favourite among critics; suggesting, perhaps, a certain guilty conscience. Punish us!
October 06, 2007
Most easily described as 'deliciously nasty,' though some moments are far from delicious.
June 24, 2006
Comedy horror that really does give Vincent Price a chance to do his stuff, with deliciously absurd results.
