Theater of Blood

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Theater of Blood

R

1973

1h 44m

Horror

Comedy

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Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is incensed that his last season of performances in Shakespearean plays did not win him a prestigious acting award from critics. After an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, Lionheart is rescued by a group of drug-addicted bums. He then sets out to murder all of his critics, each with a different style of death taken from a Shakespeare play. When Lionheart faces head critic Peregrine Devlin (Ian Hendry), he offers Devlin a second chance to bestow the award.

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Critics Consensus

Deliciously campy and wonderfully funny, Theater of Blood features Vincent Price at his melodramatic best.

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Colin Bennett

The Age (Australia)

09/28/2022

A lot of fun, if you don't mind the gallons of ketchup.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

09/27/2022

Isn't too bad at all.

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Eric Shorter

Daily Telegraph (UK)

09/27/2022

A jokey horror film.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Jun 2

3.5/5

Price and Rigg are having such a blast in this romp that even its far too episodic structure doesn't detract from all the fun.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

May 29

3/5

A great showcase for Price, though one wishes he and Rigg go to camp/vamp it up together more, rather than belabour the unsurprising twist that she's the assistant in drag.

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Ollie W

@RT90619198 Aug 12

Vincent Price recites Shakespeare while all sorts of chaos unfolds. It’s very silly but fun. It starts off well but didn’t keep my attention. It’s rather repetitive and should have been edited down as the joke starts to get rather thin.

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Homu L

@AkemiLord May 3

Fantastic movie. I really enjoyed watching this. Great film!

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Melissa L

@Agent99 08/28/2025

I think this is one of Price's best movies. I definitely recommend it.

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Robson C

@RT82519826 08/15/2025

Edward Lionheart é um ator cuja carreira foi destruída pelas críticas que recebia de um círculo de críticos de arte. Ele então decide matar um a um, usando como inspiração as mortes das peças de William Shakespeare. A grande brincadeira do filme é adivinhar qual a próxima peça que será utilizada e como será a morte do crítico. Vincent Price está se divertindo. Se por um lado, ele pode declamar as passagens das obras shakesperianas, por outro lado ele usa e abusa do seu overacting que combina perfeitamente com a proposta do filme. Talvez seja mais suspense que terror mesmo, é uma grande diversão que se mantém até os dias de hoje.

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Steven M

@RT67981172 06/27/2025

Jolly good murderous fun.

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Madoka A

@RT95510435 06/23/2025

Fantastic. Spooky. Funny. Great product! Really good!

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Douglas Hickox

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Vincent Price

Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart

Diana Rigg

Edwina Lionheart

Robert Morley

Meredith Merridew

Ian Hendry

Peregrine Devlin

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Synopsis

Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is incensed that his last season of performances in Shakespearean plays did not win him a prestigious acting award from critics. After an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, Lionheart is rescued by a group of drug-addicted bums. He then sets out to murder all of his critics, each with a different style of death taken from a Shakespeare play. When Lionheart faces head critic Peregrine Devlin (Ian Hendry), he offers Devlin a second chance to bestow the award.

Director: Douglas Hickox
Producer: John Kohn, Stanley Mann
Screenwriter: Anthony Greville-Bell
Production Co: United Artists, CineMan Productions, Harbour Productions Limited
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 19, 2017
Runtime: 1h 44m

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