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Theater of Blood (Special Edition) [Blu-ray]

Douglas Hickox (Director), Vincent Price (Actor), Diana Rigg (Actor) Rated:
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Genre Horror
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Contributor Vincent Price, Douglas Hickox, Robert Morley, Diana Rigg, Jack Hawkins
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 44 minutes

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Screen legend Vincent Price (The Tomb of Ligeia) delivers a thrilling tour-de-force performance as a small-time actor plotting big-time revenge! This dramatically delicious concoction is an equal mixture of horror, comedy and Shakespeare that’ll please just about everyone—critics included! After years of suffering deadly reviews, hammy Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart (Price) decides it’s curtains for his critics. Bumping off his detractors with executions inspired by the Bard, Lionheart stages a beheading in the manner of Cymbeline, a stabbing inspired by Julius Caesar and even an untimely removal of a pound of flesh improvised from The Merchant of Venice—proving once and for all that all the world really is a stage... for murder! Douglas Hickox (Brannigan) directed Price and a troupe of brilliant supporting players including Diana Rigg (Evil Under the Sun), Ian Hendry (The Bitch), Harry Andrews (The Nightcomers), Coral Browne (The Killing of Sister George), Jack Hawkins (Kidnapped), Michael Hordern (The Night My Number Came Up), Robert Morley (When Eight Bells Toll), Dennis Price (Kind Hearts and Coronets), Diana Dors (The Pied Piper), Madeline Smith (Live and Let Die), Joan Hickson (Seven Days to Noon), Renée Asherson (Pool of London), Milo O’Shea (Arabian Adventure) and Eric Sykes (Shalako).

Special Features:
-NEW Audio Commentary by Screenwriter/Producer Alan Spencer
-Audio Commentary by Film Historians David Del Valle and Nick Redman
-TRAILERS FROM HELL with Alan Spencer
-2 TV Spots
-4 Radio Spots
- Theatrical Trailer

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.85:1
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.73 x 5.43 x 0.43 inches; 4.94 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Douglas Hickox
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Blu-ray
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 44 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 7, 2021
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ KL Studio Classics
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B097XGSNZZ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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Much Ado About Murder!
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Vincent Price's best performance & best film! About a scorned Shakespearian stage actor who exacts revenge upon his venemous critics as the bard's characters. Nevermind if you don't know or care for Shakespeare; it's subtly over the top British humor, with plenty of 70's style gore. Assisting Mr. Price is the stunning Diana Rigg; star of stage, television and film. Still probably best known as The Avenger's Emma Peel, she's the only Mrs. James Bond, and recently appeared in Game of Thrones. The picture quality is colorful & sharp; small amounts of dust, but by far the best the film has ever looked. The audio commentary by 2 film historians is one of the best, most interesting I've heard!
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  • Glenn W. Browning
    5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful horror movie by VIncent Price rarely shown
    Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2024
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    I love watching this movie over and over.
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  • LeeTheVet
    5.0 out of 5 stars ~ Vincent brings Shakespeare to "life" in this 1973 horror production ~
    Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2018
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    Vincent Price, in one of his last horror movies of his beautiful career, plays a disgusted theatrical actor that is denied the prestigious annual "Actors Award" by a bunch of critics. In what seems to be a reimagined storyline taken from his former "Dr. Phibes" movies, Price takes pleasure in punishing his former critics in various forms of murder. William Shakespeare would play a big role in his murderous ways as he repeats the death scenes in the plays.

    Price's daughter in the movie, played by actress Diana Rigg, vows to help her father take revenge on those that brought humiliation to him and his career. Wearing a clever disguise that fooled most in the movie, you can't but help notice the disguise just looks "off" throughout the movie whenever you see "her" character.

    The acting was really good and Price was in his top form here. He did consider this to be one of his favorites of his career, but said he didn't like the gore. One could understand that by looking at all his former classic horror movies. No blood or gore at all. It began in 69 and into the 70s. I'm a longtime fan of Vincent Price and I have movies of him from the '40s. Two of his best are "LAURA" with Gene Tierney and "DRAGONWYCK" also starring the lovely Gene Tierney.

    This edition looks really good throughout. I played this back on the Sony Ultra 4K player and Vizio 55" Ultra 4K TV. Picture and audio are superb for a movie of 45 years old as of this review. Find a good price if you get this edition because Twilight Time said only 3,ooo copies would be made. The packaging and graphics are beautiful and there is also a booklet insert on the movie. I only wished there was a nicely done "featurette" of some kind on this movie.
    Several Actors/actresses and the people behind making this are still alive. MADELINE SMITH being one of them.

    We only get the Theatrical Trailer here. By the way, the lovely actress that plays a very nice looking "Secretary" is none other than MADELINE SMITH who played opposite INGRID PITT in the Sexy Vampire thriller "The Vampire Lover's".

    If you are a Vincent Price fan, I think you will like this one eventhough the premesis of the movie looks like a rehash of the Dr. Phibes movies from a few years earlier. Just tweaked to be critics instead of doctors.
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  • jbech
    4.0 out of 5 stars It helps to know Shakespeare
    Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
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    I still think KL Studios could do a better job of restoring the audio portion to modern standards like they did on the Dr. Phibes series, it's hard to understand some of the passages. Otherwise, the video is a fine restoration. It's a good story, even though I'm not a great fan of Shakespeare. Luckily, they pass on enough clues to help the uneducated get along. Diana Rigg does a fine job of putting up with playing second fiddle to a great actor with the limited script she's given.
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  • GRAHAM TOMLINSON
    5.0 out of 5 stars Vincent Prices undoubted masterwork, and the best film ever!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 1999
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    An over-the-top opinion? To most, probably, but I have never been in any doubt. Vincent Price, my favourite actor since I saw "Fall Of The House Of Usher" in 1975, has never really been taken seriously, because he so often played tongue-in-cheek, yet surely an actor should be judged by the degree of enjoyment they give you. Certainly his range was greater than most give him credit for, and he could play it straight, as in "Laura", "Witchfinder General" and "The Whales Of August" for example. "Theatre Of Blood" gave Price the chance to turn his "hammy" type performance into an art form. This is EXCELLENT acting by someone clearly in peak form and relishing every moment and opportunity, and there are plenty to be had. Surrounding Mr. P. were an assortment of top British character actors. Its well documented that they were all reluctant to appear and only agreed aslong as each of the others did, but clearly they too got fully into the morbid yet hilarious spirit of the proceedings. Vincent Price plays a disillusioned actor, content to restrict himself to Shakespearian roles but panned by the critics as a result. When they, not surprisingly, overlook him for an award, he decides enough is enough, and after a failed suicide bid, goes totally loopy and commences dispatching these tormentors of his soul at a rate of knots. The original aspect here is that he kills them in a method extracted directly from Shakespeare (unless it doesnt quite fit his plans in which case he merely re-writes the scene!). The opportunity given to Price to recite passages from these plays is what gives this film its edge, he does it in such an overboard yet brilliant and memorable fashion that you WANT him to succeed. Where real-life critics have their only problem, is that the death scenes are graphically depicted with a surplus of blood-letting in four of them. Yet it is only the first which is truly shocking (as Michael Hordern is stabbed to death in the style of Julius Caesar by a large group of "squatters") because as soon as Price leans over the dying man and utters "I am well, it is you who are dead!" you realise this film is not to be taken TOO seriously and rapidly get into the gleefully gruesome spirit of the thing. That he will not get away with it is not a totally forgone conclusion, (I mean hed escaped justice the year before in "Dr. Phibes"), but his demise in a flame-engulfed theatre is definately the ONLY diappointment in the entire movie (with such originality throughout, fancy killing him by the same method as in virtually all his Corman-Poe productions!). Nevertheless this is top-flight entertainment, and to me an unrivalled classic. Pity theres not a six-star rating!
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  • Rebecca Clark
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting take on Shakespeare
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024
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    The killer uses the plots of Shakespeare’s plays to kill his enemies.
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  • Mark Fisher
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie
    Reviewed in Canada on May 20, 2023
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    One of Vincent Price best performance.
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  • N. A. Parry
    5.0 out of 5 stars Spoilers follow ...
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2017
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    Down the main road that runs alongside the home of pompous local Civil Servant and critic George Maxwell (Michael Hordern) runs a delivery van – Shakespeare’s Deliveries, of course. Maxwell is immediately a caricature of authority; self-important, arrogant and very easy to manipulate. His ego is massaged sufficiently by a call from the local police to help rid a doomed warehouse of a gang of meth drinkers and vagabonds. The first glimpse we see of the mighty Vincent Price is behind a heavy moustache and police uniform, as he ushers Maxwell towards the unsightly crew of grubby tramps. Clipping them with his umbrella and advising them to leave the vicinity immediately, Maxwell finds the atmosphere quickly turns sinister as bottles are broken and the sneers and gurgles of the incapacitated characters are directed towards him. The two policemen stand by as the vagrants rip him to shreds. An exaggerated establishment figure he may be, it is nevertheless very satisfying to see his pomposity pricked like a balloon as it slowly dawns on Maxwell he is beyond help.

    Maxwell is part of a group of similarly snotty art critics who have all savaged the career of hopeless Shakespearian ham Edward Lionheart (Price), who apparently killed himself as a result of their hostile reviews. Even his apparent suicide is an embarrassing over-the-top performance (the final goodbye to his critics is greeted by cruel sneers and jibes as, tortured by his own madness, he throws himself into the sea). Yet, he still lives, and with the aid of his daughter Edwina (Diana Rigg, unconvincingly disguised as a male throughout – I mention that not as a criticism; she is an extension of her father’s lack of subtlety after all), aims to kill every one of the group utilising scenes from Shakespeare’s finest.

    And what a group they are. Among the many elaborate and memorable deaths, Horace Sprout (Arthur Lowe) is beheaded as he sleeps next to his wife. The maid comes in with the breakfast, screams as she sees the blood, which wakes Mrs Sprout (Joan Hickson), allowing the dismembered head to roll onto the floor, giving her convulsions. Later that morning, Peregrine Devlin (Ian Hendry) idly retrieves the milk bottle from the front step only to find Sprout’s head wedged onto one of the bottles. Later, Robert Morley’s camp dog-lover Meredith Merridew (and his beloved poodles) appears to win a celebrity competition in which he is treated to a painstakingly prepared delicacy, lovingly crafted by a disguised Lionheart and his crew. Naturally, Lionheart’s chef is a ham with an awful accent, casually plucking hairs from Merridew’s dinner. That he is eating his own dogs may not be a huge surprise, but the revelation is horrifying and utterly repellent (“Pity. He didn’t have the stomach for it”).

    It is difficult to name a favourite film from Vincent Price’s incredible career. For my money it comes down to his restrained performance as the cruel Matthew Hopkins in ‘Witchfinder General (1968)’, and this, the opposite extreme and a gift of a part for Price’s finely honed excesses. Often caked in the grotesquery of theatrical make-up, his playing of OTT Lionheart allows him every opportunity to give the largest of performances, whilst always remaining in character. And yet such is Lionheart’s self-belief and misplaced dignity, he becomes far more than a hopeless ham: he is a truly tragic, misunderstood figure, so engulfed in his theatricality that he is little else without it. His loyal daughter adds to this awful nobility, as do his audience of the meth-drinkers we saw at the start (they pulled him from the stagnant waters after his elaborate suicide). They applaud his over-acting in return for the coins he throws benignly toward them. Douglas Kickox’s tremendous direction adds further colour to this, closing his cameras tightly on Lionheart’s performances, barely containing them, and then zooming out slowly to find it being paraded in the isolation of an abandoned and ramshackle theatre. What an incredible creation Lionheart is.

    With a cast including further veteran stalwarts as Joan Hickson, Arthur Lowe, Jack Hawkins, Dennis Price and Diana Dors, this is as great a horror film as Lionheart perceives himself. The finale is spectacularly sliced grand-guignol, with Rigg imploring the band of stoned vagrants to help her doomed father before being killed herself, leaving him trapped, totally deranged and beyond hope, in his burning theatre. This time, there is no mockery or sneering at his final performance. Hendry’s admiration for him is so grudging, however, it makes us wish he too had been one of the victims. An outstanding film.
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  • Claude Mercutio
    5.0 out of 5 stars "THEATRE DE SANG"
    Reviewed in France on January 29, 2017
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    Un acteur mal aimé se venge d'une confrérie de critiques redoutés. Avec l'aide de mendiants qui l'ont sauvé de son suicide il va les assassiner un par un à la manière du théâtre de Shakespeare dans la pièce où chacun l'a le plus raillé. Sa fille aimante l'aide à mettre en scène des crimes de plus en plus fous.
    Scénario ingénieux et tordu. Réalisation éblouissante de Douglas Hickox. Vincent Price et Diana Rigg remarquables.
    Les autres acteurs, tous très connus sont à la hauteur jusqu'aux plus humbles (les mendiants).
    Ce film est un acte d'amour à Shakespeare et aux acteurs. Le criminel paranoïaque nous inspire de la compassion tant les critiques sont des êtres médiocres.
    Un chef-d'oeuvre du film fantastique aux personnages fouillés, où les crimes jamais gratuits, ont un mobile précis : pas de serial killer sans visage qui tue sans mobile ! Duplication correcte, plusieurs langues disponibles.
    Vu ce film en 1973, il m 'avait beaucoup impressionné et ému (je suis acteur). Je le recommande à tous ceux qui sont trop jeunes pour le connaître ...
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  • Commenchal
    5.0 out of 5 stars Tout
    Reviewed in France on May 1, 2020
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    Dernier film commandé série Vincent Price, que du bonheur, Vincent Price et les autres également, le théâtre, les critiques (humains) et la vengeance, terrible et drôlement bien ficelée font de ce film un régal, en tout cas pour moi,
    Cinq sur cinq je ne peux aller plus loin.
    QUE DU BONHEUR, on peut dire ça de ce genre de cinéma, scénario, acteurs et tout le toutim, génial.
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  • matsrats
    5.0 out of 5 stars Curtains, Applause, Encore...Praise the HD Transfer! The Reviews From The Big Screen Series
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2017
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    Title: THEATRE OF BLOOD (1973)
    Label: ARROW VIDEO
    Tranfer by: MGM
    Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1

    Some Thoughts About The Movie:
    THEATRE OF BLOOD is a funny, kind of grim and sarcastic little old fashioned „splatter“ movie. The cast is wonderful and it has a certain oddity attached to it. Set- and costume design is mentionable. The cinematography is very good. It is an unusal little movie because it focuses purely on the many creative constructed death sequences (in a row). The story indeed is simple but who cares? People get killed for (very) dubious reasons. Visually highly enjoyable and professionally done. A movie made by real filmmakers. So to say the movie is straight foreward and very consequent. If it had been done nowadays maybe it would be just a torture porn movie but probably without the style and all the lovely set design details. I am lucky THAETRE OF BLOOD was made in my favourite decade for art, movies and music ever. The 70th…and so it has become a special movie which has a lot of cult-followers today. Enjoy Shakespeare!

    No Grain Baby, No Gain / The Transfer:
    The 2K BD Transfer was done by MGM and fortunately they did a quality above their usual avarage transfers. In every aspect this transfer is very film-like regarding grain-structure (fine and organic), texture, deep dimension picture, color and grey-level. The picture is stable and well cleaned although some debris is left over in the print – what I find to appeal even more film-like. During the head-scene you will notice some damages but they are not distracting and I am happy they did not choose another source as an insert. Well done! I have been collecting this movie ever since and at this moment this IS the definite version! TOB never looked better and probably wont in the near future.

    Cut and Run:
    This is a version integrale from one complete source. NO noticeable inserts from different sources have been applied. I find this most important for a fluent visual experience. The movie has passed uncut by the BBFC.

    Final Thoughts:
    Fans, collectors and people with big screens or projectors can should spent their money without further doubt. This is the definite verison! Film-like through and through. A joy. Curtains, applause, encore.

    How I rate / What I rate:
    My ratings refer exclusively to technical aspects of BD sets. The more film-like a HD transfer looks and feels via a projection, the more high-class the source is scanned and digitally treated afterwards, the higher my ratings will be. Digital phenomenons like edge enhancement, block noise, digital appealing grain, swarming grain / noise behavoir and DNR filtering will directly result in lower ratings.
    I do not rate movies at all. In the introduction part I just offer my opinion, based on taste, preferences and knowledge about film/photography in general. Movies are artificial constructions where many efforts have been taken (including complex postproduction) to accomplish a vision of whatsoever kind. No movie made for cinema ever shot has earned a 1 star rating on AMAZON or a 1 point rating on IMDB. I have studied many publications about making films, their psychological impact, and the subject violence on film. I am a hobby photographer knowing much about frame compositions, color and light effects and different styles. I am also a hobby musician and sound designer for my own private joy. I could rate a movie/ its soundrack, but why should I? Things are what they are and nothing more or less. I like to think beyond mind constructed terms of good and bad. So called "objectivity" becomes fast diluted by preferences which results in comments of personal taste. These comments are fine but they go without any base value for creating a rating-scale out of them. Technical aspects are a different kind of matter. DNR, edge enhancement, block noise and such things are obvious even on small screens and maybe we can speak more of objectivity and measurability in this area. I think we should be informed about the quality of a product.

    All about Ev(m)e:
    I am a collector of films for 27 Years, own about 3.000 films (would be far more, but I often sort out transfers I dont like) and watch them in a home-cinema room via bigscreen projection. I am also a hobby musician and photographer with some experience scanning camera negatives in high definitions. I am fascinated by film (from reels) since I am a kid and spent hours for hours in cinemas and visiting film festivals.
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