Alicia I love this movie so much

Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Red-Barracuda This may very well be the greatest horror-comedy of all time. Theatre of Blood is essentially a film which reworks the same basic ideas that the earlier 'Dr. Phibes' movies had played around with. In all of these films we had an insane, eccentric genius seemingly return from the grave to enact a series of highly elaborate murders based on historical sources on a group of individuals who had wronged him in his earlier life. These films also shared a colourful, stylish and campy nature, which was quite unusual for British horror films; while they also shared a large ensemble cast of quality British actors with the unique American horror legend Vincent Price at the helm in over-the-top splendour. The 'Phibes' films are certainly classics but with Theatre of Blood the level is upped even further. The central idea of the film is fantastic. A stage actor returns from a presumed watery grave to carry out a series of theatrical and over-the-top murders on a series of theatre critics who refused to reward him with the best actor of the year award at the annual critics award ceremony. Given he had been mocked for never acting in anything other than William Shakespeare productions, he kills them all in the style of the Bard's famous plays. It is a brilliant, relatively simple idea which is executed to perfection, with Price on top form - in fact he was never better.It is unique among the vast majority of horror comedies in that both the horror and the humour work alongside each other perfectly without one compromising the other. It is a hard trick to pull off and it rarely works but in this one the comedy is genuinely hilarious and the horror not shy in being properly grotesque. It is a huge testament to the skills of Price in particular that this fine balancing act is navigated to perfection as he was an actor who uniquely understood the comedy in horror, and how to deliver it on screen. It has to also be said that the ensemble cast around him is really quite stellar, with a succession of quality British actors pitching up to be high calibre cannon fodder for the homicidal Price. We also have the great Diana Rigg appear as his embittered daughter, in a film which she still has extremely good memories and opinions of. I guess one of the problems with a film like this is that it feels like a bit of a shame that Price's character has to be defeated in the end, we sort of definitely want him to take out Ian Hendry as well to be perfectly honest! But really, the pacing and set-pieces in this one are truly of a fantastic standard. All of the murders an absolute riot with Price adorning all manner of ludicrous disguises on the way - a particular hilarious highlight being his afro sporting hairdresser Butch.I may even have to go as far as to suggest that this may well be the greatest British horror film ever made. Its uniquely successful combination of horror, wit, style, imagination, high-calibre acting, camp costuming and Grand Guignol excess, makes it a particularly satisfying movie which is endlessly re-watchable. A true cult classic and one of the high points of the horror genre in general. And to think I used to always think the theatre was pointless and boring!

Wuchak Released in 1973 and directed by Douglas Hickox, "Theater of Blood" stars Vincent Price as a bitter Shakespearean actor in modern London who is thought to be dead due to suicide. Actually, he's alive-and-not-well and murdering his unrelenting highbrow critics. Diana Rigg plays his understanding daughter while Milo O'Shea is on hand as the inspector. The score is excellent, even moving, and the first act is quite serious. But then Price's hammy approach and the increasingly unbelievable murder scenarios thrust the movie into black comedy territory. Still, it's just serious enough to (sort of) suspend disbelief and enjoy the ride. It's another take on the basic plot of "The Abominable Dr. Phibes" (1971) and its sequel (1972). It's also reminiscent of "House of Wax" (1953), although I give that one the edge. The jaw-dropping Madeline Smith is on hand on the babe front, but she's unfortunately underused as a decidedly peripheral character. There's Rigg, of course, if you find her attractive. I don't, but she's likable enough. The movie's colorful like Hammer flicks, albeit with a slightly bigger budget and the corresponding location shooting. Fans of Vincent Price horror and, especially, the three movies noted above should eat this up while others might find it too talky, one-dimensional and overlong. The movie runs 104 minutes and was shot in London, Brentford & Windsor, England. WRITER: Anthony Greville-Bell. GRADE: B-

Hitchcoc This role was the perfect vehicle for Vincent Price. He was truly one of the greatest actors of American cinema. For some reason, he never got the credit due him and he labored in B-horror movies. This is one of them, but it calls for a masterful performance by its lead. When Price, who only does Shakespeare's plays, is not given an acting award, he decides to do away with himself by drowning. He does not succeed and decides the next best thing would be to start killing all the movie critics. He does this with Panache, using scenes from Shakespeare as the vehicle for doing these guys in. Of course, Price is utterly nuts, but what actor would you rather see as an insane killer than Vincent Price. It is indeed a bloodbath, but it is charming and funny as Price mugs for the camera, enjoying every moment.

LeonLouisRicci Horror and Gore Fans are often criticized for being Low Brow, so here's one to put a fly in the ointment. Combining early Seventies new found Bloodletting and Shakespeare, it plays out like an unlikely alliance between the profane and the sublime.It is a highly regarded Movie that has the ability to persuade Critics to like it (ha ha). It is a full Movie to be sure with loads of Costumes, stylized murders, WS, and Vincent Price parodying Vincent Price in His many Horror Movie roles. He is in Seventh Heaven here literally winking at the Camera and changing His look with every Scene.The Story is inspired but the Production has a claustrophobic feel and a frenzied attitude that if pulled back a little would have made this Good Movie even better. A solid Professional Cast is mixed with a gang of hooligans that are more irritating than threatening. The Cinematography is pedestrian and a few Scenes are hardly more than acceptable.But there is enough here to sustain its rather long length, just enough. It is a bit overrated but so gutsy and daring that it cannot be ignored.