THEATER OF BLOOD
(1973)
Starring:Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Coral Browne, Robert Coote, Jack Hawkins, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe, Robert Morley and Dennis Price.
Directed By: Douglas Hickox.
IT'S CURTAINS FOR HIS CRITICS!
MGM Home Entertainment - Widecreen 1:66.1 - Dolby Digital Mono - Theatrical Trailer.
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The immortal and legendary Vincent Price stars as Edward Lionheart. A Shakespearian actor who after having been denied The London Theater's Critic Award, proceeds to kill off the critics one by one. All done in a clever and amusing way, he seeks revenge on each of the critic's who had given him such horrible reviews.
After a confrontation by Lionheart along with the Critics Circle, Lionheart leaps from a building in an attempted suicide only to be saved by a group of homeless people. Presumed to be dead, Lionheart executes a deadly revenge on each of the critics.
He then begins to kill each each with a style based on a Shakespearian play. Lionheart being the Thespian actor that he is, gives a witty and clever performance in each killing. A funeral is interrupted as one of the critic's arrives dead being dragged from a galloping horse. Another scene has a critic who likes to drink, drowned in a barrel of wine. A woman then gets electrocuted by her hair curlers while Lionheart is dressed in an afro and gold chains. A man is then decapitated while sleeping next to his wife. But the most memorable killing in the film has to be actor Robert Morley who is forced to eat his dogs baked in a pie. YUCK!
Campy and stylish with lots of humor and wit. "Theater of Blood", has become a cult masterpiece in it's own genre. Being one of Vincent Price's favorites roles, he delivers a remarkable and memorable performance, along with good camp reminiscent of Price's predecessors, The Phibe Series.
This is my favorite Price movie as well it is said to be Price's favorite himself.
Now on DVD by MGM HOME ENTERTAINMENT as part of their Midnight Movie Collection. The film is presented in a matted Widescreen 1.66:1, theatrical release format. The disc contains the Original Theatrical Trailer.
The most disappointing part of this DVD besides the fact that no extras were included is that of the film transfer used. The picture is very dull and lifeless. The colors are very pail and washed with some noticeable grain and the contrast and black level seems off. The audio was another problem though not so bad it just seemed weak in clarity.
The DVD looks better then previous release's but not by much. I hope that one day this film will be looked into for a full restoration because it definitely deserves it!
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