Theatre of Blood (UK)

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Certificate: 15
Running Time: 102 mins
Retail Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:
Pure theatrical horror from the maestro VINCENT PRICE in THEATRE OF BLOOD, a very dark thriller with a dramatic comic edge.

Edward Lionheart (Price) is a ham Shakespearian actor who believes that his great talent has not been recognised. Lionheart is disgusted to find that once again he has been overlooked by critics and denied a theatrical award. His rage boils over and he decides that it`s curtains for his critics and plans to exact revenge by killing his detractors in the manner of a famous Shakespearian deaths.

This darkly amusing tale of poetic justice is played out brilliantly by Price and DIANA RIGG who plays his long suffering daughter Edwina. And watch out for appearances by some British acting greats including DIANA DORS, ERIC SYKES, JACK HAWKINS, and ARTHUR LOWE.

Special Features:

Video Tracks:
Widescreen Letterbox 1.85:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital Mono English
Dolby Digital Mono Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono German
Dolby Digital Mono Italian
Dolby Digital Mono French

Subtitle Tracks:
French
Polish
CC: German
Italian
Swedish
English

Directed By:
Douglas Hickox

Written By:

Starring:
Harry Andrews
Diana Rigg
Coral Browne
Ian Hendry
Vincent Price

Soundtrack By:
Michael J. Lewis

Director of Photography:
Wolfgang Suschitzky

Editor:
Malcolm Cooke

Costume Designer:
Michael Baldwin

Production Designer:
Michael Seymour

Producer:
John Kohn
Stanley Mann

Distributor:
Metro Goldwyn Mayer

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6 / 10
Sound poor( Dolby 2.0 mon), sometimes hard to understand the dialogue.
Video is presented 1.66:1 I haven`t come across one in this format before I guess it must be an old style.
Trailer - chopped up very badly, the edges of the picture are cut off, I thought I had my TV or DVD set wrong, but no it`s just the trailer itself.
Film is still a good laugh and worth buying if it`s going cheap, don`t pay £12.99! Price is as fun to watch as ever; he hams it up a treat in this one!

THEY SHOULD DO THIS IN REAL LIFE, BUMPING OFF CRITICS IS A GREAT IDEA THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO INSULT OTHER PEOPLES WORK BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CREATIVE ABILITY OF THEIR OWN! THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES. LET`S START WITH JONATHON ROSS.
posted by Rich_H on 27/10/2002 17:10