Theatre of Blood 1973 123movies

Watch: Theatre of Blood 1973 123movies, Full Movie Online – Edward Kendal Sheridan Lionheart (Vincent Price) is a matinèe favorite Shakespearean actor of the old school, finding difficulty coping with new theater roles, who wreaks revenge on on the theater critics who give their annual Guild’s “Best Actor” award to a new and upcoming actor rather than him. Incensed by their choice, he does this in the most ingenious and disturbing ways by imitating death scenes taken from his final repertoire of his beloved Bard’s tales. Vincent Price is well supported by Dame Diana Rigg, as his dutiful daughter Edwina, and a bevy of the cream of British character actors, including; Ian Hendry, Sir Michael Hordern, Dennis Price, Robert Morley, and Arthur Lowe..
Plot: A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
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Ratings:

	7.1/10 Votes: 11,301
	88% | RottenTomatoes
	81/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 170 Popularity: 7.793 | TMDB

Reviews:

Very creative death scenes, gory and funny – and absolutely beautifully acted by Vincent Price
* Some mild spoilers ahead *

Vincent Price, the star of countless B-Movies from the fifties to the seventies, in his perhaps best role ever. This movie is wicked fun; a failed Shakespeare-actor brutally settles the score with all his critics – but they all meet their demise by having to “act” a part in the plays of the great bard. Very creative death scenes, gory and funny – and absolutely beautifully acted by Price and an ensemble of many greats of British cinema and theatre.

Funny enough, there are many parallels between Price’s own career and his character’s (maybe that’s exactly why the director chose him for this part), for Price also failed to get the recognition he deserved until very late in his life and felt unfairly treated by critics. Although many of his films are now regarded as classics, for the most part of his life his films and his (indeed rather Shakespearian) approach to his roles was often ridiculed. Around the time of this film though, critics started to take Price seriously (probably out of fear, LOL).

But this film is also interesting for another reason: despite the obvious black comedy it looks almost like a blueprint for a certain category of horror films to come, and films like ‘Seven’ and ‘Saw’ owe perhaps a little debt to ‘Theatre of Blood’. Highly recommended. 8 stars out of 10.

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The Third Film in a Very Delightful Series… Sort Of
Vincent Price plays Lionheart, an actor who specializes in Shakespeare. But he’s been getting bad reviews, and did not receive the Critics Circle award. There’s only one thing to do: kill off each of the critics in a style modeled after a Shakespearean death.

Although not a Phibes film, this is clearly in the same grouping as “The Abominable Dr. Phibes” and its sequel, coming only one year later, and following much the same formula: a man who was thought dead goes after those who wronged him in a methodical manner (here, Shakespeare) and with a female assistant. They also asked Robert Fuest to direct, clearly trying to make the picture as similar as possible.

There are some great scenes, and for me none more memorable than Price’s disguise as Butch, the effeminate hair dresser. In general, the whole idea of hippie, homeless slaves (who seem to like big mustaches and afros) is just plain silly, but works in this case.

Price is alleged to have loved this role, and Diana Rigg (who plays his daughter) is said to find this her favorite role. I have to say I prefer “Phibes”, but there’s never a bad time for Vincent Price, especially when he’s on killing spree.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 44 min (104 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 1000000
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Drama, Horror
Director Douglas Hickox
Writer Anthony Greville-Bell, Stanley Mann, John Kohn
Actors Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry
Country United Kingdom
Awards 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1 (US theatrical ratio) (cropped), 1.66 : 1 (original & negative ratio / European theatrical ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory DeLuxe, London, UK (color), Technicolor, USA (uncredited)
Film Length 2,798 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm