Blu-ray Release: Theatre of Blood

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Laurence
– August 3, 2016Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: , , ,

Blu-ray Release Date: Aug. 16, 2016
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time

The 1973 revenge-driven comedy-horror cult favorite Theatre of Blood, directed by Douglas Hickox (TV’s Sins), offers the one and only Vincent Price (Scream and Scream Again) in a role both madcap and touching. He plays Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart who, determined to wreak vengeance on the critics who failedl to appreciate his genius, kills them in a series of set-piece murders based on scenes from Shakespeare.

Vincent Price (ctr.) is disgraced Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart, in Theatre of Blood.

Vincent Price is disgraced Shakespearean actor Edward Lionheart, in Theatre of Blood.

Diana Rigg (TV’s Game of Thrones) plays Price’s Cordelia-like daughter, and a lineup of British thespian legends incarnate the critics, including Robert Morley (The African Queen), Jack Hawkins (Lawrence of Arabia), Harry Andrews (Solomon and Sheba), Robert Coote, Michael Hordern (Where Eagles Dare), Ian Hendry and Coral Browne.

Special features include the following:
-Isolated score track
-Audio commentary with film istorians David Del Valle and Nick Redman
-Original theatrical trailer

As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, be sure to head over to the Twilight Time site or that of distributor Screen Archives NOW so you can put in your prebook order!

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.