Theater of Blood (1973)

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4.7 • 931 Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2026

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Brush up on your Shakespeare and protect those poodles because we're covering our very first Vincent Price film in Douglas Hickox's horror comedy Theater of Blood (1973), a personal favorite of both Price and Diana Rigg.

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0:00.0	I hate to say it, but his parents have been feeling unwell as of late, and I'm staying with them to help take care of Alex.
0:16.8	Oh, that's serious?
0:19.1	Oh, no, no, it's not serious. Nothing terminal.
0:21.3	It's just a touch of consumption.
0:29.9	And welcome back to horror queers.
0:32.5	We're talking, oh my God, I think Georgine is going to faint.
0:36.0	We're talking, it's Lionheart all right.
0:38.7	Only he would have the temerity to rewrite Shakespeare.
0:42.2	And we're talking, officer, I'm not mistaken Mr. Salter is murdering his wife.
0:48.5	And I'm Joe.
0:49.7	And I'm Trace, and we're talking Butch knows best.
0:54.0	Oh, I see we both went with bad impressions.
0:57.9	Okay, but his, uh, his, and by the way, the Vincent Price is an effeminate, barber, hippie,
1:04.1	Butch.
1:04.7	Yes.
1:05.3	Love.
1:06.3	I mean, there's a lot of fun Vincent Price to love in this movie.
1:09.8	For our first Vincent Price text, I think this was a good pig.
1:13.9	It's mostly Vincent Price all the time.
1:16.5	And then there's other people also in this movie.
1:18.9	Who pretty much die, unless they're Diana Rig, who goes in and out of costumes.
1:24.4	I will say.
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