We enjoy seeing the pompous critics get their predictable comeuppance in these uninhibited seventies does Shakespeare deaths thanks to the sinful humor and wild thespian mayhem.

| Apr 19, 2024

A lot of fun, if you don't mind the gallons of ketchup.

| Sep 28, 2022

Isn't too bad at all.

| Sep 27, 2022

A jokey horror film.

| Sep 27, 2022

It may be a horror movie, but it's an unnecessarily bloody one.

| Sep 27, 2022

All it really does is waste a lot of good talent.

| Sep 27, 2022

A frequently amusing exercise in camp horror that misses being wholly satisfying because it has too many people to kill.

| Sep 27, 2022

It's modish, hip, and cleverly gruesome.

| Sep 27, 2022

A horror film on a heroic scale.

| Sep 27, 2022

…a fun romp that proves that black comedy can work with the right, light touch…

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 3, 2022

Many actors would kill for the opportunity to perform Shakespeare on screen -- here, Vincent Price gets to have his soliloquy and devour it, too.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 22, 2021

The film attests to the freedom Vincent Price enjoyed in playing with his image, pushing potentially ludicrous concepts into realms of poetic feeling and psychological complexity.

| Sep 27, 2021

highly recommend "Theater of Blood" for fans of theater, satire, or horror, or for anyone who has ever gotten a bad review.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 7, 2021

Theater of Blood is a rare delight. It's a camp horror film, a dissection of Shakespeare, a diatribe against cruel critics, a wicked adoration of the acting profession.

| Sep 6, 2021

Memorable for its lurid set-pieces (notably Robert Morley being forced to eat his own poodles), it also remains a favourite among critics; suggesting, perhaps, a certain guilty conscience. Punish us!

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 13, 2014

For anyone who's ever wished ill on a pundit (we know you're out there), Price's merciless antics should strike a gleeful chord.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 13, 2014

The magnum opus of Vincent Price's film career, this stylish, witty comedy horror boasts an irresistible premise, an inspired ensemble cast, fabulous music and first-rate production values.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 7, 2013

Ferocious gore-satire

| Jan 27, 2010

One of the highlight's of Vincent Price's later career, a film that fused his reputation as a horror star with his penchant for self-parody.

| Jul 23, 2008

Theatre of Blood is black comedy played for chills and mood and emerges a macabre piece of wild melodramatics.

| Jul 1, 2008