Theater Of Blood/MadHouse Movie Streaming
Samedi, août 7th, 2010 |
Theater Of Blood/MadHouse Movie Streaming.
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I remember seeing THEATRE OF BLOOD back in 1992 on Halloween of all days. I saw the second half of it and it pretty much disturbed me and haunted my nightmares. But last night I bought this new DVD (with MADHOUSE on the other side) and watched it. And now I find it to be alternately shocking and side-splittingly funny! As for MADHOUSE, I only saw half of it but so far I am impressed.
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THEATRE OF BLOOD is the ultimate wish-fulfillment movie for anybody in the movie industry or theatre that has ever had scathing reviews levied against them. Edward Lionheart is a Shakespearian actor who employs death scenes from the Bard in his vengeance against nine critics who have been really harsh on him to say the least. This movie is DR. PHIBES with a theatrical element in lieu of the Biblical plague thing, but on its own, it’s very good. The highlight is the salon electricution, especially seeing Price disguised as Butch! The great music score is a precursor to what Pino Donaggio would do for Brian DePalma! And there’s a great punchline!
MADHOUSE has Price as a horror movie actor doing a TV movie and getting stuck in the middle of a killing spree. Plus, there’s Count Yorga as a producer and Peter Cushing as a director! A reunion from DR. PHIBES RISES AGAIN! The murders are inventive and predate FRIDAY THE 13TH and its ilk. And another great music score punctuates the prodeedings. This is what makes Best Buy so awesome (and makes me happy that it finally came to Dover); they work with MGM to provide double the pleasure in horror movies!
Ahh, Vincent Price the world would have been boring without his droll delivery. Without wearing any make up, Price became a horror icon in the 60’s and 70’s while appearing in “The Tingler”, “The Last Man on Earth”, “The Mask of the Red Death” and the “Dr Phibes” films. “Theater of Blood” the first film in this twofer from MGM is one of Price’s finest 70’s horror films. Price plays Lionheart a Shakespearean actor denied a major critics award out of spite who commits suicide. Or did he? Two years later on the anniversary of Lionheart’s death the critics that snubbed him begin to die like the characters from the plays that Lionheart was performing prior to his death. Featuring British vets Jack Hawkins, Arthur Lowe and the lovely Diana Rigg as Lionheart’s daughter, “Theater of Blood” ranks up there with the witty “Dr. Phibes” films one of Price’s later films.
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One of the finest moments is a fencing scene where the two opponents face off on the floor, on a trampoline and various gym equipment. It’s quite well staged and entertaining.
“Madhouse” the flipside of this twofer is a lesser film but features a stellar cast. The predictable plot focuses on an actor Paul Toombes (Price again naturally) who returns to acting after suffering a nervous breakdown as a result of his the murder of his fiance. Twelve years have passed and now Toombes returns to acting only to find that those around him are now being murdered! Toombes wonders if he is the cause of it all or if someone is out to incriminate him. The marvelous cast of Price, Peter Cushing (”Horror of Dracula”, “Curse of Frankenstein”, “Star Wars”, “She”) Robert Quarry (”Count Yorga Vampire”, “Dr. Phibes Rises Again”)makes the film memorable. Director James Clark (editor of “Vera Drake”, “Copycat”, “The World is Not Enough”)does a stylish job with the predictable screenplay by Ken Levison and Greg Morrison. It’s a blast to see Cushing, Price and Quarry together (along with archieval footage of Boris Karloff). A pity there was no way to fit Christopher Lee into the mix (he was busy shooting “The Man with the Golden Gun” and “The Wicker Man”).
As usual the transfer look pretty good given the age of the negatives although “Theater of Blood” looks a bit washed out. Then again, it’s always looked like that as long as I can remember. A pity that Clark wasn’t asked to do a commentary track. It’s one of only three or four movies he directed. The late Hickox who directed “Theater of Blood” primarily directed mini-series for TV after the film. The first film deserves a strong four stars while “Madhouse” deserves 2 1/2 for effort and performances. Theatrical trailers for both films are included.
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