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FrozenGhost	Re: Theatre of Blood	#21	[-]
Sep 25 07 7:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There was talk about Robin Williams filling Price's shoes in a remake around a dozen years ago. You mean there's another remake attempt in the works? Maybe Nicolas Cage will consider tackling the Lionheart part after his triumph in THE WICKER MAN! My legs, my legs!!
HalLane	Re: Theatre of Blood	#22	[-]
Sep 26 07 5:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can relate to those who first saw this at the drive-in, as did I. It'll always be an "outdoor" picture for me, the horror film equivalent of Shakespeare In The Park. Price, Rigg et al are all great, but let's not forget the estimable contribution of composer Michael J. Lewis. I still find myself humming that haunting theme music every time I mow the lawn.
kolchak72	Re: Theatre of Blood	#23	[-]
Sep 26 07 1:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	*Quote:* Maybe Nicolas Cage will consider tackling the Lionheart part after his triumph in THE WICKER MAN! With our luck,a remake would probably star Will Ferrell,with Lindsay Lohan as the daughter,and retitled "ACTOR-The Legend Of Edward Lionheart". Kill me now. =(
Mutia Escarpment	Re: Theatre of Blood	#24	[-]
Sep 26 07 6:12 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It was done on stage a few years ago in London. At the National Theatre. With Jim Broadbent as Edward Lionheart. I didn't see it, but I heard it was good.
killer meteor		#25	[-]
May 15 08 1:53 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The one thing that's been bugging me is: Who on earth did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet???
capmonte		#26	[-]
May 15 08 4:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	killer meteor wrote: The one thing that's been bugging me is: Who on earth did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet??? Maybe the guy who prepared the sleeping potion? "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
killer meteor		#27	[-]
May 15 08 4:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Considering Leslie Howard once was Romeo, maybe its not too much to have the vain Lionheart play the role? Vincent Price would have made a fine Mercutio
capmonte		#28	[-]
May 15 08 9:19 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	killer meteor wrote: Considering Leslie Howard once was Romeo, maybe its not too much to have the vain Lionheart play the role? Vincent Price would have made a fine Mercutio You know, considering Lionheart's ego, I could see him going for the Romeo part, now that I think about it! "The important question is not, are there aliens on other worlds? No. The important question is, do they have ray guns?"
timrtc		#29	[-]
Jun 6 08 11:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well remake or not, the original is a classic in my view and really enjoyable and literate. Probably Price's best performance. My new review: Theatre of Blood
Hollywood Gothique		#30	[-]
Jun 6 08 5:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It also a bit too gruesome for my taste, and has a flat, almost tacky look to it. I enjoy the grue, but I have to admit - the film does not have a glossy, atmospheric look to match either the Poe or the Phibes films. A short retrospective of the film is here: http://cinefantastiqueonline.com/2007/09/11/theatre-of-blood-1973/ Cinefantastique Online: The Review of Horror, Fantasy, & Science Fiction Films
IzzyVanHalen		#31	[-]
Sep 3 10 4:33 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bump. I'd never seen THEATRE OF BLOOD until today. Loved it. Price's performance was brilliant (in particular I loved his "Butch" the hairdresser) and the cast of familiar British faces were fun to watch. Maddy Smith is, of course, always welcome on my DVD player. The Reel Deal: bad movies and the geeks who love them. http://movie-reel-deal.co.uk/
jplibby		#32	[-]
Sep 4 10 4:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, Butch is a great turn! And the first time I ever saw the film, the surprise twist really was a surprise to me! (For those of you who haven't seen it, I ain't telling!) Hmmm. Who did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet? Perhaps Mercutio (think John Barrymore). Or perhaps Friar Laurence?
IzzyVanHalen		#33	[-]
Sep 4 10 4:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	jplibby wrote: Hmmm. Who did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet? Perhaps Mercutio (think John Barrymore). Or perhaps Friar Laurence? Well, he was egotistical enough to name his daughter after himself, I'm sure he was egotistical enough to give himself the male lead in that play! The Reel Deal: bad movies and the geeks who love them. http://movie-reel-deal.co.uk/
jplibby		#34	[-]
Sep 4 10 10:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	IzzyVanHalen wrote: jplibby wrote: Hmmm. Who did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet? Perhaps Mercutio (think John Barrymore). Or perhaps Friar Laurence? Well, he was egotistical enough to name his daughter after himself, I'm sure he was egotistical enough to give himself the male lead in that play! Yes, and being quite unable to understand the critics' hostility to his performance. How dare they!
dracsback		#35	[-]
Sep 7 10 10:36 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	IzzyVanHalen wrote: Bump. I'd never seen THEATRE OF BLOOD until today. Loved it. Price's performance was brilliant (in particular I loved his "Butch" the hairdresser) and the cast of familiar British faces were fun to watch. Maddy Smith is, of course, always welcome on my DVD player. I saw this when it was released and I still - for me - think it's Vincent Price's BEST. Love this movie. Robert Morely seeeing his dogs in that pie......wow. "I saw what I saw when I saw it!"
SteveTheRiddler		#36	[-]
Oct 18 10 7:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Please tell me the reference to Nic Cage in post #21 was supposed to be ironic! The Wicker Man is a perfect case of why classic films should be left alone. But if Theatre of Blood were to be remade, I'd recommend Jim Broadbent, who turned out an excellent performance of Lionheart at the (British) National Theatre a few years back. Rachel Stirling, so eerily like her mother, was obviously the perfect choice to recreate Diana Rigg's role of Edwina - though for some reason the character was renamed Miranda for the stage play. [edit: back reference corrected] "Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform" - Mark Twain Last Edited By: SteveTheRiddler Oct 19 10 8:30 AM. Edited 1 times.
Servant of Legendre		#37	[-]
Oct 20 10 5:44 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	killer meteor wrote: The one thing that's been bugging me is: Who on earth did Lionheart play in Romeo and Juliet??? The Duke, or maybe Friar Lawrence. This is such a great movie. Remake is a bad idea. Bad, bad, bad.
bipolarber		#38	[-]
Oct 22 10 1:21 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Maybe it's just me, but I've always thought that "serial killer with style" movies are pretty much a sub-genre of their own: Seven Phibes 1 & 2 Theatre of Blood Phantom of Paradise Murder by Death etc., etc.. "[The audiance] will populate the darkness with more horrors than all the horror writers in Hollywood could think of. If you make the screen dark enough, the mind's eye will read anything into it you want! We're great ones for the dark patches." -VAL LEWTON
Doc Savage		#39	[-]
Oct 29 10 1:45 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	though for some reason the character was renamed Miranda for the stage play. Miranda is Prospero's daughter in The Tempest. Lionheart, who saw enemies everywhere, would've identified with Prospero.
porta		#40	[-]
Nov 1 10 8:50 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Doc Savage wrote: though for some reason the character was renamed Miranda for the stage play. Miranda is Prospero's daughter in The Tempest. Lionheart, who saw enemies everywhere, would've identified with Prospero. I applaud that answer. My horrible blog: http://igloooftheuncanny.blogspot.com/

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