COB's Creepers #5 - Theatre of Blood (TONIGHT, 8pm!)

[COB]

Continuing this year's series of spooky nonsense, please join me for 1973's Theatre of Blood:

Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) is incensed that his last season of performances in Shakespearean plays did not win him a prestigious acting award from critics. After an unsuccessful attempt at suicide, Lionheart is rescued by a group of drug-addicted bums. He then sets out to murder all of his critics, each with a different style of death taken from a Shakespeare play.

YOUTUBE LINK (START AT 8PM SHARP):

 

[COB]

Theatre of Blood is available on Amazon Prime, and has also been uploaded to YouTube in decent quality (this is how I watched it recently and it was perfectly serviceable) - I'll embed that nearer the time.

 

[ButterTart]

Oh my God it's my one

 

[COB]

Also thank you to @ButterTart who recommended this to me, it's quite the insane ride

 

[ButterTart]

@jivafox @Ellie if you've not already seen this you must clear your schedules, it's one of my all time favourites.

 

[ButterTart]

"It must be Lionheart; only he would have the temerity to REWRITE SHAKESPEARE"

 

[Ellie]

@jivafox @Ellie if you've not already seen this you must clear your schedules, it's one of my all time favourites.

Oh no I haven’t. I thought I had but got it mixed up with Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors

 

[COB]

This is an important bit of housekeeping that I somehow remembered to check now and will forget unless I post it - the Prime Video version doesn't have one of the studio credit things at the start, so YouTube people will press play ON THE HOUR and Prime Video people press it seventeen seconds in.

 

[ButterTart]

Oh no I haven’t. I thought I had but got it mixed up with Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors

This is so much better. It's your gateway into the magical world of Vincent Price's most camp-as-tits moments - Madhouse, Dr Phibes, Bloodbath at the House of Death...

 

[COB]

Also, the Prime version has a slightly better picture but MUCH clearer sound, so I'd suggest that version if you can.

 

[COB]

Some lovely Seventies homosexual stereotypes in this too, if that's your thing

 

[ButterTart]

I'm so excited about this and I hope you simultaneously love it and tear it to shreds

 

[COB]

I'm so excited about this and I hope you simultaneously love it and tear it to shreds

Oh no worries on THAT front!

 

[ButterTart]

It reminds me so much of my student days. That's the sort of thing other people would say about solvents and unprotected sex but I think I'm the richer man for my experience.

 

[Frozen]

I've this on blu-ray but not gotten round to watching it yet. This seems like the great way to introduce myself to it so count me in.

 

[COB]

Hooray!

 

[Christian]

I rewatched this last year and it was even better than I remembered

As @ButterTart said, the Dr Phibes films are definitely the ones to follow up with if this tickles your fancy (the first one especially) and then of course there is Masque Of The Red Death.

VINCE UP

 

[COB]

The Wikipedia entry on this film features several ICONIC TIDBITS that I can't wait to drop in on the night

 

[COB]

I'm surprised that the poster doesn't mention that Diana Dors features in a small but important role

 

[COB]

One more day til Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood
Theatre of Blood
One more day til Theatre of Blood
Silver Shamrock

 

[COB]

Who'll be joining us tonight for Edward Lionheart's greatest performance yet?

 

[ButterTart]

I’m here, and so are the ALL STAR CAST

VINCENT PRICE
CORAL BROWNE
ARTHUR LOWE
DIANA RIGG
DIANA DORS

 

[COB]

Also two VERY special and precious poodles

 

[Ellie]

I’ll be here for this!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

I'm having a night in and don't have anything I need to be doing so I'm all for this!

 

[Lucille]

YES!

 

[ButterTart]

Full house I hope people don't think it's shit.
Or I hope people DO think it's shit, but for the right reasons.

 

[straightorbroken]

Based on the Rigg hint a few days ago I was actually wondering if this was going to be Berserk!

 

[Lucille]

I randomly caught a clip of this a few days ago on Instagram and have been gagging to see it, so THRILLED this is one of COB’S CREEPERS.

 

[ButterTart]

I randomly caught a clip of this a few days ago on Instagram and have been gagging to see it, so THRILLED this is one of COB’S CREEPERS.

It used to be a bastard to get hold of and now it's everywhere. I feel like a Vincent Price retrospective should be our next sync watch season.

 

[Ellie]

Based on the Rigg hint a few days ago I was actually wondering if this was going to be Berserk!

Fingers still crossed for The Worst Witch (1986)

 

[COB]

Less than an hour and a half to go!

 

[COB]

Less than an hour to go! I keep missing the big milestones

 

[ButterTart]

Less than an hour to go! I keep missing the big milestones

45 minutes to go, just a heads up

 

[COB]

45 MINUTES TO GO there

 

[COB]

Half an hour!

 

[Haiku Rewrites]

20 minutes!

 

[COB]

Ten minutes now

 

[COB]

I have added the YouTube link into post #1.

A reminder - YouTube watchers start at 8pm on the dot.
Amazon Prime Video watchers wait seventeen seconds before starting - this should keep both versions in sync.

 

[ButterTart]

THREE MINUTES until your lives change forever or are mildly improved.