Theatre of Death | |
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Directed by | Samuel Gallu |
Written by | Ellis Kadison Roger Marshall |
Produced by | E. M. Smedley-Aston (producer) William J. Gell (executive producer) |
Starring | Christopher Lee Julian Glover Lelia Goldoni |
Cinematography | Gilbert Taylor |
Edited by | Barrie Vince |
Music by | Elisabeth Lutyens |
Production company | Pennea Productions Ltd. |
Distributed by | London Independent Producers (UK) Hemisphere Films (US) |
Release date | 1967 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Theatre of Death (also known as Blood Fiend) is a 1967 British horror movie directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Christopher Lee, Lelia Goldoni and Julian Glover.[1]
Philippe Darvas is a theatre director whose Grand Guignol theatre is thought to be linked to a series of murders.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A secret panel in the fireplace, a stone chamber with cobwebs, and a darkly cloaked figure are among the time-honoured stratagems employed in this concoction which flirts coyly with the occult, hypnotic control and vampirism. None of these trappings disguise the fact that the material is routine, and the story loses momentum after its colourfully unconvincing Théatre de Mort opening. Still, there is some recompense in the stylish pictorial effects."[2]