History YMMV / TheatreOfBlood

** ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the hammy ThemeSerialKiller VillainProtagonist and delivering poetic kills on a given group of people (who all have the same profession) for {{revenge}}.

** ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the hammy VillainProtagonist and delivering poetic kills on a given group of people (who all have the same profession) for revenge.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Mrs. Sprout is played by Creator/JoanHickson, who would later be best known for playing Literature/MissMarple in TheEighties' BBC adaptations.

* SpiritualLicensee:

* {{Narm}}: Edwina [[spoiler:being killed, or at least knocked out cold, by being lightly tapped on the head with a beer bottle. Was that really the best shot they could come up with?]] [[/note]] At least the stage play managed to fix this by having her accidentally stabbed to death just as she was about to kill Devlin.[[note]]

* {{Narm}}: Edwina [[spoiler:being killed, or at least knocked out cold, by being lightly tapped on the head with a beer bottle. Was that really the best shot they could come up with?]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[VillainProtagonist Edward Lionheart]], driven to near-suicide by a group of callous theatre critics, attempts a gruesome revenge. Surfacing years later, Lionheart begins [[ThemeSerialKiller dispatching his enemies in ways]] inspired by the plays of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, while manipulating the others to proceed exactly how he wants them for best access and give himself more fame in the process of his vengeance. Lionheart manipulates one into murder to send him to prison, using a group of derelicts to murder another and constantly runs rings around law enforcement and his enemies, all while remaining as charismatic and larger than life as ever.

* MagnificentBastard: Edward Lionheart, driven to near suicide by a group of callous theatre critics, attempts a gruesome revenge. Surfacing years later, Lionheart begins dispatching his enemies in ways inspired by the plays of Creator/WilliamShakespeare, while manipulating the others to proceed exactly how he wants them for best access and give himself more fame in the process of his vengeance. Lionheart manipulates one into murder to send him to prison, using a group of derelicts to murder another and constantly runs rings around law enforcement and his enemies, all while remaining as charismatic and larger than life as ever.

* MagnificentBastard: Edward Lionheart, driven to near suicide by a group of callous theatre critics, attempts a gruesome revenge. Surfacing years later, Lionheart begins dispatching his enemies in ways inspired by the plays of Shakespeare, while manipulating the others to proceed exactly how he wants them for best access and give himself more fame in the process of his vengeance. Lionheart manipulates one into murder to send him to prison, using a group of derelicts to murder another and constantly runs rings around law enforcement and his enemies, all while remaining as charismatic and larger than life as ever.

** ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the hammy VillainProtagonist and delivering poetic kills for revenge.

** ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the VillainProtagonist and delivering poetic kills for revenge.

* {{Narm}}: Edwina [[spoiler:being killed, or at least knocked out cold, by being lightly tapped on the head with a beer bottle. Was that really the best shot they could get?]]

** The plot wouldn't be out of place at all in ''Series/TheAvengers''. Speaking of which, it also starred Creator/DianaRigg and Creator/IanHendry.

* GeniusBonus: The various performances are even more hilariously appropriate if one's read the plays in question.

** The plot wouldn't be out of place at all in ''Series/TheAvengers''. Speaking of which, it also starred Creator/DianaRigg and Ian Hendry.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The hairdos and fashions make this movie so '70s it hurts.

* SpiritualLicensee: ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the VillainProtagonist and delivering poetic kills for revenge.

* SpiritualLicensee: ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes'' and ''Theatre of Blood'' both have Creator/VincentPrice playing the VillainProtagonist, delivering poetic kills for revenge.

* ValuesDissonance: Some of the gay jokes are a little awkward today.

* SpiritualLicensee: Of ''Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes''.

* ValuesDissonance: Some of the gay jokes are a little awkward today.

* RomanceOnTheSet: Coral Browne played one of the critics - and later married Vincent Price in real life.

* ActorAllusion: One of the eight {{Asshole Victim}}s is played by Dennis Price (no relation to Vincent) who played a VillainProtagonist out to kill eight {{Asshole Victim}}s himself twenty-four years earlier in ''Film/KindHeartsAndCoronets''.

* SpiritualLicensee: Of ''TheAbominableDrPhibes''.