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Director:
Samuel Gallu
Writers:
Ellis Kadison (writer)
Roger Marshall (writer)
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Release Date:
November 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
Where Acting Can Be Murder. more
Plot:
The Theatre of Death in Paris specialises in horror presentations. A police surgeon finds himself becoming... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
Better hold onto your head... more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christopher Lee ... Philippe Darvas
Julian Glover ... Charles Marquis
Lelia Goldoni ... Dani Gireaux
Jenny Till ... Nicole Chapelle
Evelyn Laye ... Madame Angelique
Ivor Dean ... Inspector Micheaud
Joseph Fürst ... Karl Schiller (as Joseph Furst)
Betty Woolfe ... Colette
Leslie Handford ... Joseph
Fraser Kerr ... Pierre
Dilys Watling ... Heidi
Steve Plytas ... Andre, Patron of Cafe
Miki Iveria ... Patron's Wife
Terence Soall ... Ferdi
Ester Anderson ... La Poule (as Esther Anderson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Blood Fiend (USA)
The Female Fiend
Theater of Death (USA) (alternative spelling)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1970) | Sweden:15 | UK:15

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Edited into Drive-In Madness! (1987) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Better hold onto your head..., 1 October 1999
5/10
Author: evilskip from In a play

The plot centers around the cast of a Grand Guginol theatre group.Guginol refers to bloody & horrific explotative plays.The troupe is lead by the cold & cruel Darvas.(Darvas is wonderfully played by Christopher Lee).Darvas thinks nothing of ridiculing & humiliating his cast to get exactly what he wants. Seemingly he has no soul and no regard for human emotions other than acting them out.

A series of vampiric murders is tied in with the theatre group.Is Darvas more than just a Svengali? Is he a vampire? Without giving too much away cannibalism is the driving force behind the murders.Who is the killer stalking the cast?

This clocks in at above average. There are plenty of red herrings but the cast plays it gamely.Everyone has secrets to hide,some more terrible than others. The ending is a bit of a twist.You could do worse than to watch this one.

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