Theatre of Death

Theatre of Death is a 1967 British horror movie directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Christopher Lee, Lelia Goldoni and Julian Glover. It was written by Ellis Kadison and Roger Marshall.

Plot

Philippe Darvas is a theatre director whose Grand Guignol theatre is thought to be linked to a series of murders.

Cast

Christopher Lee as Philippe Darvas
Lelia Goldoni as Dani Gireaux
Julian Glover as Charles Marquis
Ivor Dean as Inspector George Micheaud
Joseph Furst as Karl Schiller
Steve Plytas as Andre, patron of cafe
Betty Woolfe as Colette
Leslie Handford as Joseph
Miki Iveria as patron's wife
Fraser Kerr as Pierre
Dilys Watling as Heidi
Lita Scott as voodoo dancer
Evelyn Laye as Madame Angelique
Jenny Till as Nicole Chapelle
Terence Soall as Ferdi
Esther Anderson as La Poule
Peter Cleall as Jean, stage manager
Suzanne Owens as girl on scooter
Julie Mendez as belly dancer
Evrol Puckerin as voodoo dancer
The Tony Scott Drummers as voodoo drummers

Critical reception

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."