BLOOD THEATRE is an indie horror flick from 1980s America. It's very much influenced by the slasher boom but it never manages to menace or indeed involve the viewer in the lives of the characters on screen. The setting is a run-down movie theatre, and there's an eye-opening sequence in which poor sales lead to sudden and unexpected murder. From this point in, though, it becomes standard and meandering, throwing in snippets of bloodshed, random nudity, and a stalwart performance from B-movie stalwart Mary Woronov. The truth is that any studio picture is invariably better than this kind of thing; check out the likes of STAGE FRIGHT to see the genre at its best.
Review of Blood Theatre
