Theatre of Blood: Difference between revisions

 

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Larding.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Each one of the critics, except Devlin.

* [[Black Comedy]]

* [[Crazy Homeless People]]: Lionheart's minions.

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: One critic is quite easily manipulated into re-enacting the murder scene from ''Othello''.

* [[The Dragon]]: The 'Stage Manager'.

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: The 'stage manager'.}}

* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Devlin and the police.

* [[Hollywood Police Driving Academy]]: The police think they see Lionheart driving by, and immediately scramble into a traffic jam reminiscent of the Keystone Kops.

* Jerkass: Each and every one of the critics, who mock Lionheart and his daughter whilst they are in the room, proceed to mock Lionheart's death, and really don't seem to care much for each other. When the first critic is murdered, one of them remarks that they've finally a headline, not a byline. Even Devlin, largely the [[Only Sane Man]] of the critics, refuses to admit to Lionheart's genius when his life depends on it, and openly mocks Lionheart when he {{spoiler|dies for real}}.

* [[Large Ham]]: Oh, ''yes''. One can tell that Price had far too much fun throughout the movie. One critic describes one of Lionheart's performances as [[Lampshade Hanging|putting him in mind of a ham sandwich.]]

* [[Offscreen Crash]]: A cop hiding in the trunk of a car in an attempt to follow Lionheart ends up parked on train tracks. We hear him over the walkie-talkie to the other cops:

{{quote| "I can hear a train whistle... ''(rumbling sound)'' I can definitely identify it as a train... ''(sound grows louder)'' T-R-A... '''KERRRR-UNNCH.''' }}

* [[The Ophelia]]: ''Sort'' of, in that Lionheart's daughter is pretty scarred from the supposed death of her father. {{spoiler|Or, at least, appears to be.}}

* [[Poetic Serial Killer]]

* [[Pound of Flesh Twist]]: [[Subverted Trope|Not happening here]]. The critic's [[The Merchant of Venice|heart is messily removed]], weighed (oops: two ounces over - let's put that bit back), and sent to the police in a neatly-wrapped box.

{{quote| '''Devlin:''' It's Lionheart, all right. Only he would have the temerity to rewrite Shakespeare.}}

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Lionheart. Not exactly a ''small name'' though.

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: A lovely, calming theme plays while Lionheart and his main flunky surgically remove one critic's head.