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Nightmares at the Neville Night 2: Theatre of Blood (1973)
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Date: Oct. 20, 2026Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
EVENT RESCHEDULED TO OCT 20TH (tentatively)
*tickets will be available again once the date has been confirmed*
*all prepurchased tickets from the 10/13 show will be honored at the rescheduled event*
The Neville Public Museum is proud to bring UW-GB professor Zack Kruse back to the museum for its 4th season of the horror film series “Nightmares at the Neville.” Nightmares at the Neville showcases three classic horror films with discussions led by Kruse, who is a scholar of comics, film, and American literature.
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Enjoy a darkly comedic Vincent Price classic that brings Shakespearean drama to life in unexpected ways. Price stars as Edward Lionheart, a celebrated Shakespearean actor who seeks revenge on the theatre critics who dismissed his work. With the help of his devoted daughter, Lionheart begins targeting the critics one by one, staging elaborate acts of revenge inspired by the gruesome deaths found in Shakespeare’s plays.
Directed by Douglas Hickox and co-starring Diana Rigg, Theatre of Blood blends horror, comedy, and Shakespearean theatrics into a delightfully macabre cult classic.
Popcorn and soda will be available for purchase prior to each film’s showing.
Theatre doors open at 5:30pm.
More About Zack Kruse
Zack Kruse is the author of the Eisner-nominated Mysterious Travelers: Steve Ditko and the Search for a New Liberal Identity (University of Mississippi Press, 2021), recognized as one of the best books on comics in 2021 by The Comics Journal. He is a scholar of comics, film, and American literature, publishing broadly in each of these areas. As a comics creator, his strip, Mystery Solved!, appeared in Skeptical Inquirer Magazine. He was the founder and sole operator of the Appleseed Comics and Art Convention in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and he is the former marketing director for the largest comics retailer in the U.S. His voice can be heard on numerous comics and academic podcasts, as well as his weekly music program, The Mutant Graveyard. He is currently working on multiple film, comics, and academic projects. He never sleeps. He says he will never die.
