Flesh and Blood Show, The

Alternative title: Asylum of the Insane
Synopsis: Horror film. A group of eight actors rehearsing a review at the Dome, an abandoned seaside theatre, are attacked by a mysterious killer. In an extended flashback sequence (initiated by Othello’s exchange with Iago IV, i ;l75-95, ending with "give me some poison" we learn that the killer is Sir Arnold Gates, an actor who is cuckolded by his wife (who played Desdemona) with Harry Mulligan, the actor playing Cassio. In flashback Gates appears as Othello in IV. [With acknowledgment to the summary provided by Douglas Lanier in Shakespeares After Shakespeares].
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1972
Duration: 93 mins

Director

Pete Walker

Producer

Cinematographer

Screenplay

Music

Cast

Patrick Barr (2)	Major Bell/Sir Arnold Gates (Othello)
Jane Cardew	Lady Pamela Downes (Desdemona)
Alan Curtis	Jack Phipps (Iago)
Stuart Bevan	Harry Mulligan (Michael Cassio)

Notes: The UK DVD includes an extra with the option to watch the climax in 3D with with anaglyph glasses (with red and blue lenses).

The US Blu-ray release (Region A, not compatible with European players) from the Kino / Redemption label includes the option to watch the finale in 3D - either with anaglyph (glasses with red and blue lenses) or with the modern stereoscopic lenses available on 3-D TV sets
General: The flashback sequence is in black and white and 3D.
Reviews: 'Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ by Douglas Lanier in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. Entry 1002.

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