31 DAYS OF DREW - DAY 19: THEATRE OF BLOOD

Every horrorhound's favorite month is upon us, and to celebrate, I'll be dishing out a personal pick from the genre for every day in October. Some will be obvious and rather unoriginal (sorry that I like movies other people like), while some will be a little more oddball and off-the-wall. Some may even challenge your idea of what constitutes a "horror" movie. Regardless, I hope you enjoy the month with some good movies, even if they aren't ones I recommend!

Today's Pick: Theatre of Blood (1973)

As horror genre laureate Brian Collins has said on his Horror Movie A Day blog, "If you go all October without watching a Vincent Price movie, you're doing something wrong." The man is an absolute legend, but more importantly, he's an icon that seems to relish any bit of ghoulish fun he can inject into a project, making the majority of his filmography perfect for the Halloween season. Picking just one of his films was tough, but I think I was able to do it. Theatre of Blood manages to mesh together lots of elements that make a Price film great: a gleefully macabre sensibility, theatrical brilliance and, in the end, a genuinely poignant story and character.