The Theatre Bizarre

The Theatre Bizarre

Welcome to the Theatre of the Absurd.

Directed by Karim Hussain, Buddy Giovinazzo, Jeremy Kasten, David Gregory, Richard Stanley, Tom Savini, Douglas Buck

Produced by Quota Productions, Severin Films

2011114 min5.3 / 10

A darkly surreal anthology horror film that revels in grotesque imagery and psychological transgression, framed by an eerie puppet-host guiding viewers through six tales of depravity and body horror.

Down a seedy city street in her neighborhood, young Enola Penny is obsessed with what appears to be a long abandoned theatre. One night, she sees that the front door is slightly ajar and impulsively decides to sneak inside. But there in the dark, decrepit auditorium, a show unlike any other unfolds before her eyes. Its host is an eerie human puppet named Peg Poett who will introduce Penny to six tales of the bizarre: A couple traveling in a remote part of the French Pyrenees cross paths with a lustful witch; A paranoid lover faces the wrath of a partner who has been pushed to her limit; The Freudian dreams of an unfaithful husband blur the lines between fantasy and reality; The horrors of the real world are interpreted through the mind of a child; A woman addicted to other people's memories gets her fix through the vitreous fluid of her victims' eyeballs; And a perverse obsession with sweets turns sour for a couple in too deep.

Questions people ask

  • Does The Theatre Bizarre end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.

  • Is The Theatre Bizarre easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is The Theatre Bizarre violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Is The Theatre Bizarre scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.

  • Is The Theatre Bizarre sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity75

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like The Theatre Bizarre

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as The Theatre Bizarre

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like The Theatre Bizarre, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Theatre Bizarre, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Theatre Bizarre, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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