Doctor Theatre
Comprising 12 episodes of about 10 minutes each, Doctor Theatre is a proof-of-concept for the development of the feature film Cult in the Wings. It blends horror, mystery and the surreal with LGBTQ+ elements.
Plot Summary
In Doctor Theatre, actor Mark is seduced into joining a theatre company named Communion, only to find that it also secretly operates as a death-cult: during auditions and rehearsals for its productions, selected actors are sacrificed and then reborn into a bloodthirsty new family. By the end of season 1, horrified by the dark destiny he's fallen into but addicted to the growth of his own power, Mark has risen to become the new Director of Communion. In season 2, he tries to escape and to hide himself away from it. However, an established priest-like member of the company named Michael tracks Mark down and entices him back, to spearhead the sinister cult's transition from theatre to cinema. Mark then tries to change Communion's murderous ways from within -- but discovers its ancient powers are not so easily controlled.
Press about Doctor Theatre
Article about Doctor Theatre in Horror News Net:
https://horrornews.net/161587/filmmaker-actor-cradeaux-alexander-explores-manipulation-and-cult-worship-in-new-original-dramatic-horror-series-doctor-theatre/
Article re Doctor Theatre in ShowBizzBuzz:
https://showbizzbuzz.medium.com/showbizzbuzz-cradeaux-alexander-crafts-original-cult-horror-series-doctor-theatre-30db6620c660
Article re Doctor Theatre in Broadway World:
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Theatre-Company-Turns-Deadly-Cult-In-New-Horror-Series-DOCTOR-THEATRE-20201027
Videos of full Episodes of Doctor
Theatre
Season 2, Episode 1 “Inside the Curtain” (9’14”) – https://youtu.be/MIy8hl7i4Bc
Season 2, Episode 2 “This Suburbia” (11’21”) – https://youtu.be/UcR5jshep34
Season 2, Episode 3 “Enter Communion Films” (8’28”) – https://youtu.be/nqDUtoMrs-M
Season 2, Episode 4 “Watch the Queen” (9’10”) – https://youtu.be/AbG7A3CJ1YI
Season 2, Episode 5 “Video Blood” (7’11”) – https://youtu.be/b5B3GeY-jU0
Season 2, Episode 6 “False Host” (7’26”) – https://youtu.be/7KON41IclKM
Video of excerpts from Doctor
Theatre
Excerpts from Season 2 (5’25”) – https://youtu.be/MERKojyLG30
Doctor Theatre’s and its individual Episodes’ pages on the IMDb
Doctor Theatre generally –https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13614330
Season 1, Episode 1 “Enter Madame” (9’16”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456640
Season 1, Episode 2 “Enter Angel” (10’02”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456662
Season 1, Episode 3 “Closer than you Think” (10’12”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456692
Season 1, Episode 4 “It Is Theatre” (11’21”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456744
Season 1, Episode 5 “Bluebeard Dream Theatre” (9’40”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456764
Season 1, Episode 6 “Pursued by a Bear” (8’44”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15456904
Season 2, Episode 1 “Inside the Curtain” (9’14”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15481384
Season 2, Episode 2 “This Suburbia” (11’21”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15481430
Season 2, Episode 3 “Enter Communion Films” (8’28”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863730
Season 2, Episode 4 “Watch the Queen” (9’10”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863780
Season 2, Episode 5 “Video Blood” (7’11”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863808
Season 2, Episode 6 “False Host” (7’26”) – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19863830
Overture (7’11”), a short film that was a precursor of Doctor Theatre
Full version https://youtu.be/B8v2CgaohqY
Full version https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3803759385
Trailer (0'34") https://youtu.be/HuAGBs2K-rY
The above videos are on
YouTube
at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbb8fjPPzy-gJdyX5dSmEzg/videosVisions in a Safe House (12’17”), a subsequent short film that was refined out of the above-listed Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2 of Doctor Theatre
https://luxefilms.org/Visions-in-a-Safe-House
Stills from Doctor Theatre
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