Review of Throne of Blood (1957) by Zane U — 07 May 2008

So I don't know anything about Macbeth, but I adored this movie. Washizu is a commander of a fortress outside of the Spider's Web castle who meets an "evil spirit" that fortells that he will become lord of the Spider's Web castle.

Washizu proceeds to assure that this prophecy will come true no matter what the cost (at first only due to the urgings of his manipulative wife), raising questions about the legitimacy of the actual prophecy.

Throne of Blood is a great character study and a good example of the old adage: power corrupts (although in this case, it is more suitably "promise of power corrupts").