Related Clues:

• Sensational piece of luck getting free
• ''Variety'' superlative
• Like many Tarantino sequences
• Rating an R rating, say
• Most of 8 across is on tick reportedly - how theatrical is that
• Gruesomely sensational
• Thespian needs some whisky — act suffers without one
• Father restrains sheepish type and jerk, as it's very theatrical
• Bloodstained
• Shocking line I had, ringing you at last, right?
• Enormously successful
• Like tabloid journalism
• Doctor attending a mother twitching and full of excitement
• Horrifying — sensational
• Like many horror flicks