Vampire Circus - 1972
Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood!
Director(s)
Robert Young (as Robert William Young)
Writer(s)
George Baxt story
Judson Kinberg
Wilbur Stark story
Producer(s)
Wilbur Stark producer
Cast
Adrienne Corri - Gypsy Woman
Thorley Walters - Burgermeister
Anthony Higgins - Emil (as Anthony Corlan)
John Moulder-Brown - Anton Kersh
Laurence Payne - Prof. Mueller
Richard Owens - Dr. Kersh
Lynne Frederick - Dora Mueller
Elizabeth Seal - Gerta Hauser
Robin Hunter - Hauser
Domini Blythe - Anna Mueller
Robert Tayman - Count Mitterhouse
John Bown - Schilt
Mary Wimbush - Elvira
Christina Paul - Rosa
Robin Sachs - Heinrich
Lalla Ward - Helga
Skip Martin - Michael
David Prowse - Strongman
Roderick Shaw - Jon Hauser
Barnaby Shaw - Gustav Hauser
Milovan - Male Dancer
Serena - Female Dancer
Jane Darby - Jenny
Sibylla Kay - Mrs. Schilt
Dorothy Frere - Grandma Schilt
Giles Phibbs - Sexton
Jason James - Foreman
Arnold Locke - Old Villager
Anna Bentinck - Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Nina Francis - Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Sean Hewitt - First Soldier (uncredited)
Drina Pavlovic - Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Jenny Twigge - Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Review by Theo Robertson
Vampire Circus (1972)
Look Beyond The Poor Production Values
... And you`ll find a pretty good story in there
It`s interesting to note that just about everyone on this page enjoyed VAMPIRE CIRCUS . I can take or leave horror movies especially ones involving vampires because they`re self limiting , ( I mean how scary is a person with false teeth ? ) and for much of this movie we`re treated to some substandard production values typical of Hammer studios in the early 1970s , the circus arena is supposed to be in the open air but is obviously filmed on an interior film set , the editing and special effects are really poor , there`s a sequence with villagers being thrashed to death with a rug ( Well that`s what it looked like to me ) while the cast are very uneven with John Moulder-Brown as Anton being just about the most unlikely hero I`ve ever seen in a horror movie . Oh and there`s plenty of scenes with people with false teeth like those ones you buy at a joke shop
But... ...despite all this VAMPIRE CIRCUS is a very entertaining horror movie . I don`t if it`s because I`ve seen too many smart ass post modernist American horror flicks recently but a story featuring a Central European village being cut off from the outside world because of plague and its inhabitants being killed one by one by a bunch of vengeful vampires appeals to me more than a self referrential story set in 21st century America . In fact many of the killings are paedophillic murders so this gives the movie a disturbingly adult strength in what could easily be dismissed as a silly movie
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