Vampire Circus (1972)

September 5, 2024 8:59 AM

[TRAILER] After a spate of murders, the villagers of Stetl kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appears in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to fulfil the Count's last words, a curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Stetl are the targets for a brutal revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.

Starring Adrienne Corri, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown, Lynne Frederick, Lalla Ward, Robin Sachs.

Directed by Robert Young. Screenplay by Judson Kinberg. Story by George Baxt, Wilbur Stark. Produced by Wilbur Stark, Michael Carreras for Hammer. Cinematography by Moray Grant. Edited by Peter Musgrave. Music by David Whitaker.

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posted by DirtyOldTown (2 comments total)

Like The Karnstein Trilogy, also posted recently, this is from the late era of Hammer that a friend of mine describes as "Hey! We are too still hip and cool! What do you want, more blood? Done. Some boobs? We can give you boobs. Just please don't leave" It's a fun one, though.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:04 AM on September 5 [2 favorites]

I remember this for the topless cat lady I saw when I watched it late night when I was 15 in the 80s. (And it wasn't even on cable!) I watched it on Youtube a couple of years ago, and yep, she's a topless cat lady. Not the deepest of plots, but it brings the sexy.
posted by Spike Glee at 10:14 AM on September 5