Vampire circus 1972 open with anna domini blythe bringing jenny jane derby, a very young blonde girl to the castle of childkilling vampire count mitterhaus robert tayman. In his directorial debut robert young has a lot of story to tell and gives vampire circus a crazy, breathless pace. Human fangs ripping throats no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood after a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, count mitterhouse. Made during the final decade of hammer films theatrical existence, vampire circus arrived as the studio was becoming increasingly experimental with its bloodsucker outings in between the usual dracula offerings from christopher lee and company.
In a small serbian village, the rumors that reclusive nobleman count mitterhaus is a vampire responsible for the disappearances of other children are proven true as schoolmaster. For more information about vampire circus, visit synapse films. By melissa antoinette garza vampire circus 1972 open with anna domini blythe bringing jenny jane derby, a very young blonde girl to the castle of childkilling vampire count mitterhaus robert tayman. With adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins, john moulderbrown. As the plague runs rampant throughout the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a traveling circus, and children begin to disappear. Pages businesses medianews company movietelevision studio hammer films videos vampire circus original theatrical trailer 1972. But their troubles are only beginning as children begin to disappear. Vampire circus 1972 us pg edition topics hammer film, horror. Anna is already married to schoolmaster albert mueller laurence payne. Watch vampire circus 1972 full movie free online streaming. Vampire circus is, in my opinion one of hammers best vampire efforts outside of horror of dracula, and dracula, prince of darkness. Vampire circus is an eerie horror film about a murdered vampire that curses a small village. Animals steal the show in a traveling circus stopping town to town in serbia circa 1825. Thankfully, those looking for a restored and unedited version have to wait no longer, as synapse films has released a fantastic version of vampire circus on bluray and dvd.
Populated by a motley collection of offthewall characters and incomparable acrobats, the vampire circus is a visual vortex set in a twisted acrobatic fantasy universe where, little by little, chaos and craziness give way to a true celebration at the vampire circus. Allmovie called the film one of the studios more stylish and intelligent projects. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony. In the first 12 minutes you get a couple of towns folk slaughtered full frontal nudity and a little girl killed by mitterhouse. The movie stars adrienne corri, laurence payne, thorley walters, lynne frederick, john moulderbrown and elizabeth seal.
Vampire circus is an island in the hammer vampire country, being part of neither the dracula nor the karnstein canon. Images of the show the vampire circus best halloween event in usa. Fifteen years later, as the village is ravaged by the plague, a traveling. An interesting premise as a nineteenth century circus of vampires returns to exact revenge from a. Fifteen years later the circus of nights appeared in the plagueridden village and its performers include mitterhouses mistress, children and cousins. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. This movie has wonderful atmosphere, rather good special. Vampire circus 1972 us pg edition topics hammer film, horror language english. Video of vampire circus full movie for fans of hammer horror films. Vampire circus is a 1971 british horror film, directed by robert young for hammer horror productions. Traveling performers take revenge against the serbian villagers whose ancestors killed their leader 100 years ago.
The movie is really creepy, as is established in the prologue scene, which has a count who likes to suck little girls even younger than dolores haze. Visitors of subtitlesbank have given a rating of 6. Also look for david prowse in the film, which concerns a traveling circus, made of up vampires of course, and which preys on the children of a serbian village where they are appearing. Released july 27th, 2001, vampire circus stars adrienne corri, laurence payne, john moulderbrown, thorley walters the pg movie has a runtime of. Hammer films vampire circus original theatrical trailer. This was a stylish and thoughtprovoking movie that kept ones attention focused throughout, it had an ingenious and strangely alluring and believable plot, which for some reason i felt was a better storyline than any of the dracula movies i had seen. Oct 21, 2019 vampire circus was filmed at pinewood studios and hit cinema screens in the uk in 1972. They have come to schtettel to fulfil the counts last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. They have come to schtettel to fulfil the counts last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction. Of course, we all cherish the earlier productions the initial frankensteins and draculas, the mummy, the curse of the werewolf, the abominable snowman and the quatermass outings but this groundbreaking 1971 offering was possibly the most disturbing and controversial of the lot. A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century austrian village. First of a series of great and notable genre flicks that i awkwardly talk over. Youd think this miniepic of vampire mayhem would be impossible to top for sheer peversity and gut impact, but non.
Making babies official trailer 2019 eliza coupe comedy movie hd duration. Vampire circus 2001 stream and watch online moviefone. When the evil vampire count mitterhaus robert tayman is murdered by the inhabitants of a small. The circus strongman is played silent and scary by david prowse who played the frankenstein monster for hammer in horror of frankenkenstein in 1970. Delightfully smashing taboos right from the opening scene, vampire circus features a nowlegendary opening 12minute, precredit sequence that still stands as the most powerful, barnstorming curtain raiser in the companys history. An anita blake, vampire hunter novel anita blake, vampire. Released july 27th, 2001, vampire circus stars adrienne corri, laurence payne, john moulderbrown, thorley walters the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 27 min, and received a score of out.
Nevertheless, vampire circus is indeed a fun and entertaining movie, but much like the subsequent hammer trash classic the legend of the 7 golden vampires 1974, it is actually enjoyable despite itself instead of for the sum of its whole. Vampire circus begins with an exciting 12minute precredits prologue that plays like a short feature. It speaks well of synapse films, a boutique label dedicated to cult films like this, that they would scoop bigger labels with more exploitable hammer titles, and with a fine highdef presentation and scads of good extras to boot. Popmatters also called it one of the companys last great classics, writing, erotic, grotesque, chilling. Vampire circus full movie hammer horror films video.
Still, shes been taken in by the vamp and isnt looking back. It in no way can seriously be called a good movie and in no way deserves being called a classic, but if the viewer remains in a. Subtitles of different languages may be downloaded for free as a. Vampire circus 1972 horror movie directed by robert young. Vampire circus 1972 is the first hammer horror film released to bluray anywhere in the world. It features adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. Hopefully this movie gets enough interest that shudder continues to try and get more classic hammer films fraildogg. Vampire circus full movie hammer horror films video fanpop. Sexedup fare like the vampire lovers proved hammer was willing to amp up its adult content to compete with the more extreme fare. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the loc. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe. Vampire circus original theatrical trailer 1972 hammer films. Sep 27, 2018 as the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus.
Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of count mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Vampire circus 1972 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Vampire circus 1972 4775 original movie poster ebay. They have come to schtettel to fulfil the counts last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those. Vampire circus 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The frightened villagers welcome the arrival of a colorful traveling troupe dubbed circus of nights, unaware that the visiting entertainers pose a far more deadly threat. Vampire circus 19711972 is an obscure hammer production from their declining years. The children of schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the vampire circus rehearses for its most deadly performance. Vampire circus a look back at 1972 we are movie geeks. After a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, count mitterhouse.
Thankfully, those looking for a restored and unedited version have to wait no longer, as synapse films has released a fantastic version of vampire circus on bluray and dvd in the past i was lucky enough to catch a barely edited print at a drivein marathon a few years back, and i really. The vampire circus a spirited journey through an abandoned cemetery where an extraordinary circus comes back to life. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. The latest from hammer films is the oddity vampire circus, an eccentric film that mixes a traveling circus sideshow story with vampire lore, resulting a bizarre but original fantasy. Movies like vampire circus 1972 dead of night 1977 he knows youre alone 1980 vampire at midnight 1988 burial ground 1981 full movie all saints eve 2015 embrace of the vampire 1995 theatre of death 1967 a monster among men 20 scream blacula scream 1973 warlock moon 1973. The only difference between the two platters is the resolutionand it is a testament to the quality of the transfer that the lowerresolution dvd edition looks very nearly as good as the bluray. February 2, 2011 gory, cliched, silly and inventive. Vampire circus is a cult classic hammer horror movie that has long been soughtafter on dvd. Vampire circus was filmed at pinewood studios and hit cinema screens in the uk in 1972. It is also one of my favourites, so i welcomed the synapse edition. But my favorite talent in vampire circus is the aforementioned tiger woman. Surprisingly, these bonus features appear in full on both the bluray and the dvd.
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