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Circus der Vampire

Originaltitel: Vampire Circus
  • 1972
  • 18
  • 1 Std. 27 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,3/10
5300
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Circus der Vampire (1972)
Theatrical Trailer from 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
trailer wiedergeben2:15
1 Video
85 Fotos
Vampir-HorrorHorror

Während die Pest die Landschaft erfasst, wird ein unter Quarantäne gestelltes Dorf von einem mysteriösen Wanderzirkus besucht. Wenn Kinder verschwinden, vermuten die Einheimischen, dass der ... Alles lesenWährend die Pest die Landschaft erfasst, wird ein unter Quarantäne gestelltes Dorf von einem mysteriösen Wanderzirkus besucht. Wenn Kinder verschwinden, vermuten die Einheimischen, dass der Zirkus ein schreckliches Geheimnis verbirgt.Während die Pest die Landschaft erfasst, wird ein unter Quarantäne gestelltes Dorf von einem mysteriösen Wanderzirkus besucht. Wenn Kinder verschwinden, vermuten die Einheimischen, dass der Zirkus ein schreckliches Geheimnis verbirgt.

  • Regie
    • Robert Young
  • Drehbuch
    • Jud Kinberg
    • George Baxt
    • Wilbur Stark
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Adrienne Corri
    • Thorley Walters
    • Anthony Higgins
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,3/10
    5300
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Robert Young
    • Drehbuch
      • Jud Kinberg
      • George Baxt
      • Wilbur Stark
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Adrienne Corri
      • Thorley Walters
      • Anthony Higgins
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    • 87Kritische Rezensionen
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    Adrienne Corri
    Adrienne Corri
    • Gypsy Woman
    Thorley Walters
    Thorley Walters
    • Burgermeister
    Anthony Higgins
    Anthony Higgins
    • Emil
    • (as Anthony Corlan)
    John Moulder-Brown
    John Moulder-Brown
    • Anton Kersh
    Laurence Payne
    Laurence Payne
    • Albert Mueller
    Richard Owens
    Richard Owens
    • Dr. Kersh
    Lynne Frederick
    Lynne Frederick
    • Dora Mueller
    Elizabeth Seal
    Elizabeth Seal
    • Gerta Hauser
    Robin Hunter
    • Albert Hauser
    Domini Blythe
    Domini Blythe
    • Anna
    Robert Tayman
    • Count Mitterhaus
    John Bown
    • Schilt
    Mary Wimbush
    Mary Wimbush
    • Elvira
    Christine Paul
    Christine Paul
    • Rosa
    • (as Christina Paul)
    Robin Sachs
    Robin Sachs
    • Heinrich
    Lalla Ward
    Lalla Ward
    • Helga
    Skip Martin
    Skip Martin
    • Michael
    David Prowse
    David Prowse
    • Strongman
    • (as Dave Prowse)
    • Regie
      • Robert Young
    • Drehbuch
      • Jud Kinberg
      • George Baxt
      • Wilbur Stark
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    grantch

    Great Vampire Flick!

    I gave in to my desire to resee Twins of Evil and check out Vampire Circus & Countess Dracula which I had never seen and ordered the "Hammer Vampire Collection" from UK. (If you're considering purchase, the discs are coded Region 2, so you can't play them on a lot of USA-sold DVD players. I watch Region 2 on my computer.) I loved Twins of Evil but the real winner was Vampire Circus, an intelligent and fun treatment of a curse upon a village which had the temerity to call an abrupt halt to the fun of the local feudal lord. It's suspenseful and fast moving. I agree with previous commenters that the villagers are so pompous that they earned their fates. Unlike most other posters, I welcomed the opportunity to see John Moulder-Brown in a (for me) new movie, albeit 32 years old. VC is beautifully photographed and the special effects are terrific. Clearly the folks at Hammer Studios did not need computers to create stunning visual images. If you can view Region 2 discs, go for it! You'll get a great thrill out of VC, probably their best vampire flick after Taste the Blood of Dracula!
    7Theo Robertson

    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 know 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
    6kevin_robbins

    This is an uneven movie that is an above average addition to the horror genre that is worth watching once for horror enthusiasts

    Vampire Circus (1972) is currently available on Tubi and Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a traveling circus that arrives in a small town. Shortly after arriving children around the city start disappearing. The local towns people decide to start investigating the circus whether they're responsible or not.... This movie is directed by Robert Young (Hostage) and stars Thorley Walters (Adventure of Sherlock Holmes), Adrienne Corri (A Clockwork Orange), Anthony Higgins (Indiana Jones) and Richard Owens (Sense and Sensibility). The circus set, props and backdrops in this were awesome and they did a good job playing off it to create horror elements. The kills in this are pretty bad, especially when the animals do the killing. The cast is solid and the actors do a great job, especially the clown. There are some great nudity and sex scenes throughout the movie. Overall this is an uneven movie that is an above average addition to the horror genre that is worth watching once for horror enthusiasts. I'd score this a solid 6.5/10.
    7Hey_Sweden

    It's the original Bloodiest Show on Earth.

    "Vampire Circus" tells the story of a village plagued by the curse of a vampire. As the residents are doing away with the evil Count Mitterhaus (Robert Tayman), he swears that he will "live" again to savage their children. 15 years later, a circus comes to town while a plague of a different sort is ravaging the countryside. It's all connected, of course: most of the performers in this circus are vampires themselves. While the disease spreads, some foolish villagers try to flee, but it's all for nothing. No, these people are going to pay the price.

    While it does suffer from a story (by Judson Kinberg) that isn't always terribly coherent or well thought out, "Vampire Circus" is still engaging horror-fantasy from those fine people at Hammer. It does benefit from absolutely intoxicating atmosphere, grandiose music (by David Whitaker), and a merciless body count that includes a number of kids. Its characters are decently defined, whether they are heroes like young Anton (John Moulder-Brown), or completely vile like the Count and his minions (such as Emil (Anthony Higgins) and the malevolent midget clown Michael (Skip Martin)). The special effects are occasionally dodgy, and some of the gore is hilariously tacky, but in general the makeup (by Jill Carpenter) is pretty good, especially on a female performer painted like a tiger.

    Once again, Hammer assembles an elegant British cast that plays the material for everything that it's worth. Actors such as Adrienne Corri (as the Gypsy Woman who presides over the circus), Martin, Tayman, and Higgins are clearly relishing their villainous roles. Moulder-Brown is a likeable young hero, and Thorley Walters (as the Burgermeister), Laurence Payne (as Mueller the schoolteacher), Richard Owens (as the brave Dr. Kersh), and Robin Hunter (as Hauser) are all excellent. Lynne Frederick is positively ravishing in the role of Dora. David "Darth Vader" Prowse shows off his incredible physique as the circus' silent strongman.

    Showcasing the kind of sex appeal and gore that would mark later entries in Hammers' filmography, "Vampire Circus" isn't a great shocker, but it certainly is fun.

    Seven out of 10.
    Infofreak

    Strong contender for the most underrated vampire movie of all time!

    Not sure why 'Vampire Circus' isn't mentioned when people talk about the best Hammer movies, because it certainly deserves to be. As usual the studio manages to create a lot of period atmosphere and chills on, one assumes, not a very large budget, and like most of their movies the acting is uniformly good. The story concerns a village being attacked by a mysterious lethal plague which may or may not be connected with a dark episode in the small communities past concerning an evil Count who once terrorized all and sundry. The village is cut off from the outside world, and while they anxiously await some outside medical attention, a strange traveling circus arrives. The villagers leap upon anything to tale their minds off their awful predicament, but as you can tell from the title, the circus folk aren't exactly what they appear to be and have secret plans of justice and revenge. The performers themselves are much more interesting and sensual than the uptight villagers, and this creates an unusual tension in the viewer compared to many vampire movies, where good vs. evil is black and white with no troubling ambiguities. This is a very unusual twist on the familiar subject matter, and in my opinion one of the most underrated and overlooked vampire movies ever made. Trainspotters note: the supporting cast includes David 'Darth Vader' Prowse as the circus strongman, and Lalla Ward (who replaced Mary Tamm as Romana in 'Dr Who') as a pretty sexy vampire.

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    • Wissenswertes
      The film used the same sets as Draculas Hexenjagd (1971).
    • Patzer
      At the start, Muller raises his stake behind and above Count Mitterhaus's shoulders. The protruding stake is then shown emerging much lower, under the rib-cage.
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      Michael: The Circus of Nights! A hundred delights!

    • Alternative Versionen
      The BBFC examiners originally required heavy cuts to the film but many of these were successfully waived after Hammer consulted BBFC head Stephen Murphy. Among the cuts were shots of Hauser's burnt face (reduced from 2 to 1), a face stabbing during the opening skirmish in the castle (removed completely), some bloody shots during the climactic decapitation, the whipping of Gerta, erotic elements of the circus 'whip' dance, and shots of the mutilated panther victims in the forest. However the latter scenes seem to have been reduced rather than cut, leaving the results somewhat ambiguous. It is unlikely that the cut footage still survives, and all later video and DVD releases feature the UK cinema print.
    • Verbindungen
      Edited from Nur Vampire küssen blutig (1971)

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 23. Juni 1972 (Westdeutschland)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigtes Königreich
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Vampire Circus
    • Drehorte
      • Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(forest scenes)
    • Produktionsfirmen
      • Hammer Films
      • The Rank Organisation
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      • 1 Std. 27 Min.(87 min)
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