It is also one of my favourites, so i welcomed the synapse edition. Vampire circus 1972 is the first hammer horror film released to bluray anywhere in the world. 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. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be. Jun 21, 2009 this feature is not available right now. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing vampire circus near you. May 04, 2012 go to the bottom of the post to read about a contest to win tickets to vampire circus. Three of the cast laurence payne, adrienne corri and lalla wardwould be reunited in the 1980 season of the british. Young who was something of a perfectionist and fell behind schedule. The reality is a more dour but no less rewarding type of entertainment. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne. Its got the great look and feel of classic hammer horror, and it. The crisp and colorful hd transfer is from elements in excellent condition. Vampire circus begins with an exciting 12minute precredits prologue that plays like a short feature.
Three of the castlaurence payne, adrienne corri and lalla wardwould be reunited in the 1980 season of the british. Vampire circus 19711972 is an obscure hammer production from their declining years. 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. This page is to celebrate the second season of blakes 7. With adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins, john moulderbrown.
As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined. The next season of american horror story will be set at a carnival sounds familiar, doesnt it. Black gate articles another reason to love netflix watch. The films opening scenes take place in the vampires. The story concerns a travelling circus the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of a. The 1972 production has seemingly been unavailable for a while, but. Vampire circus is an island in the hammer vampire country, being part of neither the dracula nor the karnstein canon. The circus contains a few vampires and one is related to the vampire killed in the opening scene. Images of the show the vampire circus best halloween event in usa.
Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the kiss of the vampire, the lust for a vampire this label refers to the following compilation album. News april 7, 2020 win color out of space, starring nicolas cage, on bluray and poster news. John forbesrobertson in the legend of the 7 golden vampires, but the resulting effect works well. They are bringing their victims to the corpse of the vampire to resurrect him. Vampire circus was a gauntletlike type of game full of vampires and zombies planned for nintendo 64 by zed two who started working on it in 1996. Nov 10, 2010 i must admit to not being familiar with the hammer horror film vampire circus. After a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, count mitterhouse. Awaiting him are dramaturgie, a vampire hunter who is a vampire himself. Vampire circus a look back at 1972 we are movie geeks. Vampire circus is a 1971 british horror film, directed by robert young for hammer horror productions. Vampire circus was part of a cycle of films including the vampire lovers, lust of the vampire and twins of evil about the studio taking advantage of. For years, synapse films has been releasing numerous diverse films from various countries and genres on dvd, but for their 100th release, the company unleashes a longawaited classic horror title from none other than britains hammer films. Robert youngs vampire circus 1972 is one of the films, one that remains a.
And at the end there arent many people left standing. The notion of the circus itself as a vehicle for evil speaks of this. Fifteen years later the circus of nights appeared in the plagueridden village and its performers include mitterhouses mistress, children and cousins. Mar 17, 2014 the next season of american horror story will be set at a carnival sounds familiar, doesnt it. Episode, a halfvampire with the ability to transform into mist. Its got the great look and feel of classic hammer horror, and it gets by without lee, cushing and the rest. The next bit of the movie has the circus performing and various people going missing with the townsfolk eventually suspecting the circus. Legend of the 7 golden vampires, the kiss of the vampire, the lust for a vampire. Buy vampire circus 1972 dvd from amazons movies store.
Vampire circus is, in my opinion one of hammers best vampire efforts outside of horror of dracula, and dracula, prince of darkness. In the small, rural community of shettle children are being viciously murdered. This movie has wonderful atmosphere, rather good special. Four men schoolteacher nick miller, doctor john kersh, private investigator chris blaine and local newspaper editor alan michaels track the killer, karl mitterhaus, down in his house up on the hill and impale him with a. The game was designed so that you controlled just a single character out of the five in the party, and the others would. The year 1972 in film involved several significant cinematic events including the release of francis ford coppolas academy awardwinning film, the godfather. Its got recycled sets, home counties woodland posing as mittel europe, dodgy dayfornight shots, unconvincing gore and iffy vampire fangs always with plenty of fillings showing and dollops of nudity and sex which those in front of and behind the camera didnt seem. It was written by judson kinberg, and produced by wilbur stark and michael carreras who was uncredited for hammer film productions. The vampire circus a spirited journey through an abandoned cemetery where an extraordinary circus comes back to life. Youd think this miniepic of vampire mayhem would be impossible to top for sheer peversity and gut impact, but non. A village in nineteenth century europe is at first relieved when a circus breaks through the quarantine to take the locals minds off the plague. 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. Made in 1971 vampire circus was part of a package of films for rank.
An interesting premise as a nineteenth century circus of vampires returns to exact revenge from a small town whose inhabitants killed an ancestor. As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Vampire circus is a brutal film but not everything is shown. Unbeknownst to araragi, each minute he spends trying to retrieve kissshots limbs makes him less of a human and more of a vampire. Go to the bottom of the post to read about a contest to win tickets to vampire circus. Skip martin in vampire circus 1972 thorley walters in vampire circus 1972 skip martin in.
It features adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. The vampire diaries, a onehour american supernatural drama, was renewed for a seventh season by the cw on january 11, 2015, and premiered on october 8, 2015. 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. The 1972 production has seemingly been unavailable for a while, but now synapse films is giving it a sparkling new. The game was designed so that you controlled just a single character out of the five in the party, and the others would be under ai control, although you could switch which of the five you were controlling. 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.
Vampire circus 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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. Vampire circus is a 1971 british horror film, directed by robert young. According to various books on hammer films, this film went over schedule and some key scenes were never filmed. Vampire circus 1972 us pg edition internet archive. In what seems like an exercise in restraint, emil slaughters a room full of students, like some kind of befanged paul calf. These nondracula vampire movies emphasized new stories and characters while tweaking the standard vampire mythos. Our tv guide rated it at zero stars, but time seems to have softened that harsh criticism, and its now regarded as a semiclassic. Starring adrienne corri, laurence payne, anthony higgins, thorley walters, john moulderbrown, lalla ward, robin sachs, lynne frederick, richard owens, david prowse, robert. 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. 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. They have come to schtettel to fulfil the counts last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those. I must admit to not being familiar with the hammer horror film vampire circus.
A village in nineteenth century europe is at first relieved when a circus. Four men schoolteacher nick miller, doctor john kersh, private investigator chris blaine and local newspaper editor alan michaels track the killer, karl mitterhaus, down in his house up on the hill and impale him with a spar of wood. Oct 04, 2012 in the small, rural community of shettle children are being viciously murdered. The films opening scenes take place in the vampire s. It is available on bluray, but i dont have that option. In a small serbian village, the rumors that reclusive nobleman count mitterhaus is a vampire responsible. Cofinanced by independent producer wilbur stark, vampire circus was the last. Sexedup fare like the vampire lovers proved hammer was willing to amp up its adult content to compete with the more extreme fare pouring out of. Jul 20, 2012 vampire circus 1972 theatrical trailer thecultbox. Dec 22, 2010 with vampire circus, the designers took full advantage of the films 19th century setting to produce an absolute masterpiece of set design, but like most good hammer films, the beautiful world created for vampire circus is a sharp contrast to the bloody mayhem that occurs within it.
Co financed by independent producer wilbur stark, vampire circus was the last. The corruption of the innocence is much more overt in vampire circus than any other hammer film. Vampire circus is one of the small treasures of 1970s hammer horror, and unfortunately few people on this side of the pond have had the opportunity to see it. Vampire circus 1972 may raise expectations of morbidly gaunt men who have donned fake red noses and tufts of brilliant crimson hair to distract from their telltale fangs. Hammer films 1972 vampire circus being resurrected on dvd. Robert youngs vampire circus 1972 is one of the films, one that remains a rich, complex horror film, although it suffers a few stumbles that stem from problems in production. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of vampire circus with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. First of a series of great and notable genre flicks that i awkwardly talk over. On march 11, 2016, the cw renewed the vampire diaries for an eighth season, which was confirmed to be the final one on july 2016. With vampire circus, the designers took full advantage of the films 19th century setting to produce an absolute masterpiece of set design, but like most good hammer films, the beautiful world created for vampire circus is a sharp contrast to the bloody mayhem that occurs within it.