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Vampire Circus

1972 · 87 min

A slow, eerie Hammer horror that feels like a dark fairy tale, with a creeping sense of doom and occasional camp flourishes.

Tagline
Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood!
Overview
After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • family
  • survival
  • corruption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour2
Realism3
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Robert Young
Written by
Judson Kinberg
Starring
Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Anthony Higgins, John Moulder-Brown, Laurence Payne, Richard Owens, Lynne Frederick, Skip Martin
Music
David Whitaker
Cinematography
Moray Grant
Runtime
87 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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