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Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood! - Vampire Circus
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Title: Vampire Circus

Release Date: 30 Apr 1972

Runtime: 1h 27m

Genre: Horror

Director: Hammer Film Productions

Production Companies: Hammer Film Productions

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 5.8 (112 votes)

Cast

  • Gypsy Woman: Adrienne Corri
  • Burgermeister: Thorley Walters
  • Emil: Anthony Higgins
  • Anton Kersh: John Moulder-Brown
  • Prof. Albert Mueller: Laurence Payne
  • Dr. Kersh: Richard Owens
  • Dora Mueller: Lynne Frederick
  • Michael: Skip Martin
  • Anna: Domini Blythe
  • Count Mitterhaus: Robert Tayman
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