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11 October 1972 (USA)
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Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood! more
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A village in Nineteenth Century Europe is at first relieved when a circus breaks through the quarantine to take the local's minds off the plague...
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Great Vampire Flick!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Adrienne Corri | ... | Gypsy Woman | |
| Thorley Walters | ... | Burgermeister | |
| Anthony Higgins | ... | Emil (as Anthony Corlan) | |
| John Moulder-Brown | ... | Anton Kersh | |
| Laurence Payne | ... | Prof. Albert Mueller | |
| Richard Owens | ... | Dr. Kersh | |
| Lynne Frederick | ... | Dora Mueller | |
| Elizabeth Seal | ... | Gerta Hauser | |
| Robin Hunter | ... | Hauser | |
| Domini Blythe | ... | Anna Mueller | |
| Robert Tayman | ... | Count Mitterhaus | |
| John Bown | ... | Schilt | |
| Mary Wimbush | ... | Elvira | |
| Christine Paul-Podlasky | ... | Rosa | |
| Robin Sachs | ... | Heinrich |
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87 min | USA:84 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Germany:18 |
UK:X (original rating) |
France:-12 |
Finland:K-15 (video rating) |
Argentina:18 (re-rating) |
Argentina:X (original rating) |
Australia:R |
Singapore:M18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:PG (certificate #23072)
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According to various books on Hammer films this film went over schedule and some key scenes were never filmed.
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Referenced in The Monster Squad (1987)
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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!