Nightmare Circus (1974)

Three showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have car trouble and are stuck all night out in the desert. The next morning cheerful Andre offers them help in fixing their car. However, Andre is... See full summary »

Director:

Alan Rudolph

Writers:

Jerald Cormier (story), Roman Valenti (screenplay)

Stars:

Andrew Prine, Manuela Thiess, Sherry Alberoni

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Andrew Prine	...	Andre
Manuela Thiess	...	Simone (as Manuella Thiess)
Sherry Alberoni	...	Sheri
Gyl Roland	...	Corrine
Sheila Bromley	...	Mrs. Baynes (as Shiela Bromley)
Gil Lamb	...	Mr. Alvarez
Al Cormier	...	Sheriff Stanford
Chuck Niles	...	Derek Moore
Jennifer Ashley	...	Flower Child
Laura Campbell	...	Laura
Sonja Dunson	...	Sonja
Karen Fredrik	...	Karene (as Karene Fredrik)
Lin Henson	...	Lin
Jolene Lontere	...	Crazy Girl
Jeane Manson	...	Jean (as Jean Manson)

Storyline

Three showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have car trouble and are stuck all night out in the desert. The next morning cheerful Andre offers them help in fixing their car. However, Andre is really a maniac with a lot of family problems; his mother ran out on him when he was a child so now he keeps kidnapped women chained up in his barn and trains them to perform circus tricks. Andre's father is still around of course, but because the old homestead is next to a nuclear test site he has been transformed into a raving homicidal mutant that Andre keeps locked up in a shed.

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Plot Keywords:

mutant | psychopath | nevada | madman | whipping | 

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Taglines:

Captive young girls... chained... abused... by a Madman!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

August 1974 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barn of the Naked Dead

Filming Locations:

Lancaster, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CMC Pictures Corp.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Star Andrew Prine has been quoted as saying, "This is the only movie I ever regretted making".

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Connections

Referenced in Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)

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Soundtracks

"Evil Eyes"
by Tommy Vig, Harvey Siders, Chuck Niles
Sung by Pamela Miller

User Reviews

where's the naked?

let's see. there is a barn, people do die, and no, the dead don't walk around naked. infact, there's no nudity in the film. at least there wasn't in the video copy that i had. i just remember andrew prine keeping girls in a barn, and some creature going around killing.