Psycho-Circus

Original title: Circus of Fear

19661966
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 31m

A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

5.4/10

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Directors
- Werner Jacobs(german version)
- John Llewellyn Moxey(english language version)
Writers
- Harry Alan Towers(screenplay)
- Edgar Wallace(novel "The Three Just Man")
Stars

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Christopher Lee in Circus of Fear (1966)

Christopher Lee, Heinz Drache, and Suzy Kendall in Circus of Fear (1966)

Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Skip Martin, and Anthony Newlands in Circus of Fear (1966)

Directors
- Werner Jacobs(german version)
- John Llewellyn Moxey(english language version)
Writers
- Harry Alan Towers(screenplay)
- Edgar Wallace(novel "The Three Just Man") (uncredited)
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A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

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Taglines
- The most horrifying syndicate of evil in history!
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
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Trivia
The only double the producers could find for Sir Christopher Lee was the circus' real lion tamer, who Lee described as being "half my height". In order to make the situation credible, 6'4" tall Lee was shot in close-up, so the height differential would not be too obvious to the audience. According to Lee, he wore a black mask through 90% of the movie anyway.

Goofs
In the main robbery scene, there are twelve extremely large bags of money, but later at the end the Scotland Yard detective says "well we recovered the money, but not the murderer" and all of the stolen money has been condensed into one ordinary suitcase.

Quotes
Barberini: Two years ago he was involved in a serious accident and very badly scarred. He carries on the act in the family tradition but never without the mask.

Alternate versions
Video version entitled Circus of Fear includes new footage and introduction with John Carradine.

Connections
Edited from Circus of Horrors (1960)

Top review

6/10

robbery against the backdrop of Tower Bridge

This is likable but perhaps in the end a little too keen to confuse. With more sex and violence this would have been a giallo and we would have worried less about one after the other being made to appear the guilty one. Great start with robbery against the backdrop of Tower Bridge and we proceed with a fantastic little river trip amidst the docks that were. Hard now to recall just how dismal, dirty and downright depressing some of these bits of London were in the early sixties. Great to see now though and contrast with today.

The story slows as we go to the circus but there are plenty of period vehicles and fairly interesting turns to watch. Klaus Kinski, and Suzy Kendall have far too little to do and whilst not wishing to spoil anything, what a strange part for Christopher Lee!

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