Lust for a vampire original theatrical trailer 1971. Still, shes been taken in by the vamp and isnt looking back. Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of count mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. Vampire circus 1972 is a vampire horror movie starring adrienne corri and thorley walters. The vampire circus 1972 end credits by david whitaker duration. An anita blake, vampire hunter novel anita blake, vampire. The vampire circus miami beach, florida 33018 rated 4.
I first saw the film in a heavily edited broadcast version way back in the early 1980s, and, as a result of the wholesale edits, found the movie something of an incomprehensible mess. The villagers of schtetel find that the vampire count mitterhouse has abducted a young girl from the village and drunken her blood as well as seduced the wife of one of the villagers. Links go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy it at buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy this soundtrack from. Vampire circus 1972 us pg edition topics hammer film, horror language english. It was written by judson kinberg, and produced by wilbur stark and michael carreras who was uncredited for hammer film productions. Vampire and childabductor robert tayman is caught and killed by townspeople. The vampire circus has been called a mix of circus and theater and is the result of a fusion of tim burton and cirque du soleil, the media mentioned us the vampire circus is a phenomenal night of live entertainment, based on the multidisciplinary skills of international.
The story concerns a travelling circus, the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of a 19th. As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Ships first class tracking vampire circus 1972 bluraydvd combo brand new. Vampire circus 1972 vampire circus 1972 gene phillips. Of all of hammer films admittedly inconsistent 1970s offerings, none fascinate or entertain me as much as 1972svampire circus. Vampire circus was a gauntletlike type of game full of vampires and zombies planned for nintendo 64 by zed two who started working on it in 1996. It speaks well of synapse films, a boutique label dedicated to cult films like this, that they would scoop bigger labels with more exploitable hammer titles, and with a fine highdef presentation and scads of good extras to boot. I finally got my hands on it and i feel that i have somehow found the holy grail or something. A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century austrian village.
Back in 1972, hammer studios found itself in a good and bad place as far as vampire movies go. Watch vampire circus 1972 online for free the roku. A village in nineteenth century europe is at first relieved when a circus breaks through the quarantine to take the locals minds off the plague. By 1971, after nine vampire films, hammer had begun to move away from the gothic symbolism of the traditional dracula tale to explore new aesthetics and settings. The us pg rated release with nudity and some gore cut.
These films all attempted to do something different with the vampire formula with varying levels of critical success. Thorley walters in vampire circus 1972 skip martin in vampire circus 1972. Dec 29, 2017 last night, as i lay down to detox before i bed, i opted to put on the 1972 hammer horror classic vampire circus, a late period offering from the studio that i have long loved. Populated by a motley collection of offthewall characters and incomparable acrobats, the vampire circus is a visual vortex set in a twisted acrobatic fantasy universe where, little by little, chaos and craziness give way to a true celebration at the vampire circus. Vampire circus begins with an exciting 12minute precredits prologue that plays like a short feature. In the small, rural community of shettle children are being viciously murdered. About spookyflix admin administrator for spookyflix. Robert youngs vampire circus 1972 is one of the films, one that remains a rich, complex horror film, although it suffers a few stumbles that stem from problems in production. Vampire circus is a brutal film but not everything is shown. Fifteen years later the circus of nights appeared in the plagueridden village and its performers include mitterhouses mistress, children and cousins. I dont remember vampire circus playing at the theater because by 1972 movies were losing their appeal to me. Vampire circus 1972 is the first hammer horror film released to bluray anywhere in the world. Vampire circus, while not among the best of the seventies hammer films in terms of its story, boasts a far stronger visual style than most films in that oeuvre. Vampire circus 1972 open with anna domini blythe bringing jenny jane derby, a very young blonde girl to the castle of childkilling vampire count mitterhaus robert tayman.
Vampire circus 1972 3 subtitles downloaded 62 times. I had been looking for it for the longest time having heard nothing but good things about this uncommon vampire movie. The vampire as sexual metaphor gets a unique workout in hammers 1972 vampire circus. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. Large database of subtitles for movies, tv series and anime at opensubtitles. I remember renting a vhs version in the mid 80s and enjoying vampire circus. Not sure why vampire circus isnt mentioned when people talk about the best hammer movies, because it certainly deserves to be. Vampire circus is a hammer horror film from the early seventies. Vampire circus a look back at 1972 we are movie geeks. The lesbianoriented karnstein trilogy of films the vampire lovers 1970, lust for a vampire 1971, twins of evil 1971 were also disappointing.
Hammer films vampire circus1972uncut87mbritish version. Anna is already married to schoolmaster albert mueller laurence payne. Just when it seemed that they had played out the vampire theme altogether, hammer came up with what may be the best of the lot, an often overlooked film entitled vampire circus 1972. The game was designed so that you controlled just a single character out of the five in the party, and the others would. Robert youngs vampire circus 1972 is one of the films, one that remains a rich, complex horror film, although it suffers a few stumbles that. Gallery of 14 movie poster and cover images for vampire circus 1972.
Jul 20, 2012 vampire circus 1972 theatrical trailer thecultbox. Pedophilia permeates the acts of count mitterhaus, who is killed in the prelude by the parents of a serbian village avenging their slaughtered and seduced children. Vampire circus is a 1971 british horror film, directed by robert young for hammer horror productions. Vampire circus 1978 as the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. But my favorite talent in vampire circus is the aforementioned tiger woman. Vampire circus places the bloodsuckers in a more mythical, fairytale milieu, and the circus of nights provides entertainment of a magical kind with an erotic, hypnotic show featuring shape shifting, seminaked writhing dancers and a. After a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel. As a late teen i preferred just hanging out to watching anything other than a rock concert. After a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, count mitterhouse. Alternatively, use the tick boxes to select only the releases you wish to view and then click apply filter. This movie has wonderful atmosphere, rather good special.
Human fangs ripping throats no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood after a spate of murders, the villagers of schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, count mitterhouse. Human fangs ripping throats no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood. And i immediately recalled the first time i saw this film and the berserk lengths i went to in order to see it. Even if you dont like horror films though, it is worth watching just to get a laugh at count mitterhaus shirt. Vampire circus 1972 hindi dual audio 400mb unrated brrip 720p hevc.
The latest from hammer films is the oddity vampire circus, an eccentric film that mixes a traveling circus sideshow story with vampire lore, resulting a bizarre but original fantasy. Vampire circus is a cult classic hammer horror movie that has long been soughtafter on dvd. With adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins, john moulderbrown. Vampire circus subtitles 20 subtitles download movie and.
Four men schoolteacher nick miller, doctor john kersh, private investigator chris blaine and local newspaper editor alan michaels track the killer, karl mitterhaus, down in his house up on the hill and impale him with a. On the one hand, they were pretty close to having squeezing every drop they could out of both dracula and carmilla. In his directorial debut robert young has a lot of story to tell and gives vampire circus a crazy, breathless pace. A village in 19th century europe is invaded by a traveling circus. Its got an interesting setup, the vampires feast quite a bit and there are some. For years, synapse films has been releasing numerous diverse films from various countries and genres on dvd, but for their 100th release, the company unleashes a longawaited classic horror title from none other than britains hammer films. But their troubles are only beginning as children begin to. Synapse films has used the occasion of vampire circuss recovery to make its entry into the world of bluray, with a bluraydvd combopack edition the dvd is not sold alone, only in concert with the bluray. Vampire circus is one of those hard to find, elusive hammer vampire flicks. And at the end there arent many people left standing.
Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret. Vampire circus 1972 bluray remux 1080p avc dtshd ma 2. Delightfully smashing taboos right from the opening scene, vampire circus features a nowlegendary opening 12minute, precredit sequence that still stands as the most powerful, barnstorming curtain raiser in the companys history. An interesting premise as a nineteenth century circus of vampires returns to exact revenge from a small town whose inhabitants killed an ancestor. As usual the studio manages to create a lot of period atmosphere and chills on, one assumes, not a very large budget, and like most of their movies the acting is uniformly good. Vampire circus is, in my opinion one of hammers best vampire efforts outside of horror of dracula, and dracula, prince of darkness. We saw it in panama, tickets were expensive but the. Vampire circus 1972 us pg edition topics hammer film.
Vampire circus 1972 hindi dual audio 400mb unrated brrip. It is also one of my favourites, so i welcomed the synapse edition. The movie is really creepy, as is established in the prologue scene, which has a count who likes to suck little girls even younger than dolores haze. A village in nineteenth century europe is at first relieved when a circus. Traveling performers take revenge against the serbian villagers whose ancestors killed their leader 100 years ago. Vampire circus is an island in the hammer vampire country, being part of neither the dracula nor the karnstein canon. At the beginning of the film the camera pans in on a man who is sitting reading a book in the woods on a nice sunny day.
Vampire circus 1972 by spookyflix admin june 27, 2019 6. The vampire circus a spirited journey through an abandoned cemetery where an extraordinary circus comes back to life. The sins of the fathers and mothers return upon both the victims and the victimizers. Movies like vampire circus 1972 hysterical 1983 faceless 1987 devils harvest 2003 the sorority 2006 agnosia 2010 black journal 1977 curse of alcatraz 2007 straitjacket 1964 sunset society 2018 demonoid. Then theres the truly original vampire circus, which failed to make money but gained a following. Staring anthony corlan, laurence payne, thorley walters and lynne frederick. Thankfully, those looking for a restored and unedited version have to wait no longer, as synapse films has released a fantastic version of vampire circus on bluray and dvd. Disastrous attempts were even made to contemporise dracula with the ridiculous dracula a. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony.
Cinematography moray grant film editor peter musgrave. Made in 1971 vampire circus was part of a package of films for rank. As the plague runs rampant throughout the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a traveling circus, and children begin to disappear. Movie titles and typography from vampire circus 1972, directed by robert young, starring adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins. Youd think this miniepic of vampire mayhem would be impossible to top for sheer peversity and gut impact, but non. The circus strongman is played silent and scary by david prowse who played the frankenstein monster for hammer in horror of frankenkenstein in 1970. It features adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. Lust for a vampire original theatrical trailer 1971 duration. The films opening act presents the ending of a standard hammer vampire film. Oct 04, 2012 in the small, rural community of shettle children are being viciously murdered. The guilty free full movie bill pullman, joanne whalley duration. In what seems like an exercise in restraint, emil slaughters a room full of students, like some kind of befanged paul calf.
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