Circus of Horrors

1960

Action / Drama / Horror

7
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 42% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 2880 2.9K

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Plot summary

A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

Director

Sidney Hayers Photo
Sidney Hayers

Top cast

Kenny Baker Photo
Kenny Baker as Dwarf
Anton Diffring Photo
Anton Diffring as Dr. Schuler
Walter Gotell Photo
Walter Gotell as Baron Von Gruber
Yvonne Monlaur Photo
Yvonne Monlaur as Nicole Vanet
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845.94 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 3
1.53 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
Approved
Subtitles
24 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Wuchak 7 / 10

***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with stunning women

***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with stunning women, wild animals and devious murders*** A couple years after WW2 an English plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees to France with his two cronies (Kenneth Griffith & Jane Hylton) and ends up going into the circus business. A decade later he has a successful traveling show that’s notorious as 'The Jinxed Circus,' which draws the suspicions of an inspector (Conrad Phillips). “Circus of Horrors” is like a thriller comic book version of “The Greatest Show on Earth” from the early 50s. It’s similar to the later “Circus of Fear,” aka “Psycho-Circus” (1966), which reportedly borrowed some of its circus footage, but this one’s more entertaining. While some of the animals featured are real (lions, horses and a bear) others are glaringly fake (a gorilla and a bear). The story is decidedly comic booky, but the film’s luridly compelling entertainment and recommended for fans of circus flicks and Hammer-esque horror. On the female front it scores off the charts with Colette Wilde (Evelyn), Vanda Hudson (Magda), Erika Remberg (Elissa), Yvonne Romain (Melina) and Yvonne Monlaur (Nicole), all featured in alluring apparel. Donald Pleasence even shows up for a bit part (with hair). It influenced "The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies" from four years later, as well as Joan Crawford's ""Berserk!" So, if you favor those, you'll appreciate this. It runs 1h 28m (or 1h 32m), and was shot Oct-Nov 1959 in the London area at Clapham Common, Old Amersham and Beaconsfield Studios. Billy Smart's Circus provided the tents, accouterments and background performers. GRADE: B
Reviewed by Sierbahnn 6 / 10

Old timey glory There is a lot one

Old timey glory There is a lot one could say about a movie that is over 60 years old, to put it down compared to modern blockbusters, but as far as being a movie this is a good one. Its production value is high (despite some of the hokey animal props/costumes) and the acting is rock-solid. The music is repetitive, which goes with the circus theme, and there are hooks for subplots that never go explored, leaving you with a sense of a bigger world than just the runtime of the movie itself.
Reviewed by Wuchak 7 / 10

***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with myriad beautiful

***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with myriad beautiful women, wild animals and devious murders*** A couple years after WW2 an English plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees to France with his two cronies (Kenneth Griffith & Jane Hylton) and ends up going into the circus business. A dozen years later he has a successful traveling show that’s notorious as The Jinxed Circus, which draws the suspicions of an inspector (Conrad Phillips). “Circus of Horrors” (1960) is like a thriller comic book version of “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952). It’s similar to “Circus of Fear,” aka “Psycho-Circus” (1966), which reportedly borrowed some of its circus footage, but this one’s more entertaining. While some of the animals featured are real (lions, horses and a bear) others are glaringly fake (a gorilla and a bear). The story is decidedly comic booky, but the film’s luridly compelling entertainment and recommended for fans of circus flicks and Hammer-esque horror. On the female front it scores off the charts with Colette Wilde (Evelyn), Vanda Hudson (Magda), Yvonne Monlaur (Nicole), Erika Remberg (Elissa) and Yvonne Romain (Melina), all featured in alluring apparel. Donald Pleasence (with hair) even shows up for a bit part. The movie runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in the London area. GRADE: B-/B
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