Anton Diffring

Erika Remberg

Yvonne Monlaur

Donald Pleasence

Jane Hylton

Kenneth Griffith

Conrad Phillips

Jack Gwillim

Vanda Hudson

Yvonne Romain

Colette Wilde

William Mervyn

Peter Swanwick

Carla Challoner

Kenny Baker

Walter Gotell

Kenneth J. Warren

Jack Carson

Glyn Houston

Reg Thomason

Arthur Dibbs

Reginald Mills

Douglas Slocombe

Sidney Hayers

George Baxt

Leslie Parkyn

Samuel Z. Arkoff

Julian Wintle

Norman Priggen

Franz Reizenstein

Muir Mathieson

Len Page

Maude Onslow

Trevor Crole-Rees

Ken Cameron

Jack Shampan

Morris Angel

Lionel Selwyn

Vi Murray

Harry Ledger

Charles Permane

Horror

Crime

Circus of Horrors

Lynx Films Ltd.

United Kingdom

English

***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

Circus Of Horrors (1960) - Official Trailer

John Landis on CIRCUS OF HORRORS

Circus of Horrors

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