Watch Circus of Horrors For Free
Circus of Horrors
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.
Release : | 1960 |
Rating : | 6 |
Studio : | Lynx Films Ltd., |
Crew : | Art Direction, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Anton Diffring Erika Remberg Yvonne Monlaur Donald Pleasence Jane Hylton |
Genre : | Horror Crime |
Watch Trailer
Cast List
Related Movies
Reviews
Too much of everything
Simply Perfect
Fantastic!
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
The film-makers and cast of "Circus of Horrors" are delivering what they advertise. It is an in-your-face, flat-out horror production. It is psycho creepy from the very first opening scenes right thru to the end.The murders are done with imagination and gusto and the body count keeps piling up. In addition the young women are gorgeous and some of them actually can act (the ones that can't-who cares, they still look great). The producers basically say: Folks, you asked for this stuff, we promised it and you are going to get it.It should be noted that the wide-screen color filming is spectacular, the costumes are great and it is all set against the background of a real circus.Diffring proves his superior acting skills here as he does an outstanding, surprisingly convincing job as the doctor seeking perfection in weird ways. Whether this type of role or as villains one word can summarize Diffring's acting: effective. You might recall (I believe it was Where Eagles Dare) his chilling delivery of the line "I shall personally rearrange this officer's splints". He's very effective always.This film is entertaining, psycho-nutty, a bit different and beautiful to look at. Don't miss it.
I first saw this movie when it was released in 1960. I was 16 at the time and have always remembered the film. At the time I thought the movie was the most interesting one I ever saw. It had pretty sexy girls, horror and one of the best movie songs I had ever heard. I am watching now as I write this review. It still has all those things and it has held up all these years. The acting was very good for this type of movie as well as a good script. The movie is in color which also was very impressive. I can say for a movie that is thought as a horror film it has plenty to offer. The Circus of Horrors title may be a little misleading to some, it is much more that the title suggests.
Sometimes when watching these things you can see the napkin that started the whole thing, and the scribbling on it.Circus. Check. These are one of the most flexible and cinematic settings. We've seen many different things successfully done in circus movies. There's something about the abstraction of this type of performance in the performance of a film that works.Mad scientist. Check. Gotta have one. Somehow he causes the terror.Beautiful women. Check. All from roughly the same mold, literally. Then you can see the writer sort of disintegrating after that, because there is no obvious way to mix these three. The solution is a mess. What you have is a world famous plastic surgeon on the run for some reason, and he decides to take over a circus for cover. For cover? Then he finds beautiful, shapely young women with facial damage. He fixes their faces, and enlists them to perform in the circus. The horror? Well, if they want to leave, they suffer lethal "accidents."Yes, its that lame, including a guy in a cheap bear suit who finishes off the doctor.All through it, we yearn for that napkin.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.
While the cinematography in this one is somewhat lacking, the story is genuinely atmospheric, although it felt more like an exploitation film than what it was. The development of the characters and their relation to the plot is what is so memorable about this one. Our star is to be hated, reviled, that much is clear from the onset, but once that has been set in our minds, this work really delivers, in a Sigourney Weaver kind of way. I can't really say more than that without giving away the plot and the ending, so I won't.If you're into retro-horror, this is a definite must see. It's not the best horror, but it is probably one of the best ever done by the British.It rates a 7.2/10 from...the Fiend :.