Vampire Circus – Movie Review
Director: Robert Young
Writer: Jud Kinberg (Screenplay)
Writer: George Baxt, Wilbur Stark (Story)
Cast
- Adrienne Corri (Doctor Zhivago)
- Thorley Walters (Murder She Said)
- Anthony Higgins (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
- John Moulder-Brown
- Laurence Payne
Plot: As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret.
Runtime: 1 Hour 27 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Vampire Circus starts when a small village destroys the local vampire holding them hostage for years. However, he swears revenge and 20 years later a circus arrives in town. They are unwelcome to start with but entertain the crowds.
However, they soon start selecting the children/young adults of the people who killed the Count. They have been planning for years, and the battle to survive is on.
Verdict on Vampire Circus
Vampire Circus is a horror thriller that follows a small village that has become the curse of a vampire. A circus has arrived to get revenge on them, and they must think of a new way to defeat the creatures.
This movie plays into the medieval battle between good and evil, with vampires and shapeshifting creatures. It uses a small town’s paranoia to drive the story, as they search for answers to something which can’t be explained. There is creative peril, seductive nature and everything you would expect from a 70s horror. It leads to the idea that good will defeat evil, however often it comes for them. All while keeping with the era to make us see the problems with medeival battles between the two.
Final Thoughts – Vampire Circus is a fun 70s horror movie.