Vampire Circus (1972)
| Release Date | 30 April 1972 |
| Tagline | Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood! |
| Genre | Fantasy, Horror |
| Country | UK |
| Filming Locations | Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Supernatural Horror |
| Themes | Vampires, Criminal's Revenge |
| Tones | Disturbing, Quirky, Tense |
| Tags | Animal, Aristocrat, Battle [war], Blood, Carnival, Dracula, Evil, Kill, Leader, Millage, Murder, Plague, Production [showbiz], Revenge, Small Town, Town, Transformation, Vampire |
Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Young for Hammer Film Productions. It stars Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins (billed as Anthony Corlan). The story concerns a travelling carnival whose vampiric artistes prey on the children of a 19th-century Austrian village. It was filmed at Pinewood Studios.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Thorley Walters
Burgermeister
Laurence Payne
Prof. Albert Mueller
Richard Owens
Dr. Kersh
Robin Hunter
Hauser
Domini Blythe
Anna Mueller
Robert Tayman
Count Mitterhaus
John Bown
Schilt
Mary Wimbush
Elvira
Christine Paul-Podlasky
Rosa
Lalla Ward
Helga
Skip Martin
Michael
Roderick Shaw
Jon Hauser
Barnaby Shaw
Gustav Hauser
Milovan
The Webers - Male Dancer
Serena
The Webers - Female Dancer
Jane Darby
Jenny Schilt
Sibylla Kay
Mrs. Schilt
Dorothy Frere
Granma Schilt
Sean Hewitt
First Soldier
Giles Phibbs
Sexton
Jason James
Foreman
Arnold Locke
Old Villager
Bradforts-Amaros
Anna Bentinck
Schoolgirl
David de Keyser
Mitterhaus's Curse
Nina Francis
Schoolgirl
Drina Pavlovic
Schoolgirl
Jenny Twigge
Schoolgirl
Director
Robert Young
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Writer
Judson Kinberg
George Baxt
story
Wilbur Stark
story
Producer
Wilbur Stark
producer
Michael Carreras
executive producer
Original Music
David Whitaker
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Cinematographer
Moray Grant
Editor
Peter Musgrave
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Casting Director
James Liggat
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Art Director
Scott MacGregor
Makeup Department
Jill Carpenter
makeup artist
Anne McFadyen
hairdressing
Production Manager
Tom Sachs
production manager
Roy Skeggs
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Derek Whitehurst
assistant director
Graham Easton
third assistant director
Lindsey Vickers
second assistant director
Art Department
Arthur Banks
construction manager
Don Picton
assistant art director
Jimmy Carreras
art department runner
Richard Rambaut
chief draughtsman
Edward Rodrigo
props buyer
Danny Skundric
chargehand props
Peter Wallis
stand-by props
Sound Department
Ken Barker
dubbing mixer, sound re-recording mixer
Claude Hitchcock
sound recordist
Roy Hyde
sound editor
Keith Batten
boom operator
Graham V. Hartstone
sound re-recording mixer
Chris Munro
assistant boom operator
Laurie Reed
sound camera operator
Special Effects
Les Bowie
special effects
Stunts
Bradforts-Amaros
stunt doubles: Robin Sachs & Lalla Ward
Camera and Electrical Department
Wally Byatt
camera operator
Peter Carmody
loader, clapper
Ted Lockhart
grip
Bob Smith
focus puller
Vic Smith
gaffer
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brian Owen-Smith
wardrobe supervisor
Editorial Department
Roger Wilson
first assistant editor
Music Department
Philip Martell
music supervisor, musical director
Other Crew
Mary Chipperfield
animal adviser
June Randall
continuity
Adrian Delahaye
unit runner
Frank Law
publicity director
Production Company
Hammer Film Productions
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Rank Organisation, The
Distributor
J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
2 Entertain Video
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox of Germany
Barium Video
Carlton International
Cinematográfica F.J.
Filmax
KOCH Media Deutschland GmbH
MRA Entertainment Group
MTV Home Video
Mad Movies
Works Editora
Miscellaneous
Berliner Synchron
post-synchronization: German dubbed version
Billy Smart's Circus
Bradforts - Amaros by courtesy of
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The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Kiss of the Vampire (1963)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
The Reptile (1966)
To the Devil a Daughter (1976)
Vampire Circus
