Vampire Circus

Vampire Circus
Theatrical release poster by Vic Fair
Directed byRobert Young
Screenplay byJudson Kinberg
Story byGeorge Baxt
Wilbur Stark
Produced byWilbur Stark
Michael Carreras
StarringAdrienne Corri
Anthony Higgins
John Moulder-Brown
Lynne Frederick
Lalla Ward
Robin Sachs
CinematographyMoray Grant
Edited byPeter Musgrave
Music byDavid Whitaker
Production
company
Distributed byRank Film Distributors
(United Kingdom)
20th Century Fox
(United States)
Release date
  • 30 April 1972 (1972-04-30) (UK)[1][2]
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Young and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins.[3] It was written by Judson Kinberg, and produced by Wilbur Stark and Michael Carreras (uncredited) for Hammer Film Productions. The story concerns a travelling circus, the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of a 19th century Serbian village.

  1. ^ Smith, Gary A. (2017). Vampire Films of the 1970s: Dracula to Blacula and Every Fang Between. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 20–21. ISBN 9781476625591.
  2. ^ Meikle, Dennis (2009). A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer (Revised ed.). Scarecrow Press, Inc. p. 258. ISBN 9780810863811.
  3. ^ "Vampire Circus". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 April 2024.