Review of Vampire Circus

Combining vampires with a circus seems like a dodgy filmic proposition but in this movie it definitely works. The circus comes to a town, that suffers under the curse of a slain vampire called Count Mitterhaus, to revive the count and also take revenge on those who killed the count fifteen years earlier. It's a busy film with lots of comings and goings so it does keep one's interest and there are some genuinely creepy moments. The ending is frantic and full of frissons. The movie despite being on a low budget does look good, particularly the doomed village and the special effects are adequate. It does have a sterling cast including Adrienne Corri as the flame-haired head of the circus, Thorley Walters as the troubled Burgermeister, Anthony Higgins (or Corlan) as the seductive vampire Emil and Skip Martin as the scary clown. As Hammer Films go it's an under rated one but but nice to see it is mostly lauded by IMDb reviewers.