Circus of Horrors (1960)

Directed by

Sidney Hayers

Genre

drama film, horror film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 79 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A plastic surgeon on the run from a botched operation takes over a circus. He uses the performers as subjects for his twisted surgeries.

macabresuspensefulmelodramaticshadowycreepycampydarkly comicgothic

What happens

Circus of Horrors is a 1960 British horror film directed by Sidney Hayers, and starring Anton Diffring, Yvonne Monlaur, Erika Remberg, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Hylton, Conrad Phillips, Yvonne Romain, and Donald Pleasence. It follows a deranged plastic surgeon who changes his identity after botching an operation, and later comes to gain control of a circus that he uses as a front for his surgical exploits. The original screenplay was written by American screenwriter George Baxt. It was released in the UK on April 8, 1960 and in the U.S. on May 11, 1960 by American International Pictures as a double feature with the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood. In some areas in 1960, Circus was shown on a double bill with The Angry Red Planet (1960).. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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