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Vampire Circus (1972)

Vampire Circus poster
Directed by
Robert Young
Genre
horror film, vampire film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 132 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A traveling circus comes to a 19th century Serbian village. The circus performers are vampires and they start preying on the local children.

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What happens

Vampire Circus is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Young and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters and Anthony Higgins. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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