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From TMDb members · 2 total- Wuchak7/10
***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with myriad beautiful women, wild animals and devious murders*** A couple years after WW2 an English plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees to France with his two cronies (Kenneth Griffith & Jane Hylton) and ends up going into the circus bus…
- Sierbahnn6/10
Old timey glory There is a lot one could say about a movie that is over 60 years old, to put it down compared to modern blockbusters, but as far as being a movie this is a good one. Its production value is high (despite some of the hokey animal props/costumes) and the acting is…
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Circus of Horrors
“Spectacular Towering Terror! One man's lust...made men into beasts, stripped women of their souls!”
58%
Movie
1h 28m
AI Analysis
Circus of Horrors (1960) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Circus of Horrors (1960) — a movie tagged as Horror and Crime with dark and offbeat moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~88 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Circus of Horrors 58% (79 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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Circus of Horrors suits viewers who want a dark and offbeat film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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from 79 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1960-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 27405
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A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leav... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for Circus of Horrors is approximately 88 minutes.
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Cast
Anton Diffring
Dr. Schuler
Erika Remberg
Elissa Caro
Yvonne Monlaur
Nicole Vanet
Donald Pleasence
Vanet
Jane Hylton
Angela
Kenneth Griffith
Martin
Conrad Phillips
Inspector Arthur Ames
Jack Gwillim
Supt. Andrews
Vanda Hudson
Magda von Meck
Yvonne Romain
Melina
- C
Colette Wilde
Evelyn Morley
William Mervyn
Dr. Morley
Peter Swanwick
Inspector Knopf
- C
Carla Challoner
Nicole (as a Child)
Kenny Baker
Dwarf
Walter Gotell
Baron Von Gruber
Kenneth J. Warren
First Roustabout
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Jack Carson
Chief Eagle Eye
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***Lurid, comic booky circus flick with myriad beautiful women, wild animals and devious murders*** A couple years after WW2 an English plastic surgeon (Anton Diffring) flees to France with his two cronies (Kenneth Griffith & Jane Hylton) and ends up going into the circus business. A dozen years later he has a successful traveling show that’s notorious as The Jinxed Circus, which draws the suspicions of an inspector (Conrad Phillips). “Circus of Horrors” (1960) is like a thriller comic book version of “The Greatest Show on Earth” (1952). It’s similar to “Circus of Fear,” aka “Psycho-Circus” (1966), which reportedly borrowed some of its circus footage, but this one’s more entertaining. While some of the animals featured are real (lions, horses and a bear) others are glaringly fake (a gorilla and a bear). The story is decidedly comic booky, but the film’s luridly compelling entertainment and recommended for fans of circus flicks and Hammer-esque horror. On the female front it scores off the charts with Colette Wilde (Evelyn), Vanda Hudson (Magda), Yvonne Monlaur (Nicole), Erika Remberg (Elissa) and Yvonne Romain (Melina), all featured in alluring apparel. Donald Pleasence (with hair) even shows up for a bit part. The movie runs 1 hour, 28 minutes, and was shot in the London area. GRADE: B-/B
Old timey glory There is a lot one could say about a movie that is over 60 years old, to put it down compared to modern blockbusters, but as far as being a movie this is a good one. Its production value is high (despite some of the hokey animal props/costumes) and the acting is rock-solid. The music is repetitive, which goes with the circus theme, and there are hooks for subplots that never go explored, leaving you with a sense of a bigger world than just the runtime of the movie itself.
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