Vampire Circus

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Ollie W Really difficult to follow. Couldn’t really tell what was going on half the time. Pretty repetitive. None of the Hammer films are scary but they usually have some charm. This one was just confused and stupid. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review BigD J Typical boring, dry British style film, as most from 70’s-80’s are. But hey, there’s chi chis and some cool ambiance scenes Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/01/24 Full Review Thom G A campy vampire movie with a great atmosphere. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/24 Full Review Audience Member Thank God for 70s horror Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/13/21 Full Review Audience Member Vampire Circus has a strange blend of elements. The vampire Count in the opening scene looks like a glam rocker who tried to turn his bangs into a widow's peak. The circus that arrives to aid him in fulfilling his curse is complete with a dwarf clown, a loin-cloth-wearing strong man, erotic dancers, and shapeshifting leopard vampire, cousin to the count. The special effects are less than acceptable especially in a laughable leopard attack scene and the characters stretch what can be used as a vampire-repelling cross. Still the movie is enjoyable even if it isn't a standout of the genre, with some eerie mirror tricks and a shocking beginning. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Ever since Polidori's "The Vampyre," and culturally codified in Stoker's "Dracula," vampires, with their gothic mansions and flowing capes, have long been associated with the secretive (which is to say: Jewish) elite feasting on the poor, stealing their lifeblood to maintain their power. Here, however in this campy Hammer oddity—a better take on the folkloric creature than more serious films—the trope (like a bat hanging from the ceiling) gets turned on its head: The people have risen up and cast off the shackles of their oppression at the hands of the wealthy and undead, only now to be threatened by (now as wandering Jews) the abject outcasts, freaks and entertainers, curly haired and sensually animalistic. As if shifting, avant la lettre, Postman's "Amusing Ourselves to Death" from science fiction to the horror genre, lowbrow spectacle and tricks of editing become the thing that threatens society as vampires suck up our attention and and command our gaze to the mirrors that, like TV screens, present but do not reflect the undead. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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