For the British circus show, see The Circus of Horrors.
Circus of Horrors
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Sidney Hayers
Screenplay by
George Baxt
Produced by
Leslie Parkyn Julian Wintle
Starring
Anton Diffring
Erika Remberg
Yvonne Monlaur
Cinematography
Douglas Slocombe
Edited by
Reginald Mills
Music by
Franz Reizenstein
Muir Mathieson
Production company
Lynx Films Limited
Distributed by
Anglo-Amalgamated
American International Pictures (US)
Release dates
8 April 1960 (1960-04-08) (London)[1]
11 May 1960 (1960-05-11) (Los Angeles)[2]
Running time
87 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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. Set in 1947, 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 United States by American International Pictures as a double feature with The Angry Red Planet.
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