Berserk ( Berserk! ) ( Circus of Terror (Circus of Blood) )

Berserk (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Berserk!
Alternate Title: Circus of Terror (Circus of Blood)
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Jim O'Connolly

Written By:
Herman Cohen
Aben Kandel

Actors:
Joan Crawford ..... Monica Rivers
Ty Hardin ..... Frank Hawkins
Diana Dors ..... Matilda
Michael Gough ..... Dorando
Judy Geeson ..... Angela Rivers
Robert Hardy ..... Supt. Brooks
Geoffrey Keen ..... Commissioner Dalby
Sydney Tafler ..... Harrison Liston
George Claydon ..... Bruno
Philip Madoc ..... Lazlo
Ambrosine Phillpotts ..... Miss Burrows
Thomas Cimarro ..... Gaspar
Peter Burton ..... Gustavo
Golda Casimir ..... Bearded Lady
Ted Lune ..... Skeleton Man

Synopsis:

Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford), is the owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus and who'll stop at nothing to draw bigger audiences. When a series of mysterious murders begins to occur and some of her performers die gruesomely, her profits soar. She hires high-wire walker Frank Hawkins (Ty Hardin), impressed by the handsome and muscular young man. They begin an affair which arouses her previous lover Durando's (Michael Gough) jealousy. When Durando is found dead shortly afterward, the other performers begin to take alarm, as a mysterious killer is obviously loose in their midst. Many suspect Monica herself of the killings, especially Matilda (Diana Dors), who has set her sights on Monica's new lover. At this point, Monica's unruly, sixteen-year-old daughter Angela (Judy Geeson), is expelled from school for being incorrigible and Monica is forced to take her into the circus, allowing her to become the partner of knife-thrower Gustavo (Peter Burton). Meanwhile, the dead bodies continue to pile up...

One of the lower points of Joan Crawford's latter-day career curve (though nothing to compare with the later embarrassment of Trog!), this lurid, low-rent thriller nevertheless gives Crawford the opportunity to chew acres of scenery in a campy Marlene Dietrich-style get-up. She portrays the ringmaster of a cheesy traveling circus troupe whose stars are being whacked in a variety of flamboyant ways (many of which are depicted in the garish trailer, particularly Michael Gough's spike-in-the-head scene). Despite the exploitation potential in this lurid Grand Guignol scenario, this film is fairly light on scares or gore - and far too heavy on circus stock footage. A sequel of sorts to producer Herman Cohen's Horrors of the Black Museum, this one is a slight improvement, thanks to Crawford's outrageous, over-the-top performance.

Monica Rivers, is the owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus and who'll stop at nothing to draw bigger audiences…

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 04 February, 2009.

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