Monday, 12 February 2018
334 Vampire Circus ( 1972 )
Without Lee or Cushing, Hammer came up with a new twist on the vampire theme with a circus of vampires coming to town to exact revenge. This has some good ideas but has too many characters and a disjointed narrative making it rather exhausting to watch.
Count Mitterhaus ( Robert Tayman ) is a lusty young vampire destroyed by vengeful villagers after killing a child. He wreaks vengeance through a circus led by one of his disciples and out to destroy the offspring of his tormentors.
Adrienne Corri ( as Gypsy Woman )
Sex : Some cleavage
Death : Has her throat slashed by Emil
Adrienne gets top billing in this one.
Lynne Frederick ( as Dora Muller )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Lynne was a young actress best remembered for her marriage to the much older Peter Sellers. She gave up acting after his death in 1980 and became an alcoholic. She died in 1994 aged 39.
Elisabeth Seal ( as Gerta )
Sex : No
Death : Drained of blood by Emil
Elisabeth was originally from Italy and made her name in musical theatre. Other acting work was sporadic but continued into the early noughties. She is now 84.
Domini Blythe ( as Anna )
Sex : Anna is MItterhaus's mistress
Death : morphs into Adrienne Corri's character
Domini was born in Cheshire and this was her first film. she emigrated to Canada in the same year the film was released and enjoyed a successful career there while also teaching drama. She died in 2010 aged 63.
Lalla Ward ( as Helga )
Sex : No
Death : Impaled by a giant crucifix
Lalla ( originally Sarah ) was the daughter of a viscount. This was the first of few films she made. She is most famous as the second Romana in Dr Who alongside her future husband Tom Baker. She has done little acting since leaving the series , taking up with militant atheist Richard Dawkins and concentrating on writing. She is now 66.
Christina Paul ( as Rosa )
Sex : Rosa has sex with Emil
Death : Drained of blood by Emil
Christine was an Anglo-Polish bit part actress who disappeared after a regular role in a BBC drama series World's End in 1981. She re-kindled her career in Poland in 2003, She is now 69.
Jane Darby ( as Jenny )
Sex : n/a
Death : Drained of blood by Mitterhaus
This was Jane's only film.
Serena ( as Tiger woman )
Sex : She dances naked but for body paint
Death : Drained of blood ( offscreen )
Serena featured in two other films as a stripper.
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