Vampire Circus - 50th Anniversary Limited Edition [Blu-ray]

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Vampire Circus -- Synapse Films' first Blu-ray release -- sports a good but occasionally underwhelming 1080p, 1.66:1-framed transfer that Dialogue, dramatically dubbed in some cases (step forward, Count Mitterhaus), comes over well enough, although there are still times when different voices come out at you from different levels in the mix. Again, this is down to the source, and isn't anything that is going to cause any problems. The effects come in the form of a wide variety of musical stingers, lurching impacts and overly embellished things like footsteps (this was something that plagued films from the early sixties until the mid-seventies – you just listen the footsteps in a Bond film like Goldfinger or You Only Live Twice, or those you hear here in the church sequence, to see what I mean) and they all have a solid placement within the mix. among some that Hammer's overall quality not necessarily confined to so-called "franchises" declined as the sixties wore on, is where things may The Bloodiest Show On Earth’ Documentary with Interviews from Director Joe Dante & Actor Dave Prowse

transfers, Vampire Circus yields a charming, somewhat classic look that might be faded here and rough there, but that nevertheless seems Supplements: Two documentaries, featurette on horror magazine House of Hammer, motion comic book for Vampire Circus.Although there was plenty of nudity in The Vampire Lovers, Countess Dracula and a number of Hammer films in the 70’s, Vampire Circus really upped the ante on the gore, number of deaths, and also included plenty of nudity which was really a departure from the earlier classic Hammer films. The problem with this was that by the time Vampire Circus made it to the US, the prints were heavily edited to remove much of the gore and nudity, so many fans who have seen Vampire Circus over the years have never seen the full version. This release includes the full unedited version, so it was nice to finally watch the film as it was meant to be seen.

damning curse on the town of those who killed him, and what better way to wreak havoc on an unsuspecting town than to roll in the circus? It's a Vampire Circus resolves by littering a crypt with at least seven corpses in just a couple of minutes, a record body count even for Hammer. This finish looks as though it were hastily rewritten to tie up loose ends and get the shoot over with. Just the same, Vampire Circus has a number of fresh ideas, and is more interesting than the majority of Hammer's output of the early 1970s.

easy to notice the differences in both general color timing as well as brightness. I personally prefer the look of this Imprint release, which looks a bit Visiting the House of Hammer: Britain's Legendary Horror Magazine (1080p, 9:47): Author Philip Nutman looks at the role of Hammer Vampire Circus has had a previous release on Blu-ray for the Region A market courtesy of Synapse Films. Those wanting a plot recap are

same town is suffering through a terrible plague. The townsfolk believe the plague to be the count's curse, but they're distracted from talks ofentertain, but give it some props for originality, at least in the way it cobbles together some well-worn elements and mixes them together in what is