Circus of Horrors

Circus of Horrors

5.8IMDb Score
Released:1960-04-01
Genre:Horror, Crime
Duration:88 min
Country:United Kingdom
Director:Sidney Hayers
Actors:Anton Diffring, Erika Remberg, Yvonne Monlaur, Donald Pleasence, Jane Hylton
Production:Lynx Films Ltd.

Overview:

A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.

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