---
title: 'Circus of Horrors (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Hayers'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/circus-of-horrors-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053717/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Circus of Horrors (1960)

1960 · 87 min · Drama, Horror · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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. 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 Kingdom on 8 April 1960 and in the United States on 11 May 1960 by American International Pictures as a double feature with the Roger Corman film A Bucket of Blood. In some areas in 1960, Circus was shown on a double bill with The Angry Red Planet (1960)..

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Hayers](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-hayers)
- **Screenplay:** [George Baxt](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-baxt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franz Reizenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-reizenstein), [Muir Mathieson](https://cinepixo.com/people/muir-mathieson)
- **Producer:** [Julian Wintle](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-wintle), [Leslie Parkyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslie-parkyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Reginald Mills](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-mills)

## Cast

- [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring)
- [Erika Remberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/erika-remberg)
- [William Mervyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-mervyn)
- [Fred Haggerty](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-haggerty)
- [Conrad Phillips](https://cinepixo.com/people/conrad-phillips)
- [Peter Swanwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-swanwick)
- [Kenneth Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-griffith)
- [Yvonne Monlaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-monlaur)
- [John Merivale](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-merivale)
- [Walter Gotell](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-gotell)
- [Jack Gwillim](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-gwillim)
- [Yvonne Romain](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-romain)
- [Jane Hylton](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-hylton)
- [Kenny Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenny-baker)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)

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