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Vampire Circus (Blu-ray) (1972)
Human fangs ripping throats - no sawdust can soak up the torrent of blood!Director: Robert Young
Year of Copyright: 1971
Year of Production: 1971
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray)
* The Film
Isolated Music and Effects Track (in DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0)
"The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus" 2010 documentary (32:39)
"Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horror" 2010 featurette (15:07)
"Revisiting the House of Hammer: Britain's Legendary Horror Magazine" 2010 featurette (9:47)
Vampire Circus Interactive Comic Book (3:15)
"Vampire Circus" Motion Comic Book (3:15)
Animated Still and Poster Gallery (1:58)
Theatrical Trailer (2:32)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:DISC ONE "Countess Dracula"
DISC TWO "Hands of the Ripper"
DISC THREE "Twins of Evil"
DISC FOUR "Vampire Circus"
* The Film
(1.) Audio Commentary with critics Kim Newman and Stephen Jones (2021)
(2.) Audio Commentary with Hammer historians Jonathan Rigby and Kevin Lyons (2021)
Isolated Music and Effects Track in LPCM 2.0
"The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus" 2010 documentary (32:39)
"Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horrors" 2010 featurette (15:17)
"Revisiting The House of Hammer: Britain's Legendary Horror Magazine" 2010 featurette (9:47)
"Behind the Mirror: The Secret History of Vampire Circus" 2021 featurette (23:14)
"Blood and Circuses" 2021 interview with director Robert Young (40:20)
"Vampire Victim" 2021 interview with actress Sibylla Kay (4:15)
"Cutting Hammer Horror" 2014 interview with editor Peter Musgrave (9:08)
Animated Stills and Poster Gallery (1:58)
Vampire Circus Motion Comic Book (3:15)
Theatrical Trailer (2:29)
DISC FIVE
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Subtitles:English HoH
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English LPCM 2.0 mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:The line "I don’t know how to thank you" is intact and included.
Audio Commentaries and Isolated Music and Effects Track are presented in LPCM 2.0.
All bonus features in HD and in English (without subtitles).
Four keep cases in a hardbox case, limited to 2500 copies. -
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Extras:Theatrical Trailer
Image Gallery
BD-ROM: Comic -
Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by film historians Dr. Rolf Giesen and Volker Kronz (2019, in German) (2019)
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Extras:"The Bloodiest Show on Earth: Making Vampire Circus" 2010 documentary (32:38)*
"Gallery of Grotesqueries: A Brief History of Circus Horror" 2010 featurette (15:07)*
"Revisiting the House of Hammer: Britain's Legendary Horror Magazine" 2010 featurette (9:48)*
British Theatrical Trailer (2:34)
Reconstructed German Theatrical Trailer (2:20)
German Super 8 Version (23:56)
French Advertising Materials (0:31)
Dutch Advertising Materials (0:17)
German Press Booklet (2:19)
German Comic Adaptation (12:04)
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Subtitles:German
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Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
Australia has the isolated music and effects track, the line of dialogue missing from the ITV master on the Synapse and Koch editions (see below), and the best set of extras.
Also available from:
- Elephant Films (France)
- iCatcher (Germany)
- Pidax (Germany)
- Strawberry Media (UK)
GENERAL NOTES:
At roughly 29:50-30:00 on the MGM/ITV HD masters, the line "I don’t know how to thank you," spoken over the shot of the child is missing. You can the actresss' mouth moving at the extreme right of the screen as the camera tilts up. The line is present in earlier standard definition masters as well as the German Anolis and Australian Via Vision releases.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack America- Synapse Films - No cuts - Original UK theatrical version but with a line of dialogue missing (87:16)
- Blu-ray ALL Hammer Horror: Four Gothic Horror Films Australia- Via Vision - No cuts. Original UK Theatrical Version with dialogue restored (86:54).
- Blu-ray B Germany- Koch Media - No cuts - Original UK theatrical version (87:10)
- Blu-ray B Standard Edition Germany- Anolis - No cuts. Original UK Theatrical Version with dialogue restored (87:05)
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Comparison added by Anthony_DiPaola on 28/01/11
Comparison last updated by Anthony_DiPaola on 16/02/24UPDATE LOG:
28/01/11: Initial entry.
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27/06/12: Noted Synapse/Koch to be UK cinema version as cut
03/06/12: Added German entry
28/01/11: Slightly changed Overall
28/01/11: Minor fixes to comparison
28/01/11: Initial Entry
19/08/17: Minor corrections.
01/12/20: Added Anolis and noted missing dialogue on the Synapse edition.
29/08/21: Dates.
09/01/22: Tagline.
13/09/23: Typo.
16/02/24: Addition of the Australian release.
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