
Psycho(1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.


“The most horrifying syndicate of evil in history!”
A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.

Christopher Lee
Gregor

Leo Genn
Elliott

Anthony Newlands
Barberini

Heinz Drache
Carl

Eddi Arent
Eddie

Klaus Kinski
Manfred

Margaret Lee
Gina

Suzy Kendall
Natasha

Cecil Parker
Sir John

Victor Maddern
Mason
Circus of Fear is a horror, mystery, thriller film released in 1966 exploring themes of circus, murder, man hunt, slasher. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, it stars Christopher Lee, Leo Genn, Anthony Newlands. A circus becomes the location for stolen loot and murder.
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