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Director:
Alan Rudolph
Writers:
Alan Rudolph (writer)
Roman Valenti (writer)
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Release Date:
August 1974 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Captive young girls... chained... abused... by a Madman!
Plot:
Three showgirls on their way to Las Vegas have car trouble and are stuck all night out in the desert... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Terror Circus (DVD Review)
 (From Fangoria. 4 May 2009, 9:46 AM, PDT)

Bsb: Centerfold Cremator gets Laid To Rest
 (From Fangoria. 12 April 2009, 11:01 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Siskel and Ebert's favorite director's first effort! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Andrew Prine ... Andre
Manuela Thiess ... Simone
Sherry Alberoni ... Sheri
Gyl Roland ... Corrine
Sheila Bromley ... Mrs. Baynor
Gil Lamb ... Mr. Alvarez
Al Cormier ... Sheriff Stanford
Chuck Niles ... Derek Moore
Jennifer Ashley ... Flower Child
Laura Campbell ... Laura
Sonja Dunson ... Sonja
Karen Fredrik ... Karene (as Karene Fredrik)
Lin Henson ... Lin
Jolene Lontere ... Crazy Girl
Jeane Manson ... Jean (as Jean Manson)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Barn of the Naked Dead (USA) (reissue title)
Terror Circus
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Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:R

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Star Andrew Prine has been quoted as saying, "This is the only movie I ever regretted making". more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Reanimator Academy (1992) (V) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Siskel and Ebert's favorite director's first effort!, 23 April 1999
Author: William (williamnorton316@hotmail.com) from Seattle, Washington

Played in Seattle as TERROR CIRCUS in 1980 (!) as a bottom half of a double billing with MOTEL HELL. This film is just sick and boring at the same time. A car full of girls takes a short cut to Vegas and get stranded in the desert, only to be prisoners to a madman (Andrew Prine, who is really good in this film). The film has a bad theme song, sloppy editing, a creature who lives in a shack, and whipping girls like animals. The film is made by Alan Rudolph, who now makes art house films. Many of you might see this film and say, it can't be the same guy who made this, but it is. He also made ROADIE with meatloaf! The video print NIGHTMARE CIRCUS is grainy, and the title is video tacked in. I hear it played in most cities in the early 70's as BARN OF THE NAKED DEAD.

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