Nightmare Circus (film)

Nightmare Circus (film)
This article is about the film. For the video game, see Nightmare Circus.
Nightmare Circus

Alternate Movie Poster
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Produced by Shirlee F. Jamail
Written by Alan Rudolph
Roman Valenti
Starring Andrew Prine
Manuela Thiess
Sherry Alberoni
Music by Tommy Vig
Cinematography E. Lynn
Studio CMC Pictures Corp.
Distributed by Twin World
Release date(s) August 1974 (USA)
Running time 86 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Nightmare Circus (aka The Barn of the Naked Dead or Terror Circus) is a 1974 film directed by Alan Rudolph and written by him and Roman Valenti.

Contents

Taglines

"Captive young girls... chained... abused... by a Madman!"

Plot

Three showgirls head to Las Vegas for work when their car breaks down. Andre (Andrew Prine) offers to help them and takes them to his place where he keeps women confined in chains and makes them perform circus tricks in his barn. His father, who has become a homicidal mutant because of the homestead's proximity to a nuclear power plant, lives next to them in a shed.

Cast

Actor Role
Andrew Prine Andre
Manuela Thiess Simone
Sherry Alberoni Sheri
Gyl Roland Corinne
Sheila Bromley Mrs. Baynor
Gil Lamb Mr. Alvarez
Al Cormier Sheriff Stanford
Chuck Niles Derek Moore

External links

Nightmare Circus poster when film was re-released as Terror Circus
v · d · eFilms directed by Alan Rudolph
1970s
Premonition (1972) • Nightmare Circus (1974) • Welcome to L.A. (1976) • Remember My Name (1978)
1980s
Roadie (1980) • Endangered Species (1982) • Return Engagement (1983) • Songwriter (1984) • Choose Me (1984) • Trouble in Mind (1985) • Made in Heaven (1987) • The Moderns (1988)
1990s
Love at Large (1990) • Mortal Thoughts (1991) • Equinox (1992) • Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994) • Afterglow (1997) • Breakfast of Champions (1999)
2000s



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