Hammer Horror goes deeper into sexploitation than usual with the rather naked Vampire Circus, the tale of a vampiric Count (not that one) who gets staked and promises a curse on the town with his undying breath. 15 years later, the town is struggling with a mysterious plague when a circus comes to town (which includes future Time Lady Lalla Ward, a couple of big cats, and a real circus act that includes a nude snake woman). The story's fairly thin, padding things out with effects-driven circus acts while we wait for the vamps to bleed the villagers so they can resurrect their master. But there are a number of characters to latch onto, and the circus angle is a good twist. Sadly, it's all going to end in the same old crypt setting. The movie is certainly lurid, with crimson blood and young women in various states of undress, and the proximity of children (the vampires' preferred snack) to all this can be upsetting, and it's meant to. Despite the premise, it's still the usual vampire story though.