Joan Crawford, Ty Hardin, Diana Dors

Monica Rivers (Joan Crawford), is the owner and ringmaster of a traveling circus and who'll stop at nothing to draw bigger audiences. When a series of mysterious murders begins to occur and some of he...( read more  read more... )r performers die gruesomely, her profits soar. She hires high-wire walker Frank Hawkins (Ty Hardin), impressed by the handsome and muscular young man. They begin an affair which arouses her previous lover Durando's (Michael Gough) jealousy. When Durando is found dead shortly afterward, the other performers begin to take alarm, as a mysterious killer is obviously loose in their midst. Many suspect Monica herself of the killings, especially Matilda (Diana Dors), who has set her sights on Monica's new lover. At this point, Monica's unruly, sixteen-year-old daughter Angela (Judy Geeson), is expelled from school for being incorrigible and Monica is forced to take her into the circus, allowing her to become the partner of knife-thrower Gustavo (Peter Burton). Meanwhile, the dead bodies continue to pile up...

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Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Directed by: Jim O'Connolly

Release Date: December 6, 1967

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  • August 2, 2008
    creepy Joan is off the chain
  • June 19, 2008
    Chock full of memorable lines. Worth a look just for Joan's Edith Head Ringmistress outfit.
  • March 9, 2008
    cheapjack production with joan hanging on by her fingernails but she is by far the best thing in it.
  • November 9, 2007
    "Berserk!" is a classic horror film from from 1967 starring Joan Crawford as the ringleader of a traveling circus and British bombshell Diana Dors as a sassy circus performer. I recently caught this movie on Turner Classic Movies and absolutely loved it. Definitely one worth seeing!

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