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Douglas Meltzer
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posted September 15, 2006 01:31 PM

This is a combination of Walton's two releases from the Hammer feature "Vampire Circus". The first 200' (which I think was released under the title "Castle of Death") contains the entire long pre-title sequence (nudity & gore intact!). The remaining 400' is a decent edit of the feature.
This being a Walton print, the color is still good and there is only a main stripe, no balance. Did they save that much money by doing this? There are occasional scratches, and one (have to be honest) annoying greenie that appears in the middle of the frame about 12 minutes in and sticks around for a few minutes. I believe there are three splices. The film resides in a white box with an Independent 8 label and a homemade printout of the film's artwork. $35.00 plus shipping.

Doug

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Douglas Meltzer
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posted September 30, 2006 02:41 PM

One more time!

Doug

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Adrian Winchester
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posted September 30, 2006 09:46 PM

Doug,
Not saying this to be pedantic, but out of interest. 'Vampire Circus' has the longest pre-credits sequence in Hammer history, and I don't suppose there are many films of any kind with longer ones. It's particularly surprising in view of the whole film running only 87 mins. I believe the pre-credits sequence is 12 minutes, so the Walton 'Castle of Death' one reeler does in fact have about 3 minutes edited out.

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