Terror Circus (film)

Terror Circus (also released as The Barn of the Naked Dead and Nightmare Circus)[3] is a 1973 American exploitation horror film directed by Alan Rudolph,[lower-alpha 1] and starring Andrew Prine, Manuela Thiess, Sherry Alberoni, Gyl Roland, and Sheila Bromley. It follows three showgirls who are kidnapped in the desert by a psychopath who imprisons women in his barn near the former site of a nuclear disaster.

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Nightmare Circus
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Alan Rudolph
Screenplay by	Roman Valenti[1]
Story by	Gerald Cormier[1]
Produced by	Gerald Cormier[1]
Starring	Andrew Prine Manuela Thiess Sherry Alberoni
Cinematography	E. Lynn
Edited by	M. K. Productions, Inc.[1]
Music by	Tommy Vig
Production company	Pacific Filmmakers[1]
Distributed by	CMC Pictures Corp.[1]
Release date	October 31, 1973 (1973-10-31)[2]
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The film's director and writer is credited as Gerald Cormier, the name of a stunt man and head of the film's distributor, CMC Pictures.[4] Some sources indicate that Cormier's name was a pseudonym for Rudolph.[6][7] According to actor Prine, however, Cormier himself was one of two other directors hired to shoot the film before Rudolph took over directorial duties.[5]