I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Simply A Masterpiece

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

It begins promisingly, it ends strongly, but the middle is plodding, padded with impressive but ludicrously overlong circus numbers, and even a useless song-and-dance number. Joan Crawford has a more fitting role here than in her next film ("Trog") - and those famous legs of hers are still killer! The jaw-dropping Diana Dors provides some eye-candy for the men in the audience; Ty Hardin does the same for the women in a long shirtless scene. ** out of 4.

You know what the real horror here was? Joan Crawford as the sixty two year old ringmaster of The Great Rivers Circus being romanced by thirty seven year old Ty Hardin! Sure he was looking for a cut of the circus but come on, how low can you go? I caught Crawford's 1964 flick "Strait-Jacket" not long ago and the resolution to both films is remarkably similar. This one stretches credibility a bit more though, in as much as a couple of the early murders occurred before Angela Rivers (Judy Geeson) ever showed up; I guess we weren't supposed to notice that. Speaking of those murders, that was a pretty gruesome way for old Dorando (Michael Gough) to go out. Man, talk about getting nailed. There are actually some entertaining circus interludes in the story for the kiddies like Phyllis Allen with her intelligent poodles and lion tamer Ingmar the Fearless. But gee, could Gustavo (Peter Burton) the knife guy get any closer to the spinning target when he was doing his act with Angela? With a little practice I think I might be able to pull it off just as well.Say, did I see Batman and Robin as part of the lineup making their way to the big top in the latter part of the picture? In an odd coincidence, British actor Michael Gough wound up playing Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred in the Tim Burton 'Batman' flicks a couple decades later.So anyway, with this film I'm pretty much secure in knowing I've completed the Joan Crawford trifecta, having seen "Berserk", "Strait-Jacket" and "Trog", all in recent months. It's hard to pick a 'best' out of this bunch, like trying to watch all the acts in a three ring circus.

When I was a kid I used to look at the photos in my mother's old cookbooks: aged pastries in front of dated backdrops... still, they looked delicious..."Berserk!" is a classic slice of rich, frosted, sugary cake... it is wonderful, enjoyable trash, impossible to deny. First off, any movie that includes an exclamation point in the title is too obnoxious to miss. Secondly, this was Joan Crawford at her campy best... having long since turned to the Dark Side she lovably chews the scenery and fearlessly juggles midgets, murders & tightrope walkers with melodramatic grace.It's the same, familiar plot you've seen a thousand times: A psychotic killer is loose at the circus and begins to murder performers one-by-one in grisly ways, during the show! I saw this movie with my sister & my 80 year-old grandmother, and even though we were all rolling our eyes we were also all laughing and enjoying a movie that was genuinely fun.Don't miss this if it's on late-night TV... I promise it's worth staying up! GRADE: B+

Joan Crawford stars in another of her cycle of horror films of the 1960's. This time she is the owner - and ringmaster! - of a British circus, in "Berserk" released in 1967. Some odd murders of different folks involved with the circus seem to be occurring, and all the members of that circus seem to suspect each other. Crawford is suspected by at least one circus performer - a slutty woman who wears a bad wig throughout the film - and she gets sawed in half - literally - by her husband! Not part of the act, folks! Brought into the mix of this implausible movie is Crawford's daughter Angela (Judy Geeson) and a studly circus performer (Ty Hardin) who is a high wire walker who has the hots for Crawford. Just why this hunky man - who is a good 20 years younger than 61 year old Crawford - has the hots for her defies logic, although he does want part ownership of the circus, which she agrees to later! The character of a Scotland Yard detective (Robert Hardy) is brought into the circus to investigate the murders. His character is pointless - he never finds out any more than we do. The killer is revealed in a silly and disappointing way at the end. Although one could argue Crawford looks good here for her age, her hairstyles and make up are not flattering. Or maybe it was the lighting. Those close to Crawford at this time - including her daughter, Christina Crawford - report Crawford was drinking heavily at this point in her life, and her bad skin coloring may be the reason - and her somewhat wooden performance. Anyway, the whole movie is a hoot, and worth it just to hear Crawford utter some outrageous lines - and do her best "Mildred Pierce" bitchy routine - and see her in her lingerie trying to "tease" the hunky high wire walker!