[Inspector Abberline]

Roll Up,Roll Up and see Joan Crawfords legs..not sure how old Crawford was when she made this film,but she still had a great pair of legs and is not shy in getting them out in this film either..Joan Crawford is Monica Rivers the owner of a good old fashioned big top circus,with elephants not trampling on young women or lions not attacking there trainers,(even though they probably deserved it)..This is basically a who dunnit set in a circus,obviously this is riffing on Circus of Horrors (1960) but has a far more interesting cast of characters and actors.We have Michael Gough,Robert Hardy and the truly over the top Diana Dors as Matilda,who manages to have a cat fight and a slanging match with Crawfords strong willed ring mistress..There is also and incredibly young looking Judy Geeson as Crawfords daughter and a youngish looking Philip Madoc as Lazlo..Berserk is a very entertaining British horror flick that does tend to lose it way half way through,and we even get a novelty song by three of the characters,Golda Casimir as Bearded Lady
Ted Lune as Skeleton Man and Milton Reid as the Strong Man,you will instantly recognise Milton Reid who has been in everything from The Camp on Blood Island (1958) to The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and an episode of The Goodies,in a rather policically incorrect but funny spoof advert..While not Crawfords best,it surely better than Trog (1970) and marginally more entertaining than Circus of Horrors...