The Beasts' Carnival

Dec 3, 1980

1h 31m

★ 5.8

Overview

A hit man working for the Yakuza double crosses his employers and flees with a cache of diamonds from the latest heist. Injured and hiding in the mountain regions of Spain, with Japanese assassins in hot pursuit, he takes refuge in the home of a local doctor and his two daughters who nurse him back to health and hide him from his pursuers, taking drastic and murderous measures to protect him... for they have plans of their own in store for their current guest.

Genres

Crime

Horror

Production Companies

Hori Kikaku

Dálmata Films S.A.

The Beasts' Carnival Trailers

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Cast

Bruno Rivera

Paul Naschy

Mieko

Eiko Nagashima

Don Simón

Lautaro Murúa

Mónica

Silvia Aguilar

Alicia

Azucena Hernández

Teresa

Julia Saly

El Palanqueta

Luis Ciges

Superman

Rafael Hernández

Don Carmelo, the priest

Ricardo Palacios

Bandit

Manuel Pereiro

Don Serafín

Pepe Ruiz

El Palanqueta (voice)

Eduardo Calvo

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