THE Circus of Horrors is calling into Bournemouth Pavilion on Thursday.

The show that stormed into the finals of Britain's Got Talent and is now a West End smash is back to mark its 20th anniversary in spectacular style with a brand new show The Night of the Zombie.

Last year saw another giant leap for the show when it became the first circus to appear in a West End theatre for 100 years.

The show started its gruesome beginnings at the 1995 Glastonbury Festival and became an instant hit, touring all over the world from Chile to Chatham, Argentina to Aberdeen, Japan to Jersey including festival appearances.

The latest incarnation ‘The Night of the Zombie’ is set in 2020, a decrepit and corpse-ridden London.

Sensational shocks are interwoven with bizarre circus acts sword swallowers, knife throwers, daredevil balancing acts, astounding aerialists, a demon dwarf, a Guinness World Record holding ‘hairculian’ hair hanging beauty, Sinister Sisters, gyrating and fire limbo-ing acrobats and much more.