Circus of dr lao

To the residents of Abalone, Arizona, a sleepy southwestern town whose chief concern is surviving the Great Depression, the arrival of a circus in town is a chance to forget their woes for a while. But this is the circus of Dr. Lao and instead of relief, the townsfolk are confronted with an array of creatures seemingly straight out of mythology and, of course, the elusive, ever-changing Dr. Lao.