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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Release: October 23, 2009
Genre: Adventure
Running Time: 1hr 48min
Director: Paul Weitz
Studio: Universal Pictures
Screenplay: Paul Weitz, Brian Helgeland, Darren Shan
Official Site: http://www.thevampiresassistant.net

Synopsis

"Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. Sixteen-year-old Darren was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend Steve, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But, when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That's the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty. Newly undead, he joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady and a gigantic barker. As Darren flexes his newfound powers in this dark world, he becomes a treasured pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts. And, while trying to survive, one boy will struggle to keep their brewing war from devouring what's left of his humanity.

Cast

Salma Hayek, John C. Reilly, Ray Stevenson, Josh Hutcherson, Patrick Fugit, Ken Watanabe, Jane Krakowski, Kristen Schaal, Chris J. Kelly, Frankie Faison

Producers

Lauren Shuler Donner, Paul Weitz, Ewan Leslie
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Ok

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Submitted by adam97 on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 20:50.

It was ok. It dragged on a bit and why did the author use his name to name the main character(probably ran out of names :p) but ya it was ok. I hope theres another one. And i hope they do a film about the other series Darren Shan has written: The demonata, good books read them!! :)

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It was all right...more of a

Submitted by sapper927 on Mon, 10/26/2009 - 07:10.

It was all right...more of a rental for the family ($6.00), than the family going ($31.00 plus snacks). Kids liked it, adults thought it dragged in too many places to keep your attention.

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