Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – Preview & Trailer
October 22, 2009 by Jane Boursaw
A new vampire movie is in theaters tomorrow, and like the “Twilight” films, it’s based on a series of popular books. In this case, by author Darren Shan.
“Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most 16-year-old kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend Steve (Josh Hutcherson), got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things change drastically for Darren. In fact, a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty.
The newly undead Darren joins the Cirque Du Freak, a touring sideshow filled with monstrous creatures from a snakeboy and a wolfman to a bearded lady (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). Darren also becomes the pawn between the vampires and their deadlier counterparts.
Directed by Paul Weitz (whose brother Chris is directing “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”), “Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant” is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language. So I guess we can start calling the Weitz brothers the Vampire Dudes. Check out the trailer and see what you think.
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