MOVIE SYNOPSIS
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
"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.
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It's getting downright batty trying to keep all these vampires straight. You have your traditional vampires (Nosferatu), your blond slayer foils (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), your sexy vamps (True Blood), your Euro children vampires (Let the Right One In), and your melancholy teenage variety (Twilight).
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MPAA rating:
PG-13
for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language
Cast:
Patrick Fugit; Ray Stevenson; Chris Massoglia; Ken Watanabe; Willem Dafoe; John C. Reilly; Salma Hayek; Josh Hutcherson; Orlando Jones
Directed by:
Paul Weitz
Genre:
Action, Adventure; Horror; SciFi, Fantasy Running time:
01:48
Release date:
2009
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