Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

2009 109 min ★ 5.9 Adventure, Fantasy, Action, Thriller

When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.

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Cast

Chris Massoglia

Darren Shan

John C. Reilly

Larten Crepsley

Josh Hutcherson

Steve

Patrick Fugit

Evra the Snake Boy

Salma Hayek Pinault

Madame Truska

Jessica Carlson

Rebecca

Michael Cerveris

Mr. Tiny

Ray Stevenson

Murlaugh

Morgan Saylor

Annie

Don McManus

Mr. Shan

Details

Director

Paul Weitz

Screenplay

Paul Weitz

Tagline

"Meet Darren. He's sixteen going on immortal."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$40,000,000

Revenue

$28,169,671

Production

Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Depth of Field

Reviews

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talisencrw

April 13, 2016

★ 5/10

From watching John C. Reilly over the years, in everything from 'Hoffa' and 'Dolores Claiborne' when he was developing his craft, to 'Step Brothers' and 'Carnage', in which he was one of the leading actors that the film was centered on, I really wanted this film to work for me, though I feel in this recent glut of cinema spawned from Hollywood's post-'Twilight' obsession with vampires, that someon...

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Dark Jedi

February 12, 2017

★ 7/10

I found this movie pretty much by accident when flicking through the Netflix catalogue. I thought what the heck and started to watch it. My hopes were really not that high. Actually I am not sure I had any hopes at all since I just stumbled on the movie and started to watch it on a whim. What I found was a rather okay and fun movie actually. The movie is apparently based on popular book series ...

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Wuchak

June 6, 2018

★ 7/10

A teen joins a freak circus where he encounters a war between vampires RELEASED IN 2009 and directed by Marco Brambilla, "Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant" is a fantasy/horror/comedy about a teen (Chris Massoglia) who is compelled to join a circus of freaks where he becomes (you guessed it) the assistant of a vampire (John C. Reilly) and learns of a war between two classes of vampires. ...