Film Information - Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Film Details
Paul Weitz John C. Reilly, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek, Josh Hutcherson, Daniel Newman, Ken Wantanabe, Jane Krakowski, Chris Massoglia. 109 minutes Contains moderate violence and fantasy horror images.
Chris Massoglia stars as Darren, a 14-year-old boy who unintentionally disrupts a 200-year ceasefire between two rival vampire gangs. Darren is then drawn into a world of sideshow freaks and creatures of the night, disappearing from his ordinary life into a place of nightmares where he must face his fate - a fate which leads him to a vampire named Larten Crepsley who turns him into a half-human, half-vampire. He joins the bearded lady and larger-than-life barker in the touring sideshow 'Cirque du Freak' while he moulds his newfound powers. However, it is not long before the vampires and their deadlier adversaries begin to use him as a pawn as their impending war lurks ever closer. Darren must fight to keep what is left of his humanity before it is taken away forever.