Teenager Darren Shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middle-class family, but his best friend is the reckless Steve. When they receive a flyer with an advertisement for a freak show, they sneak to the theater to see the attractions. The star attraction is a vampire called Larten Crepsley, who performs with a colorful yet very lethal spider. After the show, Darren tarries to see the spider and overhears Steve unsuccessfully trying to convince Larte... (Full plot summary below)
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Teenager Darren Shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middle-class family, but his best friend is the reckless Steve. When they receive a flyer with an advertisement for a freak show, they sneak to the theater to see the attractions. The star attraction is a vampire called Larten Crepsley, who performs with a colorful yet very lethal spider. After the show, Darren tarries to see the spider and overhears Steve unsuccessfully trying to convince Larten to transform him into a vampire. Darren steals Larten's spider, which later bites Steve. In seeking an antidote from Larten, Darren accepts a deal to become his half-vampire assistant.
Leave your thoughts about Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.
| OregonianMike RussellThe film is competent without being spectacular or thrilling. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonIt all feels very small and surprisingly indifferent to its own potential magic, like the pilot for a TV series that might find its groove in its second season but isn't anywhere near there yet. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderKeeps the tone just dark enough to be effective without being too scary, and always funny but not cartoonish. |
| Horror.comStaci Layne WilsonCirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant is worth seeing once for the kid in everyone... and the actual kids will probably think it's twice as nice. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerServing up a cartoonish vampire du jour, Cirque Du Freak aims for a defanged preteen-friendly middle ground between hip and undead creepy. There are glimpses into vampire culture, like the art of flitting, which seems to be akin to let's boogie, man. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...not the pandering exploitation film you might expect. It's not all pentup sexuality, ripened teen flesh and brooding ashen untouchable boys. |
| Orlando WeeklyWilliam GossReilly's Crepsley makes both the afterlife and any sequels to come equally appealing prospects. |
| Urban CinefileAndrew L. UrbanPromises more depth and substance than it delivers, leaving all the fireworks of the visuals to drive the film's appeal |
| Little White LiesAdam WoodwardThis is a young person's film, make no mistake, but one which holds back on completely adhering to the fang frenzy youngsters have been going bat shit for recently, consequently sealing its own fate. |
| CinemaBlendJoshua TylerTranscends teenage pandering to become something that's simply a lot of fun. |
