Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

Plot

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Plot

"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.

16-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most 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 begin to change inside Darren. That’s the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) 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 (Salma Hayek) and a gigantic barker (Ken Watanabe). 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.

Adventure Drama Fantasy

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant.

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  John C. Reilly

  Guardians of the Galaxy, Sing

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  Salma Hayek

  Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Some Kind Of Beautiful

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  Ken Watanabe

  Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, Inception

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  Chris Massoglia

  Reagan, Charlie St. Cloud

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  Josh Hutcherson

  Five Nights at Freddy's 2, The Beekeeper

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  Patrick Fugit

  Gone Girl, We Bought a Zoo

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  Ray Stevenson

  The Divergent Series: Allegiant, Thor: The Dark World

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  Michael Cerveris

  Brief Interviews With Hideous Men, Stake Land

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  Jane Krakowski

  My Little Pony: A New Generation, The Willoughbys

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  Orlando Jones

  Til Death Do Us Part, Dark Forces

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  Kristen Schaal

  Toy Story 4, My Spy The Eternal City

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  Willem Dafoe

  The Legend Of Ochi, Nosferatu

Crew Behind the Film

The Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Paul Weitz last directed Moving On and Fatherhood. The film's writer Paul Weitz last wrote Moving On and Fatherhood.

Director

Paul Weitz

Screenwriters

Paul Weitz
Brian Helgeland

Producers

Lauren Shuler Donner
Ewan Leslie
Paul Weitz

Production Details

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Key Facts

• Based on the bestselling children's series by Darren Shan.

Production Updates for Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

Jan 2009

Completed

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