There are areas of the film that could have been handled better, there is some gore scenes that are absolutely unconvincing, but the cast is outstanding, visuals are compelling and for hammer it is very grim. The covenant 2006, vampire academy 2014, percy jackson. Rise of the lycans 2009, my babysitters a vampire 2010. If youre interested in this movie because you enjoy the books, be warned. Late hammer vampire outing that takes the sexier approach begun in vampire lovers and successfully weaves it into thier earlier gothic format. Vampire circus nude scenes 26 images and 6 videos including appearances from domini blythe christina paul serena weber. Although the movie is based on this first trilogy, there are major differences between the plot of the books and the movie. Like the ominous fingernail moon early on in cirque du freak. As someone who read quite voraciously in my youth, it makes sense that a series like cirque du freak wouldve crossed my path at some point. The books give a mysterious mood and show a more darker side to vampires as compared to twilight or the vampire diaries.
With adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins, john moulderbrown. Darren chris massoglia is just like any other teenager, until the day he encounters the cirque du freak and a vampire named larten crepsley john c. Vampire circus is an island in the hammer vampire country, being part of neither the dracula nor the karnstein canon. Teenager darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. He and his friend steve find out about a freak show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. The circus strongman is played silent and scary by david prowse who played the frankenstein monster for hammer in horror of frankenkenstein in 1970. The vampire s assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. And some of the freaks from the circus were very intense in their freakiness. Vampire circus is a very clever effort to bring something new to the hammer vampire tradition and mostly succeeds in my opinion. Reilly turns a teenager chris kelly into one of the undead. I love the cirque du freak novels and darren shans books in general.
Cirque du freak trailer directed by paul weitz and starring john c. Vampire circus 1972 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. A twelvebook collection of novels detailing the very dark, violent and twisted but still appropriate enough for 12 to 18 yearolds tale of a normal kid becoming a halfvampire and. Vampire circus revisited classic horror film board. Welcome to the cirque du freak, a traveling sideshow filled with magical creatures, misunderstood freaks, and the mysterious vampire, larten crepsley john c. The vampire circus a spirited journey through an abandoned cemetery where an extraordinary circus comes back to life. Teenager darren shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middleclass family. Drawn to the dark, unpredictable world of the cirque, 16yearold darren chris massoglia decides to trade in his ordinary life for a chance to become an immortal vampire. Not sure why vampire circus isnt mentioned when people talk about the best hammer movies, because it certainly deserves to be. There are several disturbing scenes of vampires stabbing, punching, kicking, and otherwise wiping the floor with each other although none of it gets particularly gory, along with potentially disturbing images of circus.
It was obviously designed to be the first in a series of films, with a wideopen ending, but it didnt exactly set the box office on fire so future installments were not forthcoming. Parents need to know that ampedup violence and language make the vampires assistant movie too mature for younger tween fans of the cirque du freak books its based on. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. The lightning thief, clash of the titans, season of the witch. The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. The vampires assistant trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. I hope they make a 2nd movie though i read the books and the movie makers put some things the same, but the details were off for example debbie hemlock being rebecca a monkey girl and steves big revealment of being a vampaneze were both different from the book. Based on the hugely popular series of young adult books, cirque du freak tells. The vampires assistant the movie the vampires assistant, originally entitled cirque du freak, based on the popular series of books by darren shan, is a fantasyadventure about a teenager who unknowingly breaks a 200yearold truce between two warring factions of vampires.
The movie is really creepy, as is established in the prologue scene, which has a count who likes to suck little girls even younger than dolores haze. See the complete cirque du freak series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. But my favorite talent in vampire circus is the aforementioned tiger woman. Freaks 1932 not rated 1h 4min drama, horror 20 february 1932 usa a circus beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of sideshow performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance. The vampires assistant debuted at fantastic fest tonight, to rather positive reaction from most in the audience. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american supernatural film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren shan by author darren shan. The vampires assistant, the bloodsucker trend is again in a waxing phase thanks to the mass cult followings of the twilight saga and. In his directorial debut robert young has a lot of story to tell and gives vampire circus a crazy, breathless pace. These nondracula vampire movies emphasized new stories and characters while tweaking the standard vampire mythos. After crepsley turns him into one of the undead, darren joins the traveling sideshow and its parade of weird and monstrous creatures.
It was written by judson kinberg, and produced by wilbur stark and michael carreras who was uncredited for hammer film productions. Still, shes been taken in by the vamp and isnt looking back. More on that along with also rather positive reaction later. As usual the studio manages to create a lot of period atmosphere and chills on, one assumes, not a very large budget, and like most of their movies the acting is uniformly good. About a boy who is offered to become a vampire and learn the skills after seeing a circus and being offered this chance by a real vampire. The vampires assistant, from 2009, is based on a series of young adult horror novels by darren shan known as the vampire blood trilogy. Anna is already married to schoolmaster albert mueller laurence payne. Probably the most intelligent vampires movie so far coming to theatres on october 23, 2009. I liked the scenes with the snake boy, evra, who is much for significant character in the movie than in book 1 particularly in the pompous circusscene of the. The official universal studios entertainment facebook page. When darren shan is taken to a circus thats chockfull of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a lifechanging bite on the neck.
After a series of events, darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the cirque du freak and become a vampire. The story concerns a travelling circus, the vampiric artists of which prey on the children of a 19th. A14yearold boy chris kelly who visits a travelling freak show is drawn into a world of vampires, werewolves and bearded ladies. The film is based on elements from the short story spurs by tod robbins. No, it is by no means a typical vampire movie and thats a good thing. The vampires assistant is the 2009 film adaptation of the first. Cirque du freak is a really sucky vampire movie city pages. It is also one of my favourites, so i welcomed the synapse edition. The vampires assistant last year and really liked it. Vampire circus a look back at 1972 we are movie geeks. When they receive a flyer with an advertisement for a freak show, they sneak to the theater to see the attractions.
Without cushing to lead the assualt against the circus vampires,we are left with hammer mainstay thorley walters leading the. I love the cirque du freak novels and darren shans books in. Based on the popular series of books by darren shan, cirque du freak. Vampire circus is a 1972 british horror film directed by robert young and starring adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. Cirque du freak is a really sucky vampire movie wednesday, october 21, 2009 by aaron hillis in movies a film as soulless as its vampires. Vampire circus is, in my opinion one of hammers best vampire efforts outside of horror of dracula, and dracula, prince of darkness. The movie has good special effects and suitably gruesome characters, but its bloodless. The cirque du freak book series by darren shan includes books cirque du freak, the vampires assistant, tunnels of blood, and several more. They do, and together they go to cirque du freak where they see many strange acts including a wolfman and a bearded lady. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american supernatural film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren. The vampires assistant this movie is a delicious blend of freak show, carnival, humor, vampires and how the strangest conglomeration of people living or dead can still be a family.
Reilly, salma hayek, willem dafoe and ken watanabe star in this ghoulish fantasy adventure. The vampires assistant includes good vampires, evil vampanese, a wolfman, a bearded lady, a monkey girl with a long tail, a snake boy, a dwarf with a 4foot forehead and a spider the size of your shoe, and theyre all boring as hell. Populated by a motley collection of offthewall characters and incomparable acrobats, the vampire circus is a visual vortex set in a twisted acrobatic fantasy universe where, little by little, chaos and craziness give way to a true celebration at the vampire circus. This movie has wonderful atmosphere, rather good special. Vampire circus 1972 open with anna domini blythe bringing jenny jane derby, a very young blonde girl to the castle of childkilling vampire count mitterhaus robert tayman. Contentsshow the saga of darren shan cirque du freak when steve attends the cirque du freak with darren, he recognizes larten crepsley as a vampire from one of his vampire books. When darren shan is taken to a circus thats chockfull of sideshow oddities. As he learns to use his newfound powers, darren unwittingly becomes a pawn in the struggle between. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret. The movie began filming on february 8, 2008 in new orleans and wrapped up. As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. Robert youngs vampire circus 1972 is one of the films, one that remains a rich, complex horror film, although it suffers a few stumbles that stem from problems in production.
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