If youre ready for a good laugh then cirque du freak. Can you name the cirque du freakthe vampires assistant characters. 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. Both twilight and cirque du freak plunge a normal american high school student into a maelstrom of supernatural warfare, but the vampires assistant favors campy, semicomic. The vampires assistant is the 2009 film adaptation of the first three books of the book series, the saga of darren shan, by author darren shan. The main character s love interest and the cirque du freaks monkey girl.
Based on the book series by darren shan, it chronicles the bizarre journey of a stereotypical modernday high school student. Teen vampire flick is scarier, edgier than the book series. Some of the characters required a great deal of prosthetics and makeup led by steve koch, brian sipe, and mark garbarino. The vampires assistant last year and really liked it.
The first movie of the cirque du freak series, the vampires assistant, hit theaters today and j14 exclusively sat down with star jessica carlson to dish on everything from vampires to her cute costar josh hutcherson. The vampires assistant 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Paul weitzs stab at vampire camp in cirque du freak, a not quite deadly adaptation of the frothy fanged kids book series by darren shan. The vampire s 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. More on that along with also rather positive reaction later. Jessica carlson portrays rebecca, the monkey girl and darrens love interest in cirque du freak. It seems the truce between those who sip, leaving humans a little weaker but none the wiser, and those who gorge, gluttons who leave death, destruction and. 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. Cirque du freakthe vampires assistant characters quiz.
Follow him as he recovers and goes on a journey through time, as it seems, whilst running into old friends along the way. The vampires assistant, 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. Amid vampires, boy meets girl, complete with monkeys tail. Can you name the cirque du freak the vampire s assistant characters. The vampires assistant debuted at fantastic fest tonight, to rather positive reaction from most in the audience. It didnt take much talking into for me to watch it, all my husband said was it has john c. Book 2 in the saga of darren shan kindle edition by shan, darren. List of the saga of darren shan characters wikipedia. For what makes darren shans books a great read is that even though theyre over 200 pages long, i can easily finish them. The vampires assistant chapter 1 audiobook by nicks audiobooks.
Buy cirque du freak series complete 12 book collection killers of the dawn, lord of the shadows, trials of death, sons of destiny, living nightmare, vampires assistant, tunnels of blood, vampire prince, hunters of the dusk by darren shan isbn. 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. Cirque du freak or a living nightmare in the us is the first book in the saga of darren shan, and also the first book in the vampire blood trilogy. I personally never heard of these books before hearing about the movie and have to say that after watching the film, i have no desire to see another movie based on them. Freak might open well thanks to interest in the books and bloodsuckers in general. You must establish the characters, establish the world and then tell your story. As a big fan of the vampire books by irish writer darren shan i wasnt particularly looking forward to seeing cirque du freak. I cannot recommend these books highly enough, they have turned my. Cirque du freak movie bound to be a disappointment. Which is, basically, bill and teds night of the living undead. There are only 5 songs in cirque du freak, but you can find all of them here.
See more ideas about good books, writing a book and book series. I do not own cirque du freak, or any of its characters, just mine. Rebecca is only in the movies, and thus not considered to be canon in the series. Darren was horrible as was everyone else and monkey girl should never have been added. The saga of darren shan in the united states is a young adult 12part book series written by darren shan pen name of darren oshaughnessy about the struggle of a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires. Darren meets her when she is a young girl, about years old. Shes been expressed as a movie alternative to debbie or sam. The vampires assistant started, i knew it was an adaptation from a young adult novel, it just has that feel to it. These starting books explore how darren must adapt to his new life, and what that entails. After darrens death, vancha has an encounter with death. Anyone looking to kick off a teen fantasy franchise can draw several valuable lessons from the failure of universals cirque du freak. The vampires assistant and other tales from the cirque du. I should have been able to tell by the title but as soon as cirque du freak. The book series the saga of darren shan features humans, vampires and fantasy characters.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The vampires assistant isnt your run of the mill vamp movie. Cirque du freak series complete 12 book collection. The vampires assistant, another movie spinoff of a popular young adult book series.
The soundtrack album for the vampires assistant only has the score by stephen trask. The first cirque du freak book is called cirque du freak. If the twilight series is aimed at adolescent girls whose hearts go arrhythmic at the thought of being ravaged by edward cullen, cirque du freak. After reading the dreamcatcher which was over 800 pages long this was an easy read and very quick. I bought it for my 9 year old son and he loved it and couldnt wait to tell me what happens to the characters as the story progresses. Cirque du freak soundtrack is short but sweet all 5 songs from the movie. Tell us a little about the movie the vampires assistant. Teenager darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. This frenetic, bumpy movie enters a crowded marketplace of bookbased. When the latter results in a skipped class and some broken lights at school, darren is grounded and told he can no longer be friends with steve. Based on the popular series of books by darren shan, cirque du freak. The vampire mentor of the main protagonist the main antagonist, a halfvampaneze and exbest friend of the main character. 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.
It contains the books cirque du freak, the vampires assistant and tunnels of blood. The vampires assistant introduction audiobook by nicks audiobooks. The movie began filming on february 8, 2008 in new orleans and wrapped up june 3, 2008. Yet, the latter convinces darren that they should sneak off at night to attend the cirque du freak show downtown. Vampires assitant doesnt have enough bite boulder weekly. Vampire blood also called the cirque du freak trilogy is the first trilogy in the saga of darren shan by the author darren shan. The vampires assistant, theres a war brewing over portion control. The vampires assistant is the 2nd book in a series of seven books.
Cirque du freak flyer by rhileyalexandra this is our cirque du freak flyer for our vampires assistant parody. The vampires assistant might get lost in its unwieldy mixture of the undead, teenage antics, failed comedy and circus freaks. Jessica carlson250pxcenter character rebecca name jessica carlson. The main antagonist, a halfvampaneze and exbest friend of the main character. The first book contains the reasons why he became a halfvampire and what he had to give up. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Amid vampires, boy meets girl, from paul weitz the new york. The vampires assistant and other tales from the cirque du freak, darren shan the saga of darren shan known as cirque du freak. The movie has good special effects and suitably gruesome characters, but its bloodless. The vampires assistant was just the sort of project he had been looking for. 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. The main character s love interest and the cirque du freaks monkey. The vampires assistant was shot between february 19june 1, 2008 in new orleans, and the villages of folsom, louisiana and baton rouge, louisiana.
That might explain the rushed air surrounding cirque du freak. Larten crepsley is the vampire that made darren shan his assistant after he. And judging by the movie trailers the casting looked all wrong and the main character seemed too boring and too american to my taste. 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. The main character s love interest and the cirque du freak s monkey girl. The vampire s assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. Written by darren shan it is the start of the vampiric life of darren shan, a young boy who is turned into a vampire. Jessica carlson in the role of the monkeygirl, rebecca was charming and. Lourdes lulu pegueros is currently a senior at mount miguel high school. The vampires assistant is the 2nd book in the cirque du freak series. The vampire s assistant 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The vampires assistant is what a teenage boy might crave in a bloodsucker movie.
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