Cirque du freakthe vampires assistant characters quiz. Chris massoglia bio, facts, family famous birthdays. A living nightmare is the first novel in the saga of darren shan by darren shan real name darren oshaugnessy, published in january 2000. Vampire blood also called the cirque du freak trilogy is the first trilogy in the saga of darren shan by the author darren shan. As of november 2009, most critiques of massoglias acting have concerned his leading role in cirque du freak. When 16yearold darren chris massoglia attends a circus sideshow, he gets far more than just a few hours of gaping at the strange performers. The story begins with darren shan and his best friend steve leopard leonard visiting an illegal freak show where an encounter. The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring factions of vampires. Cirque du freak sets the stage for a fullblown vampiric war, so naturally theres bound to be a little, um, blood.
The vampires assistant tells the frightening tale of a boy. Interview with chris massoglia from the movie cirque du freak. Reilly as larten crepsley chris massoglia as darren shan3 willem dafoe as gavner purl4 vampaneze ray stevenson as murlouh 562 brandon molale as vampaneze troy. The film takes place in america, shown through common american features. The vampires assistant is an entertaining alternative vampire movie that should appeal to teens and even adults but its not for younger kids.
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. See more ideas about orlando jones, patrick fugit and percy jackson movie. No, it is by no means a typical vampire movie and thats a good thing. The vampires assistant by steve frosty weintraub october 23, 2009. Breaking into the film industry at a young age from the midwest, chris has worked with some of hollywoods finest actors and academy award winners. Cirque du freak is coming to their little hole in the wall town, and. He attended acting workshops while in middle school and made homemade audition tapes. The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. See more ideas about orlando jones, ray stevenson and haley bennett. 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.
Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks, he is transformed into the. The vampires assistant dvd, 2010 for sale online ebay. A behind the scenes look at the process of becoming a vampire. The vampires assistant as darren, a 16yearold who unknowingly breaks a 200yearold truce between two warring factions of vampires. Not surprisingly enough, the adaptation failed to live up to the success of the book. The movie has good special effects and suitably gruesome characters, but its bloodless. He was gifted with aboveaverage intelligence and was taking universitylevel online courses at age thirteen.
The universal film features 17yearold actor chris massoglia in the role of darren, with john c. Darren is then drawn into a world of sideshow freaks and. Darren chris massoglia and steve josh hutcherson watch the freak show. This frenetic, bumpy movie enters a crowded marketplace of book based. Darren shans cirque du freak book series for young readers takes a bite out of the screen with this adaptation from writerdirector paul weitz about a boy. Based on the popular series of books by darren shan, cirque du freak. Cirque du freak, the vampires assistant and tunnels of blood.
The vampires assistant last year and really liked it. The first book explores the events that lead darren into becoming a halfvampire, including his sacrifices in order to save his exbest friend, steve. Darrens journey begins the minute he makes a pact with crepsley to join the traveling freak show. Breaking into the film industry at a young age from the midwest, chris. As of november 2009, most critiques of massoglia s acting have concerned his leading role in cirque du freak. Reilly, josh hutcherson, michael cerveris, jessica carlson, patrick. Reilly, josh hutcherson, chris massoglia, jessica carlson. Welcome to the cirque du freak, a traveling sideshow filled with magical creatures, misunderstood freaks, and the mysterious vampire, larten crepsley john c. In 2009, the first book was adopted into a feature film cirque du freak. The story begins with darren shan and his best friend steve leopard leonard visiting an illegal freak show where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly, unique spider forces them to make lifechanging. The first incorporates tombstones and thigh bones as weapons and culminates with a bloodsucker getting hit by a semi. Darren shan chris massoglia is a kid in a bland little town, with bland little friends.
The acting was good especially from darren and mr crepsley as they show emotion clearly. Naturally massoglia and hutcherson end up on opposite sides of the battle, and an awful lot of tedious development has to go into provoking massoglia to man up and fight back enough to create actual conflict. A vampires assistant is an endearingly goofy teenvampire tale reminiscent of the goonies or lost boys. But when a flyer for an illegal freak show appears in.
Reilly as vampire larten crepsley, along with salma hayek, orlando jones, ken watanabe and others. For weitz and the other producers, bringing together the. The vampires assistant by steve frosty weintraub october 23, 2009 opening today is cirque du freak. And you can watch him in the new movie cirque du freak. The main characters love interest and the cirque du freaks monkey girl. Sixteenyearold darren chris massoglia is your typical adolescent.
Cirque du freak, directed by paul weitz and starring john c. Despite all its flaws, this movie is a fun escape for a while and is worth giving a chance. But when a flyer for an illegal freak show appears in front. Chris massoglia exclusive video interview cirque du freak. The vampire mentor of the main protagonist the main antagonist, a halfvampaneze and exbest friend of the main character. In 2008, chris massoglia was named one of the 10 actors to watch in varietys young talent issue. 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 and chris massoglia, is the feature film adaptation of darren shans popular cirque du freak book series. Can you name the cirque du freakthe vampires assistant characters. Cirque du freak was a 12part vampire fiction series centered around darren shan, a teenager who became a vampire after visiting an illegal freak. Adapted from darren oshaughnessys book series the saga of darren shan, cirque du freak.
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. There are two monstrously frenetic fight scenes loaded with highspeed, ninjalike fisticuffs. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american dark fantasy film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren shan by author darren shan. 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. The vampires assistant is required viewing for fans of the book. Fantasy adventure from director paul weitz adapted from the childrens book series by darren shan. Nothing in cirque du freak has much weight or impact. Like those kids horror classics, cirque du freak is a comingofage tale in which maturity is hastened by horrific discoveries of alternate realms.
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