I love the books, one of my favorite series and authors, but the movies look horrible. The childrens novel became a best seller, quickly growing into an internationally bestselling. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american fantasy film based on the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren shan by. Based on the first three books in the saga of darren shan in cinemas 23rd. Cirque du freak is one of the most different books. Teenager darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. Based on the popular series of books by darren shan, cirque du freak. Although the movie is based on this first trilogy, there are major differences.
Cirque du freak is the first novel in the saga of darren shan by darren shan. May 01, 2015 12 videos play all cirque du freak audio books loveable weeb. Rowling, author of the harry potter series book one in the saga of darren shan is poised to capture a wide audience of series horror readers. Just because there are vampires, doesnt make it a rip off. Cirque du freak was a movie that was release in october twenty third 2009. He grew up watching old dracula horror movies and reading spooky comics, which were the inspirations for this series. The first twilight book came out in 2005, first book from the cirque du freak series came out in 2002. Jan 04, 2000 cirque du freak is the first novel in the saga of darren shan by darren shan. 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 was first published in great britain by harpercollins in 2000, and was later published in. Cirque du freak wiki is a website anyone can edit about the saga of darren shan and the vampire blood trilogy including the vampires assistant and a living nightmare the saga of darren shan learn everything about this debut series. Is there going to be a cirque du freak sequel or not. Please feel free to contribute to this site and help us complete our goal to build.
Goodawesome book a good read for kids in 6th grade up to 12th grade. Fastpaced and compelling, full of satisfying macabre touches, cirque du freak explores the powerful fascination of the dangerous and unnatural and also, movingly, the obligations of friendship. 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. The vampires assistant somewhere between attempts at adult novels in 2000, author darren oshaughnessy had his first big hit. The movie is helmed by paul weitz and its his adaptation of the saga of darren shan, a very popular book series. 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 last year and really liked it. The vampires assistant 2009, the book quiz 2007 and ireland am 2000. I for one actually like cirque du freak and hope they do make a sequel.
Darren shan was born on july 2, 1972 in lambeth, london, england as darren oshaughnessy. See the complete cirque du freak series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. After a series of events, darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the. Has anyone here read the cirque du freak and demonata. If there are any post suggestions, please message us. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. Hello and welcome to the darren shan wiki the encyclopedia for the the saga of darren shan, the demonata, the saga of larten crepsley, the zomb series, the city trilogy and darren shans stand alone novels and all that is contained within them. I remember reading cirque du freak and i read the first few books of demonata in high school which i actually like much, much better in middle school and they were very popular, and i believe they had the ability to become a cult classic but the movie terribly ruined it and i think that made people shy away from starting or finishing it. A manga series, cirque du freak, based on the saga of darren shan, was published in the shogakukan anthology weekly shonen sunday by takahiro arai in a weekly serialization. The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. 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. Cirque du freak, vampire mountain by darren was not enjoyable as i thought it would be. It consists of 12 books, but the movie only covers 3. 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.
Cirque du freak trailer directed by paul weitz and starring john c. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. 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. Basically this is a comedy movie for kids up to 16 or so and if you are an adult. Oct 23, 2009 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 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 first incorporates tombstones and thigh bones as weapons and culminates with a bloodsucker getting hit by a semi. Reilly, salma hayek, ken watanabe, chris massoglia. Oct 23, 2009 cirque du freak sets the stage for a fullblown vampiric war, so naturally theres bound to be a little, um, blood. 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 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.
Cirque du freak sets the stage for a fullblown vampiric war, so naturally theres bound to be a little, um, blood. 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. Cirque du freak series in order darren shan fictiondb. Oct 23, 2009 teenager darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. The series we are talking about is known as the saga of darren shan. Cirque du freak was first published in great britain by harpercollins in 2000, and was later published in the vampire blood series in 2003 and 2004. Lord of the shadows the saga of darren shan duration. The complete series list for cirque du freak darren shan.
There are two monstrously frenetic fight scenes loaded with highspeed, ninjalike fisticuffs. A living nightmare is the first novel in the saga of darren shan by darren shan real name darren oshaugnessy, published in january 2000. I would have to say that this was not my favorite book out of the series because the whole book was darren, mr. When it comes to the books, the one we are talking about i. 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 vampires assistant 2009 pg 1h 49m supernatural horror movies 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. The vampires assistant 2009 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles. The vampires assistant, based on the popular series of books by darren shan, is a fantasyadventure about a teenager w. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american fantasy film based on the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren shan. Will there be a vampires assistant 2 movie answers. In the tradition of ray bradburys something wicked this way comes and stephen kings salems lot, new york times bestseller cirque du freak is the first title in the popular saga of darren shan series. Serving up a cartoonish vampire du jour, cirque du freak aims for a defanged preteenfriendly middle ground between hip and undead creepy. The 2009 movie the vampires assistant is based on the first three.
The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring factions of vampires. There are glimpses into vampire culture, like the art of. Jan 09, 2012 cirque du freak trailer directed by paul weitz and starring john c. It doesnt get religious, and has an original narrative. This page is dedicated to the likes of darren shans book series, cirque du freak. The movie has good special effects and suitably gruesome characters, but its bloodless. Overall its a fantastic book to read but it was not like the other series. The vampires assistant on dvd february 23, 2010 starring john c. I read the demonata series like crack and started the cirque du freak before that, but didnt like cirque after the first book, it ended poorly. 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. Sixteenyearold darren chris massoglia is your typical adolescent.
It is part of the vampire blood trilogy, which comprises the first three of the 12 book saga. If you are interested in the different type of things, the things which are way more different than the normal things then you are at the right place. 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. The movie is apparently based on popular book series cirque du freak by darren shan.
The cirque du freak book series by darren shan includes books cirque du freak, the vampires assistant, tunnels of blood, and several more. And if you are into the movies as well, then you are the lucky one having a perfect movie based on the same story of the book as well. If you want to start a main cirquedufreak page, just click the edit button above. Although the movie is based on this first trilogy, there are major differences between the plot of the books and the movie. Cirque du freak audiobooks listen to the full series. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american dark fantasy film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the. Crepsley, and gavner trying to reach vampire mountain. Reilly, willem dafoe, daniel newman, patrick fugit, orlando jones. 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. Demonata is a great way to get teenage boys involved in reading, it has magic, demons, violence, and death. Will there be a sequel to cirque du freak the movie answers. The vampires assistant 2009 primary poster cirque du freak. Unfortunately weitz cant quite get a handle on what the film should.