The vampires assistant is a 2009 american dark fantasy film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the. The search for the murderer of his father leads robert van helsing to vienna. 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. Hes sixteen going on immortal darren shan is a regular teenage kid. They do, and together they go to cirque du freak where they see many strange acts including a wolfman and a bearded lady. Ifc teamed with lionsgate for a tv movie based on the anita blake. Set in the 1930s, a former veterinary student takes a job in a travelling circus and falls in love with the ringmasters wife. Vampire circus is one of the gorier hammer films with many impalings, moldy corpses, and decapitations.
With wolf morrison, birgit waite, christian gassler, sofia soul. Jun 26, 2009 vampire circus is one of the gorier hammer films with many impalings, moldy corpses, and decapitations. Is this film being produced for an american or european audience. Reilly, willem dafoe, daniel newman, patrick fugit, orlando jones. Reilly, salma hayek storylineteenager darren shan is an excellent student and the pride and joy of his perfect middleclass family. This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic tv drama dark shadows reveals the love triangle behind barnabas collins tragic transformation to an immortal creature of the night.
It is a sort of an rrated buffy the vampire slayer. Being a vampire fan, ive seen so many movies and every once in a while a song catches your attention. Sep 02, 2009 probably the most intelligent vampires movie so far coming to theatres on october 23, 2009. Published on oct 11, 2009 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. Popmatters also called it one of the companys last great classics, writing, erotic, grotesque, chilling. Rise of the lycans 2009, my babysitters a vampire 2010. Probably the most intelligent vampires movie so far coming to theatres on october 23, 2009. Vampire circus really is the blueprint of the 1970s hammer horror movie. Vampire circus nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. The vampire s assistant 2009 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Allmovie called the film one of the studios more stylish and intelligent projects. Together they are fighting against the evil vampire queen. A young boy named darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire.
There he meets count dracula and the beautiful girls pia and isabelle. It features adrienne corri, thorley walters and anthony higgins billed as anthony corlan. Soon, young children begin to disappear, and the locals suspect the circus troupe might be hiding a horrifying secret. Ifc adapting anita blake vampire novel in 2009, ifc cable network announced an adaption of the popular vampire novel as its firstever theatricallength movie production. With adrienne corri, thorley walters, anthony higgins, john moulderbrown. Cirque du freak is an ambitious vampire romp starring john c reilly and ken watanabe, writes philip french. Oct 24, 2009 cirque du freak is an ambitious vampire romp starring john c reilly and ken watanabe, writes philip french. Circus of the freak, cirque du freak, cirque du freak. He and his friend steve find out about a freak show coming to town and work hard at trying to find tickets. 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. The vampire s 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. Delightfully smashing taboos right from the opening scene, vampire circus features a nowlegendary opening 12minute, precredit sequence that still stands as the most powerful, barnstorming curtain raiser in the companys history.
Vampire circus is, in my opinion one of hammers best vampire efforts outside of horror of dracula, and dracula, prince of darkness. The list contains the best, new and most relevant vampire movies ordered by relevance. Circus of the freak, cirque du freakmitternachtszirkus, il circo degli orrrori, keskoine tsirkusvampiiri abiline, remsegek cirkusza, skrekkens sirkus, tsirko teraton. The film opens with a short, intriguing preamble, which raises expectations for a certain pace and tone expectations which are not entirely met. The spooky acrobats and fire eaters are now free to gruesomely slaughter the townsfolk, picked off one by. Reilly, ken watanabe, josh hutcherson, chris massoglia, ray stevenson, patrick. Pale blood 1990 a serial killer stages his kills to resemble the work of a vampire, but while the police search in vain for him, a real vampire arrives.
Unfortunately, in their usual arrogant manner, the hollywood moguls decided to rip the books appart and mash together book one and two in this movie. The last vampire stars jihyun jun, allison miller, liam cunningham, jj feild the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 29 min, and received a score of 44 out of. What i found was a rather okay and fun movie actually. When darren shan is taken to a circus thats chockfull of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a. After a series of events darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the cirque du freak and become a. It is a sort of an rrated buffy the vampire slayer mixed with a murder mystery, however. 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.
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. As the plague sweeps the countryside, a quarantined village is visited by a mysterious traveling circus. I had been looking for years for the song from the movie vamp. Teenager darren shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. Vampire circus is a stylized, creepy period piece that follows a troupe of weird performers who arrive at a serbian village and bring along with them a foreboding plague that necessitates the hamlet being quarantined from the outside world. It tried its best to break every convention possible not only with the traditional trappings of vampire folklore, but it additionally charged the material with a sense of sexuality rarely seen in the medium before now. Vampire circus is a 1971 british horror film, directed by robert young for hammer horror productions. Our best vampire movie picks include from dusk till dawn, the lost boys, 30 days of night, underworld, let me in, let the right one in, near dark, and stakeland to list a few.
Transformed into a bloodsucker by crepsley, darren joins the cirque du. Thankfully, those looking for a restored and unedited version have to wait no longer, as synapse films has released a fantastic version of vampire circus on bluray and dvd. The vampires assistant dufreakthevampiresassistant based on the popular series. Oct 23, 2009 what i found was a rather okay and fun movie actually. Its not dickens or dostoevsky, but it certainly rattles along and i dont think hamilton ever laid claim to being either of those authors anyway. The vampires assistant tells the story of a smalltown teen who inadvertently shatters a 200yearold truce between warring. And it does this in the first twenty minutes of the film. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup.
It was written by judson kinberg, and produced by wilbur stark and michael carreras who was uncredited for hammer film productions. Traveling performers take revenge against the serbian villagers whose ancestors killed their leader 100 years ago. 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. After a series of events darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the cirque du freak and. Top 25 best vampire movies list best ranked vampire movies. The movie is apparently based on popular book series cirque du freak by darren shan. Jun 21, 2009 this feature is not available right now. Hamilton includes elements familiar to fans of true blood vampires are part of. The vampires assistant is a 2009 american supernatural film adaptation of the vampire blood trilogy of the book series the saga of darren. The film opens with a short, intriguing preamble, which raises expectations for a certain pace. The covenant 2006, vampire academy 2014, percy jackson. Images of the show the vampire circus best halloween event in usa.
The vampires assistant was released in 2009 on friday, october 23, 2009 in 2,754 theaters. Set in 19th century austria, the film centers on a town that has. The movie has good special effects and suitably gruesome characters, but its bloodless. Based on the popular series of books by darren shan, cirque du freak. Youd think this miniepic of vampire mayhem would be impossible to top for sheer peversity and gut impact, but non. 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 trailer directed by paul weitz and starring john c. With joan bennett, thayer david, louis edmonds, jonathan frid. Reilly, ken watanabe, josh hutcherson and chris massoglia. The vampires assistant includes good vampires, evil vampanese, a wolfman, a bearded lady, a monkey girl with a long. We have hats, tshirts, magnetic locker mirrors and backpacks to give away from this film. This movie has wonderful atmosphere, rather good special.
Vampire circus 1972 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Our top 25 best vampire movies of all time is a great list of movies to watch right now. There are a lot of plot inconsistencies and weird logic in vampire circus but the end product is so colorful and the atmosphere so dreamlike that it makes for a delirious viewing experience. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, visually appealing, stylized, sexy, gothic and exciting films and tv shows about with supernatural, vampire, imaginary, immortality, mentor, transformation, dialogue, werewolf, fight scenes and adaptation plots mostly in fantasy, horror and drama genres. There were 8 other movies released on the same date, including astro boy, saw vi and amelia. It may not be as bad as vampire academy, but it is quite clearly not a good film.
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