![]() “ Darren discovers a place that's far more visually captivating and ethnically diverse than his pastel-saturated suburban home,” Weitz explains. German Expressionism of the 1920s and‘30s inspired the look and feeling of the world that teenager Darren Shan would enter-a world that vampire Larten Crepsley had been living in for centuries. ![]() “That is what sucked me into this: Darren’s story is a metaphor for growing up.” He vanishes from the safety of a boring existence to fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares. “There’s something about starting to become an adult that feels like you’ve entered a moral gray area…where things aren’t good or evil,” says Director/Screenwriter Paul Weitz. Steve, Darren’s best friend and fellow high school outcast dreams of becoming a vampire, but it is Darren who is pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night. The film CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager of the same name who unknowingly becomes entangled in a contentious, centuries-old vampire rivalry teetering on the edge of war. ![]() ![]() "It's not about what you are- it's about who you are." ![]()
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