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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)

★ 5.9 · 1,163 ratings on TMDB

Meet Darren. He's sixteen going on immortal.

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant poster★ 5.9

When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.

DirectorPaul Weitz
CastChris Massoglia, Don McManus, Jessica Carlson, John C. Reilly, Josh Hutcherson, Michael Cerveris
GenresAction, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
The emergence reading

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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