Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - $17M

CRITICAL CONSENSUS
This overstuffed, scattershot vampire flick suffers from poor characterization and an unwieldy mix of scares and chuckles.

SYNOPSIS
The Vampire's Assistant tells the frightening tale of a boy who unknowingly breaks a 200-year-old truce between two warring factions of vampires. Pulled into a fantastic life of misunderstood sideshow freaks and grotesque creatures of the night, one teen will vanish from the safety of a boring existence and fulfill his destiny in a place drawn from nightmares.

14-year-old Darren (Chris Massoglia) was like most kids in his suburban neighborhood. He hung out with his best friend, got decent grades and usually stayed out of trouble. But when he and his buddy stumble upon a traveling freak show, things begin to change inside Darren. That's the exact moment when a vampire named Larten Crepsley (John C. Reilly) turns him into something, well, bloodthirsty. --© Universal

Rated PG-13 (for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.).

Visit Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant at Rotten Tomatoes