Will 'Cirque du Freak' Suffer From &#...

Will 'Cirque du Freak' Suffer From 'Twilight' Comparisons?

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Posted 2 months ago by wdweditorial
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Leaving an early screening of Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant this week, I heard an amazed teenage girl say to her companions, "It's, like, a vampire movie, but it's funny!" As if such a thing weren't possible. But then, the average teen was in kindergarten when Buffy was in its prime, and 80's movies like Fright Night and Once Bitten are ancient history. Funny vampires?! Who knew? As Peter Hall says in his excellent Cinematical review of Cirque, it's a shame that this particular movie feels as if it were rushed out to take advantage of the current Twilight and True Blood fueled vamp renaissance. Based on the first three volumes of the popular kid-lit series by Darren Shan, the film bumps the hero's age from 12 to 16, the better, one supposes, to promote the flick to the Twilight crowd -- despite it being a piece with a completely different flavor, based on books for kids between the ages of 10 and 12. If you think it's a stretch that Cirque's being marketed to the sparkly-vampire crowd, take a good look at the design of one of the posters (above). Wow ... it's totally Robert Pattinson! Except that it's not. Take a look below, to see what actor Chris Massoglia really looks like in the movie. Filed under: Fandom, Movie Marketing Continue reading Will 'Cirque du Freak' Suffer From 'Twilight' Comparisons? Permalink | Email this | Comments
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