For those of you feeling a little oversaturated with fangless vampires right now, here’s my plea: Give Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant a chance. I caught it in Austin last week and while it’s far from perfect, it’s a fun, teen-focused adventure set in a world of weird, strange, and occasionally funny stuff. More details later once my review is finally up, but while you wait below we have eight great clips for you straight from Cirque du Freak.

Check out all eight clips below and I’ll see you afterward with a quick breakdown of what The Vampire’s Assistant is all about.
















So what’s it about? Plot synopsis, short version, follows:

Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, based on the popular series of books by Darren Shan, is a fantasy-adventure about a teenager 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.