Based on a series of books by Darren Shan we have a film in which two American teenagers with a taste for the macabre find themselves attending a performance at the titular show where one of them becomes a kind of protégé to John C Reilly who plays the eponymous vampire and becomes a "half-vampire" (don't ask) and goes to live at the circus folk's campsite.
This is an adaption of the first three books in the series.One of the attractions is the wide range of freaks portrayed - the man with no stomach,the lizard-boy,the bearded lady (whose beard comes and goes and is played by the stunning Salma Hayek who would need more than a beard to affect her appearance) etc etc.Our hero is befriended by a pretty young girl whose deformity is that she has a tail.Merely makes her cuter.
I have to confess I did enjoy this,there was enough character development and back-story to immerse oneself in and Reilly (so excellent in the recent Walk Hard:The Dewey Cox Story makes an engaging adult hero.Depending on the success of the film there may be sequels.Enough here to warrant a 7/10
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