Freak becomes Vampire

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 17 years ago

Last Updated on July 26, 2021

Sorry, but the story isn’t nearly as interesting as the title implies…

In an interesting – but hardly surprising – move, Universal has changed the title of the fantasy flick CIRQUE DU FREAK (which we last told you about here) to THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT. (I say hardly surprising because CIRQUE DU FREAK doesn’t exactly scream “come see me!”) Not only that, they’ve moved up the release date, from January 2010 to this October – the 23rd to be exact. That pits it against Lionsgate’s SAW VI, and while they’re two different kinds of movies, it’s still a risky bet on Universal’s part.

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