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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Giveaway!

Darren Shan’s bestselling Cirque du Freak series makes its way to the big screen this fall, with The Vampire’s Assistant – and we are offering some goodies to get in the spirit of the film!

The Book:

THE VAMPIRE’S ASSISTANT and Other Tales from the Cirque du Freak by Darren Shan

New movie edition features the first three books–Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire’s Assistant, and Tunnels of Blood— bound up in one volume!

Do you love to be scared? Then don’t miss the terrifying adventure that begins when Darren and his best friend, Steve, get tickets to the CIRQUE DU FREAK, a wonderfully bizarre and creepy freak show. Brace yourself for thrills and chills as the boys witness a parade of grotesque creatures and face their deepest fears by entering the darkest world of the vampire. In the blood-curdling tradition of Anne Rice and Stephen King, CIRQUE DU FREAK will have you shrieking for the next horror show!

The Movie:

In theaters October 23rd

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.

CIRQUE DU FREAK has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.

Check out the official movie website HERE.

The Trailer:

The Giveaway:

TWO lucky winners will each receive a prize pack with the following goodies:

1. Cirque du Freak book Set (Includes all THREE original Cirque du Freak titles in one book)
2. Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Locker Mirror

The contest is open ONLY to US residents who are at least 13 years of age as of October 1st. In order to enter, simply leave a comment here telling us if you had to live with the Cirque du Freak, what supernatural creature would you wish to be (half-vampire, werewolf, bearded lady…you name it)!

Also, we’ll be awarding EXTRA ENTRIES for the following:

+1 for posting about this giveaway and linking on your blog (please tell us you did so in an extra comment for it to count)
+1 for voting in the official widget below for your favorite Cirque du Freak T-shirt (please tell us you did so in an extra comment for it to count)

Other multiple entries that do not follow the rules specified above will be disqualified. If you have voted and linked, but have only left us with one comment, you will only be entered one time into the giveaway – so don’t shortchange yourself!

The contest will run until October 23 at 11:59 PM. We will randomly select and announce our winner on October 24th. Good Luck!

123 Comments

  • Morning Glow
    October 1, 2009 at 6:37 pm

    Oooh, I think I would want to be a half-vampire. I think that would be extremely interesting.. especially after reading Jeaniene Frost’s Night Huntress novels!

    Thanks!
    Morning Glow

  • Morning Glow
    October 1, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    Also!

    +1 I voted for the best Tshirt slogan!

    Thanks!
    Morning Glow

  • Tiah
    October 1, 2009 at 7:30 pm

    I would pick half-vampire, that would be cool. I voted in the poll “there is a little freak in all of us”. I would wear that proudly.

  • Michele P.
    October 1, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    I think I would also pick half vampire, even though I have enough body hair that if I don’t shave it would be no problem being a bearded lady or werewoman lol…there is something more glamorous in being a creature of the night… and feeding on the blood of poor souls I meet at the clubs…besides, I haven’t ever seen a vampire that wasn’t hot 😉 at least in books and the movies anyways…

  • Michele P.
    October 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    I voted in the poll, there definitely is a little freak in all of us!

    micaela6955 at msn dot com

  • Donna S
    October 1, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    Half-vampire would be super cool.

    bacchus76 at myself dot com

  • Donna S
    October 1, 2009 at 9:27 pm

    I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us.”

  • Donna S
    October 1, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    Posted on the sidebar here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/

  • Donna S
    October 1, 2009 at 9:48 pm

    Posted on the sidebar here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/

  • Jenn M.
    October 1, 2009 at 10:13 pm

    I’ve got to go with Half-vampire.

    I’m excited now about the movie after watching the trailer!

    jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net

  • Jenn M.
    October 1, 2009 at 10:15 pm

    +1 por favor…I voted for “there’s a little freak in all of us” love it.

    jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net

  • Jenn M.
    October 1, 2009 at 10:16 pm

    annnnnnd +1 last entry because I posted a linky on my blog. http://www.jennifermorrill.wordpress.com/giveaways-on-other-sites/

    Thanks so much

    jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net

  • Calila
    October 1, 2009 at 10:37 pm

    I think if I had to I’d rather live with a half-vampire.

  • Calila
    October 1, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    also voted in the poll

  • Kristine Michelle
    October 1, 2009 at 11:35 pm

    I half-vampire sounds like it would be lots of fun! A full-fledged one would be even better!
    allmycrazycats @ aol.com

  • Kristine Michelle
    October 1, 2009 at 11:36 pm

    I voted for “I have awesome vampire powers.” I wish. 😈
    allmycrazycats @ aol.com

  • Stacy
    October 2, 2009 at 4:32 am

    I would be half vampire.

  • Stacy
    October 2, 2009 at 4:32 am

    I voted for 100% Freak!

  • JenP
    October 2, 2009 at 6:05 am

    Hm…how about the bearded lady? I could always shave. 🙂

  • JenP
    October 2, 2009 at 6:06 am

    +1 I voted for ‘there’s a little freak in all of us.’

  • Jen D.
    October 2, 2009 at 7:48 am

    Thanks to Keri Author I’d choose to be half vampire half werewolf. I’m so going to miss me some Riley Jenson. *sigh* 🙁

  • Jen D.
    October 2, 2009 at 7:49 am

    +1 I voted for the best t-shirt slogan.

  • Jamie
    October 2, 2009 at 8:21 am

    I would love to be a werewolf or were cat of some kind. I just have a soft spot for were animals..lol.

    I voted in the poll also!!

  • CrystalGB
    October 2, 2009 at 8:36 am

    I would choose to be a half vampire-half werewolf.

  • CrystalGB
    October 2, 2009 at 8:37 am

    I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us.”

  • Teresa W.
    October 2, 2009 at 11:46 am

    I’d go with half vampire!

  • Rosie Carlo
    October 2, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    +1 for voting in the t-shirt poll (there’s a little freak in all of us)

    I think I’d go with half-vampire. Even full vampire would be cool. After seeing this trailer, I so can’t wait till the movie comes out. My boys are going to love it!!

  • carol
    October 2, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    I’d be a werewolf. Thanks for the entry.

    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

  • carol
    October 2, 2009 at 1:55 pm

    I voted for There is a little freak in all of us.

    Thanks.

    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

  • Nicole Downing
    October 2, 2009 at 3:55 pm

    Definitely half-vampire!

  • Nicole Downing
    October 2, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    And I voted for there is a little freak in all of us.

  • Raelena
    October 2, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    I would want to be half vampire

  • Raelena
    October 2, 2009 at 4:50 pm

    voted
    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

  • The Book Vixen
    October 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    I would love to be a half-vampire.

  • The Book Vixen
    October 2, 2009 at 5:19 pm

    +1 sidebar link

  • The Book Vixen
    October 2, 2009 at 5:20 pm

    +1 voted for “I have awesome vampire powers”

  • danielle
    October 2, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    I read this entire series already, so no need to enter me 🙂 I would, however, love to be…I don’t know…something that freezes time. Hours of listening to boring lectures on plants have led me down many day-dreaming paths, and one of the most re-occuring was freezing time and slapping my teacher silly, then sitting back down and watching her look around in bewilderment, holding her cheek tenderly.

    So, something like that =]

  • bridget3420
    October 2, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    I would be a vampire who can cast spells.

  • bridget3420
    October 2, 2009 at 8:09 pm

    I voted

  • Courtney
    October 2, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    I would want to be a half-vampire!

  • Courtney
    October 2, 2009 at 8:58 pm

    +1 I voted for the T-shirt slogan.

  • bridget3420
    October 2, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    Blogged

    http://bridget3420.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-list.html

  • Jo Ann Jansing
    October 2, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    Would have to go with a large cat shifter maybe black panther .. who is a bobtail.. 😈

    Thanks for the giveaway.

  • Jo Ann Jansing
    October 2, 2009 at 11:14 pm

    Don’t have a blog, but did vote for the shirt saying…

  • amanda
    October 2, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    half vampire all the way!

  • Elie N
    October 3, 2009 at 4:58 am

    I would be half vampire
    great giveaway

  • Elie N
    October 3, 2009 at 4:58 am

    I voted for a little freak in all of us

  • Jennygirl
    October 3, 2009 at 9:24 am

    I would be half vampire. Thanks for the contest!

  • Jennygirl
    October 3, 2009 at 9:25 am

    I also voted for 100% freak.

    I’m sure that T shirt would get me into trouble somewhere 🙂

  • Morganne W.
    October 3, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    i would be a bearded lady. just cuz. 😀 🙂 😆

  • Morganne W.
    October 3, 2009 at 8:02 pm

    i also voted 4 the “theres a little freak in all of us” t-shirt. its adorable.

  • Helen M.
    October 3, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    I voted for “A little bit of freak in all of us”

  • Helen M.
    October 3, 2009 at 8:34 pm

    I’m gonna’ choose to be a bearded lady. Can I use that to go in the men’s restroom when the ladies’ line is too long?

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  • Carol M
    October 4, 2009 at 10:11 am

    I would like to be a half-vampire. I have no interest in being a bearded lady! 🙁
    mittens0831 at aol dot com

  • Miss Marjie
    October 4, 2009 at 10:46 am

    I would be a centaur semi-fluent in Russian, Spanish, and Japanese. 😯

  • Virginia Hendricks
    October 4, 2009 at 11:58 am

    I would want to be a werewolf!

  • Bethie
    October 4, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Please count me in. Thanks for the giveaway. I would be a werewolf.

    +1 I voted for the T-shirt slogan.

    lizi0915 at aol dot com

  • Veronica F.
    October 5, 2009 at 2:39 am

    I’d like to be half-vampire b/c it seems the best of both worlds! 😯

    iroquois.girl@yahoo.com

  • Veronica F.
    October 5, 2009 at 2:40 am

    +1 for voting in the official widget for favorite Cirque du Freak T-shirt ❗

    voted for “little freak in all of us“, 😆

    iroquois.girl@yahoo.com

  • brizmus
    October 5, 2009 at 2:58 am

    Enter me! This looks awesome!

  • brizmus
    October 5, 2009 at 2:59 am

    Oh, and I voted!

  • Shahana Mumnun
    October 6, 2009 at 11:53 am

    OMFGG I FREAKING LOVE CIRQUE DU FREAK , CANT WAIT TILL I SEE THE MOVE!!!!! :mrgreen:

  • Karin
    October 6, 2009 at 6:14 pm

    I’d definitely want to be a half-vampire if I liked with Cirque du Freak.

  • Karin
    October 6, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    I voted in the T-shirt slogan poll. I had to go with “There is a little freak in all of us.”

  • Hailee A.
    October 6, 2009 at 9:26 pm

    If i had to join the cirque du freak i would be telekinetic. It would be so cool 8) !I would levitate items and even myself and people in the audience! 😯 I swear it would be the most amazing experience to be apart of the Cirque du freak or even just see it once!! :mrgreen:

  • connor
    October 7, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    I Voted!

  • Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)
    October 9, 2009 at 6:36 am

    Since I have a vampire obsession, I’m going with half-vampire! I had no idea that this movie was based upon books…No I really do have to read them.

  • Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)
    October 9, 2009 at 6:39 am

    I posted this giveaway in my sidebar.

  • Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)
    October 9, 2009 at 6:43 am

    I voted for we all have a little freak in all of us t-shirt.

  • Lindsay Tallman
    October 9, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    I love vampires and i think i would like to be a half-vampire the most

    lindsay.tallman@gmail.com

  • Lindsay Tallman
    October 9, 2009 at 6:43 pm

    +1 I also voted

    lindsay.tallman@gmail.com

  • Amanda
    October 11, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    I think I’d have to go with the half-vampire.

    also +1, voted for a T-shirt caption.

  • Katee R
    October 11, 2009 at 11:31 pm

    I’d want to be a shapeshifter. It’s be crazy-amazing to be able to look like anyone in the world!

  • Marie
    October 12, 2009 at 8:56 am

    I would love to be some sort of shifter. Pluses: all the extra sensory abilities, strength. Minuses: the extra hair. I hate shaving my legs now, so this would DEFINATELY be a downer!

  • Daelith
    October 12, 2009 at 11:55 am

    I’d like to be a half-vampire or Dhampir.

  • Daelith
    October 12, 2009 at 11:56 am

    +1 – Voted for “There is a little freak in all of us” T-shirt.

  • Daelith
    October 12, 2009 at 12:05 pm

    +1 – Posted a line for this at my blog

    Thank you

  • Katie
    October 14, 2009 at 10:57 am

    Definitely shapeshifter. Ilona Andrew has convinced me that you can be wicked powerful in human and animal form, not to mention the perks of a pack backing you up. They have the ability to upgrade to who they need to be when things get dicey. And do most of them seem to be attractive too, in both forms? Must be another perk.

  • tobi
    October 14, 2009 at 4:16 pm

    I would be a siren. The beautiful mythical creatures have always been seducing men or more specifically sailors to their deaths.

  • Jessica
    October 14, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    i would be an abatwa(little person that rides ants from Zulu mythology) i get to shoot people who disrespect my size with poison arrows!

  • Ivy
    October 14, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I would be a half-vampire 😆

  • Ivy
    October 14, 2009 at 5:09 pm

    I also voted for “There is a little freak in all of us” 😆

  • Fellina Grose
    October 15, 2009 at 4:48 am

    More vamp books, yay!

  • Nikki
    October 16, 2009 at 1:48 am

    Posted this giveaway on my sidebar!

    http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/

  • Nikki
    October 16, 2009 at 1:49 am

    Posted the giveaway on my sidebar!

    http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/

  • Nikki
    October 16, 2009 at 1:51 am

    And my choice of lifestyle would be a shapeshifter. Preferably a telepathic one. With great…assets, heh.

  • Nikki
    October 16, 2009 at 1:53 am

    And while I’m still here, I voted for “There Is A Little Freak In All Of Us” 🙂

  • Tiffany
    October 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    I think it would be really cool to be a half-vampire, because they still get a some cool powers, like aging slowly.

  • Jessica
    October 16, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    … i voted for the “theres a little vampire in all of us”

  • SMD
    October 17, 2009 at 11:45 am

    What I would want to be…hmm. I don’t rightly know. I think it would be neat to be a centaur or possibly a half-vampire, but I find the prospect of extra limbs or having to drink blood rather…disheartening. So, I’ll go with a fairy, with all that magic and the little wings. That would be fun!

    Thanks!

  • SMD
    October 17, 2009 at 11:45 am

    Alright, well I voted on that t-shirt thing. We all do have a little bit of the freak in us…

  • Valorie
    October 17, 2009 at 4:32 pm

    I would want to be half vamp! And I voted in the T-shirt contest.

  • Monica the darkangel
    October 17, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    I voted for there is a little bit of freak in all of us. There is, sometimes theres a little bit to much in us which is why we call some people weird.

  • Monica the darkangel
    October 17, 2009 at 5:59 pm

    I also put the giveaway on my blog!
    http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/:-)

  • Monica the darkangel
    October 17, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    I also put the giveaway on my blog!
    http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/

  • Brenda
    October 18, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I’d have to go with half vamp because I think the furriness would bother me:) Is that even a word? :mrgreen:

  • Brenda
    October 18, 2009 at 9:48 am

    I voted and my saying is winning!

  • Brenda
    October 18, 2009 at 9:49 am

    I also blogged about the contest 8)

    http://moonsanity.blogspot.com/2009/10/book-giveaways-contests-vamps-galore.html

  • Jennifer
    October 18, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    Werewolf, definitely!

    I also voted for “I have awesome vampire powers”

  • Shawna Lewis
    October 19, 2009 at 12:15 pm

    weloveourdogs@juno.com

    I would be 1/2 vamp for sure!!!!

    I voted
    I linked to my sidebar

    Thanks for this chance to win this neat stuff!!
    Shawna L.

  • Jenna
    October 19, 2009 at 11:49 pm

    I would choose to be a werewolf.

  • Jenna
    October 19, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    Blogged here:

    http://halfbluesky.livejournal.com/13731.html

  • Lorraine
    October 20, 2009 at 10:54 am

    Definitely werewolf….howling at the full moon sounds divine! 🙄

  • CherylS22
    October 20, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    I’d like to be a shapeshifter – one that shifts into an eagle.

  • CherylS22
    October 20, 2009 at 8:05 pm

    I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us”.

  • Tiffany
    October 20, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    I voted for there is a little freak in all of us

  • Tiffany
    October 20, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    I would wanna be a half-vampire, because they eventually get really cool powers.

  • Anna ?
    October 21, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    I would choose to be a half-vampire!

  • Anna ?
    October 21, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    +3 Posted it here: http://goodgonegirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/amazing-giveaways.html

  • Anna ?
    October 21, 2009 at 5:11 pm

    +1 I voted for “100% Freak”!

  • ronny
    October 22, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    i want to win 😀 🙂 🙁 😮 😯 😕 8) 😆 😡 😡 😛 😳 😥 👿 😈 🙄 😉 ❗ ❓ 💡 ➡ 😐 :mrgreen:

  • alana
    October 22, 2009 at 2:07 pm

    I’d go with half-vampire.

  • alana
    October 22, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    I also voted for “There is a little freak in all of us”

  • Hayley
    October 22, 2009 at 11:18 pm

    I think I would want to be a snake-lady, a la Medusa from the original Clash of the Titans movie. Bottom half of the body- snake. Top half- woman. With poisonous fangs and lots of scales. In purple and silver. 😀 Of course, I wouldn’t want to turn people to stone. They’d be afraid to look at me. 🙄

  • Hayley
    October 22, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    I also voted for the “I have awesome vampire powers.” It’s so wonderfully tongue-in-cheek. Also sounds like something Napoleon Dynamite would say. “Girls only want boyfriends with awesome vampire powers.”

  • Rachel Arielle Calder-Wood
    October 23, 2009 at 1:30 pm

    If i live with cirque du freak. T would enjoy every minute of my life. I would be a vampiere and hang out with the crew.

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    October 18, 2013 at 2:05 am

    I was born in Malibu California on August 18 1994. This would be so awesome to be a vampire and be trained by crique du freak. i would love the experience of immortality. ????????

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