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!
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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
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Also!
+1 I voted for the best Tshirt slogan!
Thanks!
Morning Glow
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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.
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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…
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I voted in the poll, there definitely is a little freak in all of us!
micaela6955 at msn dot com
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Half-vampire would be super cool.
bacchus76 at myself dot com
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I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us.”
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Posted on the sidebar here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/
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Posted on the sidebar here: http://donnasbloghome.blogspot.com/
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I’ve got to go with Half-vampire.
I’m excited now about the movie after watching the trailer!
jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net
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+1 por favor…I voted for “there’s a little freak in all of us” love it.
jennifermorrill(at)att(dot)net
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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
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I think if I had to I’d rather live with a half-vampire.
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also voted in the poll
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I half-vampire sounds like it would be lots of fun! A full-fledged one would be even better!
allmycrazycats @ aol.com
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I voted for “I have awesome vampire powers.” I wish.
allmycrazycats @ aol.com
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I would be half vampire.
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I voted for 100% Freak!
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Hm…how about the bearded lady? I could always shave.
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+1 I voted for ‘there’s a little freak in all of us.’
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Thanks to Keri Author I’d choose to be half vampire half werewolf. I’m so going to miss me some Riley Jenson. *sigh*
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+1 I voted for the best t-shirt slogan.
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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!!
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I would choose to be a half vampire-half werewolf.
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I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us.”
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I’d go with half vampire!
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+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!!
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I’d be a werewolf. Thanks for the entry.
carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com
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I voted for There is a little freak in all of us.
Thanks.
carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com
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Definitely half-vampire!
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And I voted for there is a little freak in all of us.
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I would want to be half vampire
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voted
throuthehaze at gmail dot com
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I would love to be a half-vampire.
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+1 sidebar link
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+1 voted for “I have awesome vampire powers”
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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 =]
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I would be a vampire who can cast spells.
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I voted
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I would want to be a half-vampire!
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+1 I voted for the T-shirt slogan.
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Blogged
http://bridget3420.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-list.html
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Would have to go with a large cat shifter maybe black panther .. who is a bobtail..
Thanks for the giveaway.
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Don’t have a blog, but did vote for the shirt saying…
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half vampire all the way!
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I would be half vampire
great giveaway
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I voted for a little freak in all of us
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I would be half vampire. Thanks for the contest!
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I also voted for 100% freak.
I’m sure that T shirt would get me into trouble somewhere
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i would be a bearded lady. just cuz.
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i also voted 4 the “theres a little freak in all of us” t-shirt. its adorable.
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I voted for “A little bit of freak in all of us”
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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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I would like to be a half-vampire. I have no interest in being a bearded lady!
mittens0831 at aol dot com
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I would be a centaur semi-fluent in Russian, Spanish, and Japanese.
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I would want to be a werewolf!
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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
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I’d like to be half-vampire b/c it seems the best of both worlds!
iroquois.girl@yahoo.com
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+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
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Enter me! This looks awesome!
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Oh, and I voted!
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OMFGG I FREAKING LOVE CIRQUE DU FREAK , CANT WAIT TILL I SEE THE MOVE!!!!!
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I’d definitely want to be a half-vampire if I liked with Cirque du Freak.
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I voted in the T-shirt slogan poll. I had to go with “There is a little freak in all of us.”
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If i had to join the cirque du freak i would be telekinetic. It would be so cool
!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!! 
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I Voted!
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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.
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I posted this giveaway in my sidebar.
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I voted for we all have a little freak in all of us t-shirt.
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I love vampires and i think i would like to be a half-vampire the most
lindsay.tallman@gmail.com
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+1 I also voted
lindsay.tallman@gmail.com
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I think I’d have to go with the half-vampire.
also +1, voted for a T-shirt caption.
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I’d want to be a shapeshifter. It’s be crazy-amazing to be able to look like anyone in the world!
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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!
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I’d like to be a half-vampire or Dhampir.
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+1 – Voted for “There is a little freak in all of us” T-shirt.
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+1 – Posted a line for this at my blog
Thank you
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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.
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I would be a siren. The beautiful mythical creatures have always been seducing men or more specifically sailors to their deaths.
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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!
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I would be a half-vampire
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I also voted for “There is a little freak in all of us”
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More vamp books, yay!
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Posted this giveaway on my sidebar!
http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/
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Posted the giveaway on my sidebar!
http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/
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And my choice of lifestyle would be a shapeshifter. Preferably a telepathic one. With great…assets, heh.
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And while I’m still here, I voted for “There Is A Little Freak In All Of Us”
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I think it would be really cool to be a half-vampire, because they still get a some cool powers, like aging slowly.
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… i voted for the “theres a little vampire in all of us”
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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!
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Alright, well I voted on that t-shirt thing. We all do have a little bit of the freak in us…
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I would want to be half vamp! And I voted in the T-shirt contest.
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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.
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I also put the giveaway on my blog!
http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/:-)
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I also put the giveaway on my blog!
http://bookizzle.blogspot.com/
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I’d have to go with half vamp because I think the furriness would bother me:) Is that even a word?
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I voted and my saying is winning!
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I also blogged about the contest
http://moonsanity.blogspot.com/2009/10/book-giveaways-contests-vamps-galore.html
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Werewolf, definitely!
I also voted for “I have awesome vampire powers”
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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.
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I would choose to be a werewolf.
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Blogged here:
http://halfbluesky.livejournal.com/13731.html
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Definitely werewolf….howling at the full moon sounds divine!
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I’d like to be a shapeshifter – one that shifts into an eagle.
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I voted for “There is a little freak in all of us”.
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I voted for there is a little freak in all of us
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I would wanna be a half-vampire, because they eventually get really cool powers.
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I would choose to be a half-vampire!
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+3 Posted it here: http://goodgonegirl.blogspot.com/2009/10/amazing-giveaways.html
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+1 I voted for “100% Freak”!
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i want to win
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I’d go with half-vampire.
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I also voted for “There is a little freak in all of us”
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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. 
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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.”
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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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