Production Information

Josh portraying Steve

Directed by: Paul Weitz
Written By: Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by Darren Shan

Release: 23 October 2009
Status: Available on DVD and Blu-Ray
Genre: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Thriller
Runtime: 109 minutes (1 hour, 49 minutes)

Also Starring: John C. Reilly (Larten Crespley), Chris Massoglia (Darren Shan), Jessica Carlson (Rebecca), Michael Cerveris (Mr. Tiny), Ray Stevenson (Murlaugh), Patrick Fugit (Evra, the Snake Boy)

Synopsis: A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

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Movie Trivia

• A portion of the film was shot in Studio 28 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. It is the oldest known sound stage in the history of the studio.

• What drew John C. Reilly to play Larten Crepsley was “the fact that it was a real person, that he wasn’t some supernatural mystical being that can turn into a vampire bat. The powers weren’t so extreme that it was just another thing altogether, that this guy was a person who was alive in the 1800s who was essentially about my age. If you account the slow aging, he is forty something years old” he said.