Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers. In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognises that one of the performers – Mr Crepsley – is in fact a vampire! That's when the hands of fate changes the lives of them forever! Based on the English novel series *Cirque du Freak* by author [Darren Shan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_O%27Shaughnessy).