What better way to start off our Halloween themed month then with something truly horrifying; freak shows!
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, is the first book of Darren Shan's wildly popular series of books for the YA genre, and also the book that the new movie is based on(In theaters October 23rd)! If you don't know much about the books or the movie, you can click here to find out more!
The new movie edition (The Vampire's Assistant and Other Tales from the Cirque Du Freak by Darren Shan) features the first three books in the series--Cirque Du Freak, The Vampire's Assistant, and Tunnels of Blood-- all in one book!
Here's a quick blurb about it:
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!
Now, on to the prizes!
Two lucky winners will receive...
A Cirque Du Freak book Set (3 titles in one book)
And a...
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant Locker Mirror Woo! Free stuff! 8D Here's what you can do to win:
1 Entry: Comment telling me one interesting fact about freak shows, or Darren Shan.
And for an extra entry, follow the blog, or follow me on twitter! (But only if you really want too! ;)
You can only enter one time for this one (Unless you're letting me know about a second entry or just want to say, "Hey!" ;P) Because last time I was WAY overloaded with entry which was an awesome thing, but still, it was alot! xD
ALSO! Don't forget to vote for your favorite Cirque Du Freak Movie T-shirt saying at the BOTTEM of the page! Lots of blogs are doing these promotions and the one with the most votes gets an ipod touch and a copy of the soundtrack which I would of course giveaway to one of you in thanks for voting! 8D (Cause I really need a new pod, mine is shot! T_T)
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE! And ENTER, ENTER, ENTER!!! (hehe)
xoxoxo
8 comments:
Well I am not sure about freak shows..lol. I think it is cool some of the things that are in them..lol I know nothing of the author this will be my first time reading his books if I win.
I am a follower,
Stormi
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Freak shows?
Well.
I've done many a research project on freak shows.
Hmmm...anyway!
Here is my fact for you!
Freak shows often displayed people that were unusually tall or short(i.e "Anita The Living Doll" was just a very short woman), or maybe with many tattoos or piercings, and even ocasionally, the freak shows would also display deformed animals(i.e Two headed cows, a goat with five legs etc.)
Fun stuffs, right?
But seriously, that's my entry!
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ANNDDDD I am a follower of you on Twitter =D 'Course, you know that already. XD
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WooHoo!!! I'm sure you know this, but other people may not. Darren Shan's real name is Darren O'Shaughnessy. Haha.
+1 I'm a follower! =)
Interesting fact - Darren Shan has a collection of over four thousand movies!
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@Ladystorm
I feel the same way! =/ I'm against them of course ut the ooks really deal more with supernatural stuff, not so much the freak show-ness of it. xD The story mostly just gets kick started by that.
@Kieran Cool fact! And yes in fact I did know that! I had a feeling you were following me... I was right! :O
@Catherine Really?? Wow that's awesome! haha
Thanks for your entries guys! :) And thanks for following!
I guess one interesting thing about them is that most of the "freaks" were not really freaks. They were just people that we just a little bit different. Either really short, had lots of tattoos.. things that we probably would find normal today.
+1 already a follower
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I just like seeing something abnormal that is REAL ... or that is put off as real. It's just so interesting.
Um but for a FACT Darren Shan was a runner up in a TV scrip writing competition in Ireland when he was 15. It was titled A Day in the Morgue.
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