The read
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 859 2000s adventure movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes37%
Metacritic43/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
1,189 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul WeitzDirector
- Paul WeitzScreenplay
- Brian HelgelandScreenplay
- Stephen TraskOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Chris MassogliaDarren Shan
- John C. ReillyLarten Crepsley
- Josh HutchersonSteve
- Patrick FugitEvra the Snake Boy
- Salma Hayek PinaultMadame Truska
- Jessica CarlsonRebecca
- Michael CerverisMr. Tiny
- Ray StevensonMurlaugh
- Morgan SaylorAnnie
- Don McManusMr. Shan
- Ken WatanabeMr. Tall
- Orlando JonesAlexander Ribs
