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Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Poor adaptation of the books
If you've read the books, don't watch this movie!
A lot of Steve's role in the story that's kept from you in the books till the end (book 9 or so) is now already told before half the movie is over. A lot of things are left out. Even more things are made up, like Monkey girl. A lot of things aren't like in the books.
Madam Octa doesn't get the time on screen she should. In contrary to the book, here Steve gets bitten when on school. Darren's sister isn't involved in anything. And his parents are abducted by Muraugh and Steve. Mister Tiny already plays a big role in the story, together with Steve. The story about the vampaneze is already told for a big part. Too bad, I guess they try to put 12 books in 2 movies.
Not at all what I hoped for. The books are better.
Credo (2008)
Classic filming with a nice twist.
In short, the first 30 minutes were boring and everything but promising. Then... this film kinda amazed me. First i was blinded by the just out of school way of filming. And then it got me and i was sucked into a film that made me sit on the edge of my couch.
The music, camera positioning and suspense reminded me of a Hitchcock classic. The plot almost was like an all American horror movie but in the last 10 minutes the plot twisted and got really amazing.
So sit trough the first 30 minutes and let yourself glide through a nice and nerve breaking movie. I am looking forward to more work from the hands of Toni Harman and Alex Wakeford.