Just in time for Halloween, 13 cinematic curiosities, monstrosities, and grotesqueries

By Frank Paiva
Special to MSN Movies

Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! From the farthest reaches of cinema do we humbly present our show today, a collection of the scariest, most unbelievable creatures ever put on display!

See ...

The twisted sister with a penchant for human crochet!

The Oscar winner who is his own father!

The freakishly tan midget servants of a maniacal confection God!

The tree baby with an insatiable lust for blood!

And so much more!

This odditorium of movie rejects comes just in time for the release of "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant," a fantasy film about a teenager who becomes involved in a centuries-old battle between warring factions of vampires.

The movie stars Patrick Fugit as a snake boy, Jane Krakowski as a woman who can regenerate her limbs, Orlando Jones as a musician who plays his ribs like a xylophone, and Salma Hayek as a bearded lady. And does Hayek still look stunning even with facial hair? Absolutely! Horror of horrors!

Do you have the courage to step inside this assemblage of celluloid aberrations? There's only one way to find out.

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('Cirque du Freak'/Universal Pictures)