Salma Hayek Freaks out...

Actress Salma Hayek will star opposite John C. Reilly in Universal Pictures' upcoming horror drama "Cirque du Freak", an adaptation of a 12-book children's series by author Darren Shan.

Lauren Shuler "X-Men" Donner produces.

Premise focuses on Reilly as a vampire who seduces a 14-year-old to serve as his assistant. The youth is eventually turned into a 'half-vampire' and becomes the catalyst in a battle between vampires and the rival 'Vampanese'.

Hayek will play 'Madame Truska', aka the bearded lady...