#AMC series

[collinsportmaine]

I’ve been a fan of vampire movies and shows since the 1960s. (Yes, I was one of those kids who ran home from school to see the next episode of Dark Shadows.)

In 1985, I read Anne Rice’s second vampire novel, “The Vampire Lestat” and later found the first, “Interview with the Vampire”. What I liked about her take on vampire lore, was that she didn’t tied them down with all the religious claptrap of most vampire stories. But in 1995 she converted to Catholicism and retroactively added religion back into her stories. Her books became too florid as well and I gradually stoped reading them.

Around that time film of Interview came out. It was fun seeing the character come to life (death?). Although I’ve always thought Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt should have traded roles.

In 2022, AMC released a TV series based on Interview. They made some interesting changes: moved the timeframe up 20 years to the 1920s; and cast both Louis and Claudia with Black actors. These ideas refreshed the story and added the additional subtext of vampires as outsiders.

In the original book Claudia was a 5 year old vampire. In the Cruise movie they aged her up to about 12 (played by Kristin Dunst). For the series, she’s been aged up again to about 15 or 16. At first I didn’t think it would work. But by making Claudia a teenager, we now have a vampire with teen hormones coursing through her veins. Plus of course, teenage rebellion.

The second season of the series has just started. A major turning point in the series has been Louis and Claudia traveling to Europe to find other vampires. But the first episode of season 2 shows them making a detour to war ravaged Romania. They do find vampire but not what they expected.

The three main actors are all great in their roles: Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac; Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt; and Bailey Bass (season 1) and Delainey Hayles (season 2) as Claudia.

If you enjoy vampire or horror fiction, but haven’t seen the AMC series, I suggest checking it out. You could probably binge season 1 during the free week, then subscribe if you like it.

[muchemovies]

[destinedtobeloved]

Stephen is like the little stray dog that the kids beg to keep in those movies like ‘please mom, please can we keep him? Can we keep him?’ And Sarah reluctantly sighs and says okay and now we have detective Holder for 4 seasons

[nalyra-dreaming]

The (video) interview of them on Pride.com is maybe my favorite.

[dragonotherkinforest]

Moonhaven season 2 hope??!!

[jones7thavenue]

This is the only bookish treat I bought so far this month.

[sweetbrowneyes1]

Oooooh oh oh fuck I knew I was going to watch something when I finally watched the first episode of Interview with the Vampire but holy shit!! That was so fucking intense!! That was just absolutely beautiful! I cried I had goosebumps fuuuuck

I'll never be over it

[rustingways]

Sam Reid for like two fucking years: Nobody has seen the real Lestat yet.

The real Lestat:

[stevenrogered]

Sam Reid: I ate so many of those photos. They were made of rice paper, so they stuck to the roof of my mouth. There were a few where I just shoved the whole photo into my mouth, but that didn’t work, so I had to eat it. It was like eating a sweet cake. They were stuck to the roof of my mouth and I couldn’t keep talking.

They’re saying mean things about Louis’ photos, so he’s going, “Fuck you! You took a beautiful photograph. Don’t listen to that guy. I’ll eat it.”

Jacob Anderson: I loved it so much.

[stella-grier]

they are so funny 😄

[vampmarie]

rest. rest now. I'll hold you

[notgilderoylockhart]

LMAO

[fyeahsmokinhot]

Armand & Daniel + being cunty (Part III)

[destinedtobeloved]

I finished The Killing tonight and my heart hurts. My stomach hurts. A knife right in the chest bro istg

[classiccvnt]

HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!

[mayasynth]

I cannot stop thinking about that one passage from Queen of the Damned 😭