#sam reid's lestat also makes me quake but it's more like the kind of fear of being trapped in a room with a volatile abusive partner/parent

[annabelle--cane]

I have been shoveling vampire media into my mouth like some kind of crazed ghoul for the last month and I have developed a real appreciation for performers who can just switch on the Menace at will with a handful of subtle body language shifts. it's a certain tightness to the face and squaring of the shoulders that suddenly makes me deeply afraid for the characters with whom they share a scene, like they momentarily shapeshift into a shark without really changing anything about their bearing. big shoutout to assad zaman as armand in interview with the vampire and gemma arterton as clara in byzantium in particular for giving this kind of performance.