Anyone who has read Anne Rice books and seen the screen adaptations knows Anne is brilliant. Her mind is filled with vivid imagery,dark,poetic,theatrical. I love the drama of Interview With The Vampire. Interview is your classic gothic tale of a vampire with a human soul. Louis’ empathy for humanity is as alive as any mortal.

It is honorable, but his vampire sire Lestat doesn’t see it that way. He sees empathy as a weakness. Lestat comes off as a masochist that takes pleasure in indulging his savage vampire needs. One of my favorite lines in the movie is when Lestat and Louis are talking and Lestat says “Come to New Orleans then, the Paris opera’s in town we can try some french cuisine” Louis responds “Forgive me if I have a lingering respect for life.” 

It shows how drastically different their personalities are. Lestat tries to teach Louis what the life of a vampire takes, he took him under his dark wing and took the light of day. Ultimately though Louis realizes that’s the price he must pay. Also along the way, they meet a young girl who completes this sorrowful family.

The Vampire Claudia as she is known is far too young to be Vampire. Her thirst is almost as terrible as Lestat’s and she feeds and lives with all the zeal of youth. In the end though, Louis cannot overcome his own mourning. He mourns for the loss of his mortality, the one thing that humans fear.

What shall be the fate of Lestat, Louis, and his young child of the night? Watch and see