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Interview with the Vampire is a gothic horror and vampire novel by American author Anne Rice, published in 1976. It was her debut novel. Based on a short story Rice wrote around 1968, the novel centers on vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, who tells the story of his life to a reporter.
- Anne Rice
- 1976
Oct 18, 2022 · Set as a recollection of the past, Interview with the Vampire – both the original novel and the screen adaptations – widely uses the principle of time jumps from the past into the present and...
- Feature Writer
Nov 23, 2022 · Based on the 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice, AMC's "Interview with the Vampire" is the saga of immortal lovers Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) and Lestat de Lioncourt (Sam...
- Kayleigh Hearn
Oct 5, 2022 · We point out some of the changes from Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire book to the AMC series adaptation. Any time a novel is adapted from the page to the screen, some liberties need to be taken in order to make the source material work for an entirely different medium.
- 15 AMC's Interview with The Vampire Takes Place in 2022
- 14 AMC's Adaptation Sets Interview with The Vampire in Ritzy Dubai
- 13 The 1970s Interview Still Took Place, and It Ended Just as Badly For Molloy
- 12 Daniel Molloy Is A Fully Formed Character
- 11 The Covid-19 Pandemic Is Part of The Story
- 10 Louis' Past Takes Place in The Early 20th Century
- 9 There Is A Lot of Physical Intimacy Between Vampires
- 8 AMC's Louis de Pointe Du Lac Is A Successful Black Businessman
Anne Rice's Novel Placed The Interview During The 1970s
The plot of Interview with the Vampireis framed by a literal interview with the vampire, Louis, as he relays his backstory to a mortal reporter named Daniel Molloy. Rice's novel, which was published in 1976, sets this interview during the 1970s, flashing back and forth between the interview itself and the events of Louis' past that led to him becoming a vampire. The television series brings the current interview to the present day, with the first episode specifically noting the date as July 2...
Anne Rice's Original Story Was Set In Grungy San Francisco
Not only is the time period updated, but the location of the interview is overhauled as well. In Rice's novel, as well as the film adaptation, Louis meets with reporter Daniel Molloy in a small San Francisco home. AMC's Interview with the Vampiremade the decision to give Louis a more prestigious home, showing a different side to the character than what fans were originally shown. Louis is no longer the victim of his tragic history. He isn't punishing himself for all the things he's done, or t...
Louis Attacked Daniel Molloy After Refusing To Turn Him Into A Vampire
Despite the fact that the modern setting and time period of the interview have been updated, the original 1970s meeting between Louis and Daniel Molloy from the book did still happen. In the show, their 2022 Dubai meet-up is actually their second round of interviews. However, in the original novel, the interview was a one-night-only opportunity, that ended with Molloy asking Louis to turn him into a vampire. Louis attacked Molloy, though he didn't kill him, and after that, the pair never met...
Anne Rice's Original Interview With The Vampire Didn't Even Name His Character
In Rice's original work, the interviewer to whom Louis' confesses the secrets of his past doesn't even have a name. Louis refers to him only as "the boy," and he is described as a young reporter in his 20s. Readers of theVampire Chroniclescome to know this reporter as Daniel Molloy, as the character takes a more central role in later entries of the series as he begins searching for Lestat. The Molloy of the show is an aging reporter who is approaching the end of an already prestigious career....
Bringing The Story Into The Modern Day Allows For Timely Reflections
Anne Rice could never have imagined the coronavirus pandemic when she penned Interview with the Vampire in 1976. However, as the series' retelling is set in 2022, the show makes explicit mention of the worldwide pandemic. Some recent films and television series have chosen to ignore the effects of COVIDand its results on the world, but AMC's adaptation of Interview works thematically in the show's favor. It's a poignant reminder to audiences that death hovers all around them all the time and...
Anne Rice's Story Saw Louis' Fateful Meeting With Lestat At The End of The 18th Century
Louis de Pointe du Lac tells his life story beginning shortly before he was made immortal by the vampire Lestat. In the novel, Louis was transformed in 1791, and the bulk of the historical storytakes place around the turn of the nineteenth century. Not only does this change the characters' lives dramatically, but New Orleans became a very different place in the 119-year time difference between Rice's novel and the AMC retelling of the story. The television adaptation pushes Louis ahead in tim...
Anne Rice's Vampires Were Asexual
Anne Rice made it known over the years that despite sharing romantic and loving bonds, vampires did not have sex. Taking that one step further, she explained that they physically couldn't have sex, once their body had physically died, and even if they could, they really had no interest in it. It paled in comparison to the intimacy and excitement that came from feeding on a human or another vampire. Louis and Lestat have a very dynamic sexual relationship in AMC's adaptation of the story, show...
Anne Rice's Louis And HIs Family Owned Indigo Plantations And Slaves
In the novel, Louis is a white Louisiana plantation owner in 1791. His family's wealth is built from their indigo plantation, and Louis is the owner of a number of enslaved people. It's a stark contrast, with the AMC adaptation updating Louis' character and backstoryalmost from the ground up. Now a black business owner who oversees a number of successful brothels and gambling houses in 1910 New Orleans, this change allows the plot to explore the racial dynamics of the Jim Crow South, as well...
Sep 20, 2021 · Forty-five years after its publication, Anne Rice’s 1976 novel 'Interview With the Vampire' stands as one of the most influential bloodsucker tales ever published. Here's what you need to know.
Interview with the Vampire is a 1994 American gothic horror film directed by Neil Jordan, based on Anne Rice's 1976 novel of the same name, and starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. It focuses on Lestat (Cruise) and Louis (Pitt), beginning with Louis's transformation into a vampire by Lestat in 1791.
