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Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (TV Series)

Interview with the Vampire

2022

Rolin Jones (Creator), Alan Taylor ...

Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian, Bailey Bass ...

6.1

566

TV Series. Horror. Fantasy. Drama Show based on the Anne Rice novel of the same name. The book centers on the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac as he relates the story of his life to a reporter, in particular how he was turned into a vampire and then mentored by Lestat de Lioncourt.

	Author	Review
Canada	Sarah Moran Screen Rant	"[2nd Season Review]: A bloody, romantic tale worth sinking your teeth into (...) It is just as seductive and horrifying as its first (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Carly Lane Collider	"[2nd Season Review]: a gloriously tangled and compelling part two"	POS
United States	Meghan O'Keefe Decider	"[2nd Season Review]: Dark and lush triumph (...) It’s a soapy, gothic fairy tale full of sensuality, gore, and incredible performances"	POS
United States	Alison Herman Variety	"[2nd Season Review]: as fresh as a newly opened vein (...) Seizing the chance to expand Rice’s canvas, 'Interview With the Vampire' keeps adding layers of paint"	POS
United States	Kayleigh Donaldson The Wrap	"[2nd Season Review]: The intense and oft-unwieldy ambition of Rice’s saga has never gotten the room to expand that it deserved, but Season 2 of 'Interview with the Vampire' is the best evidence we have yet that it will be possible to make that future happen"	POS
United States	Daniel Kurland Bloody Disgusting	"[2nd Season Review]: A sublime evolution of AMC’s Anne Rice TV Series (...) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lacy Baugher Milas Paste Magazine	"[2nd Season Review]: bolder, messier, and more complicated than ever"	POS
United States	Samantha Nelson IGN	"[2nd Season Review]: it is every bit as sexy and scary as the first (...) Driven by fierce performances, it’s a perfect embodiment of vampire stories’ unique ability to combine desire and horror"	POS
United States	Kaiya Shunyata Dread Central	"[2nd Season Review]: it may just be one of the best series of the year"	POS
United States	Gavia Baker-Whitelaw TV Guide	"[2nd Season Review]: Rarely do we see such a clever, creative work of adaptation, mining classic vampire tropes for a deliciously energizing take on the genre"	POS
United States	Lauren Coates AV Club	"[2nd Season Review]: it continues to deliver vibrant characters and addictively volatile storytelling"	POS
United States	Nina Metz Chicago Tribune	"[2nd Season Review]: So richly written, so thrillingly inhabited by its cast, so effortlessly funny (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"[1st Season Review]: The show's commitment to its history in which it's rooted, not to mention Anderson's deft performance in a uniquely demanding role, justify its coming back from the dead"	POS
United States	Judy Berman Time	"[1st Season Review]: Surprisingly smart, gloriously pulpy (...) [It] seizes an opportunity to improve upon an inferior adaptation, and has a real sense of fun"	POS
United States	Darren Franich Entertainment Weekly	"[1st Season Review]: Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid sizzle in Anne Rice's gothic melodrama, which becomes an endearing (if murder-y) relationship dramedy in TV form (...) 'Interview' drains new blood from an old stone"	POS
United States	Allison Picurro TV Guide	"[1st Season Review]: It's the crazy, sexy, queer adaptation Rice's crazy, sexy, queer story always deserved."	POS
United States	Tara Ariano Vanity Fair	"[1st Season Review]: Sam Reid’s Lestat, feasting on every one of his scenes, is what makes the show unmissable"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"[1st Season Review]: Viewers can get more or less the same events by re-watching Jordan film (...) I choose the Jordan movie for its efficiency, though this version is not without its curiosities and its merits"	NEU
United States	Carly Lane Collider	"[1st Season Review]: The road to a new adaptation has been a winding one, but AMC's lush and enthralling series proves that Rice's vampires are in the right hands."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[1st Season Review]: Extremely promising start (...) The stakes couldn't be higher for both viewers and the network"	POS
United States	Samantha Nelson IGN	"[1st Season Review]: The creative liberties 'Interview with the Vampire' takes with its source material produces an adaptation that feels like a natural evolution (...) The two-episode premiere demonstrates immense promise"	POS
United States	Tony Sokol Den of Geek	"[1st Season Review]: The best Anne Rice adaptation ever made (...) an extremely well-crafted, nuanced, and rehearsed vampire story (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[1st Season Review]: Eventually, 'Interview With the Vampire' needs to come closer to choosing a tone. But it's possible that when you're blending genres like this, a little ongoing chaos is OK"	NEU
United States	Steve Greene IndieWire	"[1st Season Review]: A fully-formed entry point into a world teeming with possibility (...) Regardless of where the series heads next, Louis' enduring appeal (and lingering sense of tragedy) is that his story never has to end at all"	POS
United States	Jenna Scherer AV Club	"[1st Season Review]: It's fair to ask whether, at this stage of the game, we need another entry into the blood-bloated vampire canon. But [it] is a novel thing, reclaiming an old story for a new, more enlightened generation"	POS
United States	Daniel Kurland Bloody Disgusting	"[1st Season Review]: 'Interview with the Vampire' absolutely proves that this is a story that's worth telling (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lauren Piester The Wrap	"[1st Season Review]: Based on what we've seen so far, there's no reason to think the back half of the season won't be as good as the front half, but there's also room for it to be even better"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"[1st Season Review]: [It] is a bit melodramatic in its manner and baroque in its language, despite the time shift from the novels and film. But it reestablishes its story so well that we can see it continuing for a number of seasons"	NEU
United States	Ross McIndoe Slant	"[1st Season Review]: [It] meaningfully comments on identity, intersectionality, and abuse, while still managing to be an intoxicating series about guys with gigantic incisors who sleep in coffins (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	James Dyer Empire	"[1st Season Review]: With a quartet of knockout performances, this is Rice's bloody, beautiful story told on screen anew. Now finally given the chance to wear its queer heart proudly on its sleeve (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Anna Iovine Mashable	"[1st Season Review]: If you're a purist, you can always turn to Rice's book. It's undeniable, however, that [this] version injects new flavor and nuance into the story"	POS
Australia	Ben Pobjie Sydney Morning Herald	"[1st Season Review]: A show for lovers of blood and passion and the beauty that can come from the exploration of monsters (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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