Kirsten Dunst deserved an oscar for her portrayal of Claudia, she DEF understood the assignment and character arc, perfectly capturing the essence of the 80 year old vamp trapped in a 5 year olds body, consigned to eternal childhood

The book is a little more explicit about why Lestat wanted Louis as a way to connect to the modern world. When we humans get older (I am in my 50s now) there's a thing that happens where the world makes less and less sense. Things change for seemingly no reason, and you tend to become frustrated and angry about it. Rice made it clear she was thinking about what would happen if you could live for many lifetimes, until nothing around you made sense anymore and just seemed stupid. In the book many vampires after a few centuries literally just bury themselves in the ground as a way to retreat from the world. Louis' special power was adaptability.

Claudia was a damn savage 😂🤣 "Goodnight, sweet prince. May flights of demons wing you to his rest."

In the books vampires can’t read their makers thoughts and vise versa. That’s why Lestat didn’t know Claudia’s true intentions

Tom Cruise was phenomenal in this role. Not his usual role for sure, but honestly, when i think of vampires i often picture Lestat. Lestat is probably my favorite vampire in a vampire film. And the movie was expertly made in my opinion 💀💜

I think vampires drinking dead blood is the equivalent of a human getting food poisoning 🤔🧐

In Anne Rice’s novel, “Interview With The Vampire”, Claudia was 5 years old. There was no way a 5-year old actress could have played Claudia, so 12-year old Kirsten Dunst was chosen. Dunst received much praise for her outstanding performance. Sadly, the character of Claudia was based on Rice’s own daughter, who died of leukemia when she was very young - around Claudia’s age. ☹️

I was 16 seeing this in the theater. 1994 was truly the best year to be a teen between the movies and music

When my friends and I heard that Tom Cruise was going to play Lestat we were so angry. But when it came out we were forced to admit he did a great job.

I really need you guys to react to the AMC Interview with the Vampire series! It tells the full story of Louis and Lestat's relationship

First five minutes "that's so hot" love it lol

The Vampire Chronicles written by Anne Rice are fantastic. My favorite is "Blood and Gold". It is the story of Marius the vampire.

"Lestat" is the second book of the series. His prior life is truly interesting. I'm dying to tell you more about him but afraid people will look at it as spoilers. So anyway the books are a great read, there's always so much more insight into the characters. You ladies have given a fine reaction..I love how you understood much of the emotional struggles each character was coping with

32:55 you got it.. every vampire has some sort of gift that gets tuned up (similar to Twilight), so Claudia can't exactly read minds, iirc, but she gets good or bad "vibes" from people, where as L'estat can read minds.. Louie was given Empathy.. likely due to his misfortune as a human and the suffering he went through losing his family. and apparently Empathy is a very rare gift to have in this world. Great movie! xoxo oh and btw.. as far as Christian Slater asking to become a Vampire... he DID know what he was asking for b/c he just heard Louie's terrible, horrible, full of suffering with loss of Claudia.. harming so many people.. he felt like a monster. So it was a slap in the face for Louie to hear Christian Slater to ask to become a Vampire and why Louie freaked out saying "not again".. the whole point was to express how horrible immortality was under Vampire conditions.

I highly recommend AMC's Interview with the Vampire tv series. It is fantastic! 😊

Oh, and Armand was played by Antonio Banderas, who was a huge heartthrob at the time, on par with Pitt and Cruise.

The reason why Lestat didn't die is explained in the books. He has the blood of Akasha, the mother of all vampires. He's very hard to kill.

Book Spoiler *.... Lestat was kidnapped and turned by Magnus

18:22 "Thirty years had passed, yet her body remained that of an eternal child." But _mentally,_ she had grown _up._ Rendering someone forever young may _seem_ like an attractive notion, but take some care about their age when you _do_ it, because forever prepubescent _sucks._

48:01 "So how do you determine who a person _is,_ though?" Ah. Ryl, that was the right question.

I think you'd really enjoy the show. It's VERY different from the books and this movie, but it makes the gay subtext actual plot like Anne Rice wished

they DO still make vampire stuff. there's actually a tv series based on these books, Interview with the vampire on AMC. season two coming on may 12th.

"Blade (1998)" is an awesome flip on the vampire genre! It's very very fun 😎🩸⚔

It took a long time for Lestat to heal from being burned.

If you want a movie about Claudia, there is one that is close to that theme. One of the newest vampire movies is called "Abigail" 2024, it is about a young girl vampire. And it's just her and several humans, and the horrible things she comes up with, to feed... No Brad or Tom to influence her, or as a romantic interest. If you want more of the Claudia romantic story there is the Netflix “Interview With The Vampire”, but she's aged up to about 16, so the romantic stuff isn't quite as creepy.

Lestat and Louis cannot read her thoughts because they MADE her. That connection is broken when you sire another vampire.

Try Meet Joe Black!!! Or Legends of the Fall

This was the first book of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Superb series. Highly recommend reading them. You get the vampire origin story and much more. Unfortunately they did not make a movie sequel with the same cast. The movie Queen of Damned is not bad, just not as good as this one. The AMC series is a new interpretation and so far is pretty good. I would also recommend a companion series on the Mayfair Witches. The first book for that one is The Witching Hour. AMC is doing a series on those books as well. Again, it is so far an excellent series.

The queen of the dammed staring the late singer Aaliyah is apart of this movie and gets into more details of lastat life and its a good watch

I highly recommend "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992). It's a great thriller, with graphic vampire behavior, sex, and a centuries-long love story. Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, and Cary Elwes (As you wish!)

Lestat kept himself alive by feeding on the alligators/other animals at the swamp. But this blood would not fully heal him like human blood would, plus the modern world scared him. That's why he looks that way. I don't quite remember if he feeds off Louie during his visit or just if he just starts healing from finally wandering out and feeding on human blood (I mean the way it happens in the book). It's a few more decades between 'the visit' and when Louie has his interview. Lestat had plenty of time to heal. It's hard to remember which way it happens. In the book series, when you feed off another vampire you absorb their memories / knowledge and become more powerful. Feeding off the ancient ones is a big deal, but mostly in other books. A lot of people are confused about Lestat, but it's just so hard to explain all the little details from the books.... There's so much!

Most of Anne Rice's novels have a fair amount of homoerotic scenes and themes (involving men - not women). She even wrote hardcore erotic novels under another name - A. N. Roquelaure. You either let it bother you or you don't. Her stories are fascinating either way. Rice was a very good storyteller. Her Mayfair Witches novels were my favorites.

Greyworm from Game of Thrones plays Louis in the tv series! I haven't seen it yet but I heard its good. The Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles are amazing of course! Not like Twilight vampires. No sparkly ones 😊

You have to decapitate, burn in the sun, destroy their heart of a vampire.... that's why Lestat did not die

I think that you two might be my favorite reaction to this: one of my most beloved movies.

"Innocent Blood" (1992) is a fun, sexy vampire comedy.

This is from Anne Rice's first book in the series. The next one, "Queen Of The Damn" is based on the next two books but are in LeStat's own words. He becomes a huge rock star that other vampires want to kill. Check it out.

Virtual Hug ❤ I think if you believe in an afterlife, you probably wouldn't choose to become a vampire. If you don't believe in an afterlife, you'd probably choose to become a vampire so you could live forever. Love you two ❤

Would love to see ypu react to the new series. S2 comes out soon. You could catch up no problem.

Louis is supposed to be the most ‘human’ out of all the vampires. He has great empathy and remorse. It’s a little hard to explain but I think he treasures human life a little more than the rest which causes him plain. Other vampires find that interesting and with lestat and Armand it attracted them.

Probably somebody told you already but Lestat could not read thoughts from Louis and Claudia because they are vampires created by him. Also older and stonger vampires have the ability to close their mind to unexpected visitors.

I've always said that this is an outstanding movie.

Theirs a sequel to this y'all might like, its called Queen of the Damned. It has the Lastat character played by a different actor and Aaliyah as the Queen.

Some information u may like. 1. In the books, claudia is still younger. When she was turned she was 4 years old. She was so little, she used to climb Loui's elbow and sit there. 2. When Claudia cutted Lestat and he healed, she was impressed. That's because Lestat didnt teach them anything. They lived with him for decades and they didnt even know how a vampire can die. Lestat is a controler, he was always afraid if people learn, they would leave him alone. 3. A vampire can heal from any damage. The only way to kill a vampire is to burn with fire or to the sun.They even fear if u let the the ashes together, they would regenarate centuries after. To avoid this, Lestat's creator, burn himself and forced lestat to spread the ashes. 4. Claudia could not turn Madaleine because Claudia is too little and she dont have enought blood in her body to make the transformation complete. 5. Loui was able to kill the vampires, because he wakes up before. The stronger the vampire, ealier this vampire wakes. Lestat blood is so potent, that even loui being younger than those vampires, he still wakes before them.

You guys should watch the 2022 show of interview with the vampire! It’s so good

For a totally different vampire movie, check out Blade with Wesley Snipes.

Hi Ladies😊👍 This is certainly a reaction I can sink my teeth into..🤣👍

Lestat is complicated - he's exceptionally powerful because of who created him (not Armand, the vampire committed suicide immediately after. Also why Lestat got angry talking about him) and a relationship/connection he had with the first vampire, Akasha. More or less why its harder to kill him and why he's much more attuned to other people's thoughts. He also specifically picked Louis because Louis reminded him of his lover, Nicholas. Who also committed suicide not too long after becoming a vampire

Anne Rice: My apologies to Tom Cruise.

Vegetarian vampire 😂 I’m dead!! I love your reacts.

yall HAVE to watch the AMC tv adaptation! season 1 was so good and season 2 is dropping May 12th!

If you haven't seen it, check out "30 Days Of Night" 2007

Only Lovers Left Alive and Thirst are good too!

Well, I mean, there's the movie (and subsequent series) _What We Do in the Shadows._ It's officially classified as a _comedy/horror,_ because it mainly follows vampires, but it's comedy.

Ultimate bromance

Great reaction. You should watch Fright Night, Near Dark and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.

Have you seen "What We Do In The Shadows"? 2014 movie and the TV Series? Taika Waititi (who made Jojo Rabbit) Vampire comedy.

"They don't make vampire stuff anymore." "They do, it's just really corny." That was more or less the feeling when this film came out. "Dracula" with Bela Lugosi was made in 1931, and pretty much every vampire film since then had been capitalizing on that theme- and most were really corny. This book, and film adaptation, was a quite new and different approach to Vampires: real people with real lives and real problems (who also happened to be either involuntary or enthusiastic serial killers to survive). It wasn't THE first, really, but it was a break-through, for sure! Since then, we've had Underworld, Twilight, Blade, etc, etc. Vampires got a shot in the arm, as it were, and a new resurgence in popularity following this film. Again- many (not all, but a fair share) of them pale, "corny" imitations trying to capitalize on this film's popularity. But everything eventually gets old and tired (like centuries-old vampires). I'm sure that, at some point, some clever writer / filmmaker will find a new and different angle to approach the timeless legend of the vampire that speaks to their generation in an interesting way. And then they will be the new benchmark which others will attempt to emulate.....

Queen of the Damned next. R.I.P. Aaliyah

I hope you watch the series too! The first episode for season 2 just came out so it's perfect time to start watching!

Dracula; "Blah Blah Blah" 👍😂🤣😅😅

Imo one of the greatest vampire movies ever made. The director, Neil Jordan (check out more of his movies) made another great vampire movie, ''Byzantium'' (2012).

Hi Jyn & Ryl!😊 You ladies continue to make some great decisions for movie choices! This is one of my favorite vampire films, for sure! The performance of a very young Kirsten Dunst (Claudia) is phenominal.🏆 Jyn brought up a point that does become a problem. An adult trapped in a child's body forever. As we find out later there are vampire laws that a child can not be made a vampire for this reason. A popular vampire film from the 80s is "Fright Night" (1985). I definitely recommend you check it out some time.😉 Great reactions to this very well made film, Ladies!!!🎬👏👏👏👏

Hey girlz, virtual hug! 😊 U were curious about who created Lestat. In the book "The Vampire Lestat", Lestat's maker, I think his name was Magnus, was a very old vampire that had gone mad. He was drawn to Lestat. Lestat was the youngest son of a nobleman who was abusive toward Lestat & his mother. Being the youngest son, he wasn't going to inherit anything. When Lestat tells Louis "I am giving u the choice I never had.", he means it. Magnus turned Lestat because he wanted to pass on his "dark gift"& whatever riches he had before killing himself by jumping into a giant fire. He never explained anything to Lestat nor gave him a choice. So, Lestat traveled the world looking for answers. That's why Louis' questions about vampires & his origin upset him so much. During Lestat's travels, he met Armand & his coven of vampires. Armand actually tried to kill Lestat for breaking their rules. He was amazed @ how strong Lestat was for being a young vampire. In this vampire world, the older the vampire is that turns u, the stronger u will be. By the way, in the books, Armand is forever 17. Louis' gift/curse was not reading minds. It was having his humanity intact after being turned. Although Kirsten Dunst was quite young when she played Claudia, the Claudia in the books was 5yrs old when she was turned. Claudia died because Lestat contacted Armand & told him what she tried to do. Armand feeling he owed Lestat executed Claudia, plus they had rules about creating an immortal child. U know, throughout most vampire stories, especially during the mid to late 1800s vampires were seen as sexual & sensual seductors. The vampire is forever looking for that companion to accompany them in the darkness. Anyway, this was a great reaction.😊👍 See u girlz on the next.

From my life, I would choose me at age 28 1/2. I had one summer where I looked and felt my best. 😆

I think nowadays it would be super easy to find willing blood donors so you wouldn't have to hunt and kill for your blood as a modern vampire.

Every good Vampire 🧛‍♂️ movie,I Saw 👀 this movie in the theater bad in the day. Film in New Orleans.

you all have to watch the tv series AMC. It's so good. Season 2 starts in May.

I saw this film when it came out. Brad Pitt as Louis de Pointe du Lac was my 2nd crush. By calculation, I was 7y/o. Vampire Media I recommend watching: TV: the Vampire Diaries & its sequel the Originals (better), True Blood, Hemlock Grove, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Moonlight. Films: Underworld Series (my fav), Queen of the Damned (sequel to Interview w/a Vampire, Dracula Untold, Daybreakers, etc.

Blood red sky is a good vampire film

You really want to watch different and interesting vampire movies The Hunger(1983) , Dracula Untold (2014), and The Lost Boys (1987) and Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) Love your reactions.

The Lost Boys or Fright Night are good if you haven't seen them

While it's true we can survive on the blood of animals, it's quite bitter compared to the sweet blood of humans.

It seems that Claudia to an extend could hide her thoughts from other vampires.

There is a tv series about this story. It's not bad. 👍🏻 - A. -

You girls should check out "The Hunger" 1983 another very stylised Vampire Movie 😉

😮 oooh this was so the hot topic when it came out 😊 thanks!

yesss! cant wait to watch you queens watch this!

@JynxRyl, I highly recommend the "Blade" trilogy, starring Wesley Snipes. One of the best vampire hero movie series ever.

Now u gotta check out “Queen of the Damned” 🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️🧛‍♀️

THIS A CLASSIC VAMPIRE 🦇 MOVIE BEAUTIFUL FINE QUEENZ 👑👑♥️♥️♥️ LOVE YALL REACTION I THINK BLADE IS THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER BEAUTIFUL LADIES ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Best vampire movie ever. There's no debate

I agree Claudia was horrible & cruel, but Kirstin Dunst performance was amazing👏🏻 As book reader i think Tom Cruise portrayed Lestat perfectly

When I heard they were making this movie I thought they would give the role of Lestat to someone like Val Kilmer first pick or Keifer Sutherland or even Rutger Hauer. I also thought Cruise would have played the role of Louie if they were going to use him. Anne Rice wanted Julian Sands for the role of Lestat.

I want some more!

Loved that film back in the day upon its release. Love it still and here for it again, now. Love you two girls. Really like your cool style. See ya on the next. Big shoutout from East Tennessee. U.S.A. Later.

It would be my fondest wish to be a Vampire. It's the one sure way I could save my wife from all her illnesses

the show is so much better 😭😭😭

*Thirty-five is the best age to look.* It's the midway between being taken seriously and being noticed at all. But you don't want to be immortal because everyone you grew up with will be gone and everyone new you meet will be like a child. You'll be alone, always.

Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in the same movie? These girls are just adding a double helping of cream to the oreo now.

please watch more tom cruise movies 1.Top Gun 2.Risky Business 3.Days OF Thunder 4.Jack Reacher 5.Mission Imposible 6.The Last Samuri 7.Cocktail 8.Jerry Maguire 9.Legend 10.Rainman 11.American Made

3:34 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

True story ya know

You should check out near dark it's a great vampire film but so underrated it came out the same year as the lost boys

The twilight vampires spent hundreds of years in high school and I thought that was creepy but Brad getting played by physco Goldilocks even surpasses that.

Great reaction guys you should also checkout tv show version of this

Anne Rice the author came out publicly against the casting of Tom Cruise back before this film was made. Anne Rice thought Tom Cruise wasn't right for the part but Anne Rice finally caved in because of Tom Cruise's superstardom & box office appeal & allowed Tom Cruise to be cast in the film.

0:29, Louis and Lester are a gay vampire couple not just two besties. I could have sworn it was either Brad or Tom who wasn't game to play it like the books.

🫂 great reaction

Brad pitt didn't enjoy doing this film he tried to quit the film but couldn't he did a great job as for the role of Daniel originally river Phoenix got the part but sadly passed away so christian Slater replaced him he donated some of his money to charity's that river supported