Hell yes! The 90s really were all about “how can we make this movie the gayest thing possible without TECHNICALLY showing anything gay???” 😂

Tom was so good in this. Anne Rice initially thought he was a terrible choice for Lestat. But after seeing his performance, she admitted she was wrong and apologized.

Lestat really was that girl who thought that getting a child would fix the issues in the relationship 😆

I believe Anne Rice lost her own daughter and the loss of Claudia in this novel was her processing that grief through writing about Louis's grief. One of the most devastating deaths in cinema history. Dunst should have won a best supporting actress oscar for this EPIC performance.

Lestat really invented baby trapping lol. He truly is the perfect devil and relishes in every moment of it... especially when Louis says so.

This is one of Tom Cruise’s best performances ever! So funny and such a great counter to Brad Pitt’s glum serious character.

Imagine your first ever movie role involves working with four big name leading men and people still coming up to you and applauding you for it after it premiered almost 30 years ago!!! Kirsten Dunst was 11-12 years old when they filmed this!!!! What's never more insane it that in the book Claudia is supposed to 5 or 6 year old in appearance!!!!!!!!

Begging some Patrons with Voting Power to get them going on the AMC Interview with The Vampire too 😩

Tbf, him not kissing Armand is actually a really cool way to showcase Louis teasing Armand with what he couldn't have and making him live with it as revenge

Brad Pitt's hair was real. He was the only one not to wear a wig! You guys should try watching the new TV show based on The Vampire Chronicles.

This is unironically one of my favorite movies of all time. I can watch it over and over and never get sick of it. I'm so happy you two are giving it a view! :D

Vampires become more powerful as they age, which is why Louis has more strength in the present than in the past. There is also a vampire code in which it is forbidden to kill vampires and also convert children, the elderly and the disabled. For this reason, Armand had to send Claudia to be killed, to "reestablish order." Loved the reaction, as usual 🤙🤙🤙

Interview was written from Louie's point of view so that's how he saw Lestat. The rest of the books will explain Lestat in a new light. To this day, Lestat is still my favorite Vampire. ❤ I loved Tom as Lestat but after I watched the new TV series, wow... Sam Reid is the perfect vampire. 😍 He was so scary but completely inviting at the same time.

The AMC adaption is so good… you guys should react to “Queen of the Damned” so many people rag on it, but it’s honestly a fun campy time and Aaliyah slays as Queen Akasha.

Believe it or not that's actually Brad's hair lol

I attended Anne Rice's Halloween party shortly after this opened, and she talked so much about how much she adored Cruise here. I agree -- this will forever be my favorite Tom Cruise performance. He's just so loose and sensual and having a blast, and I love the blonde hair and how it frees him. He's usually always so compact and uptight as an actor, so driven and boxy, but here he is this long languid elegant line. And Cruise did dye his hair for this (he made Jordan film test him with blonde hair and reports were that Nicole Kidman was so thrilled with his blonde look -- and then the extensions -- that the hallway echoed, bless her heart). In case it helps, it is very clear in the books that Louis and Lestat are vampiric lovers (although, in her world, vamps can't have sex, but they experience it through the bite, etc.). Director Neil Jordan is also very gay-friendly and directed The Crying Game (highly recommended). Claudia's loss is a real loss. As many noted, Rice lost her little daughter very young, then after grieving, wrote INTERVIEW in a month while drinking the entire time. The vampire "Swoon" is the "swoon" of intoxication. She recovered afterward but I think it's an important detail. I personally love the ending and how the movie improves it over the book. I also loved how Jordan incorporated "The Vampire Lestat" elements (sequel) into this, like that vampires can fly, read minds, etc.

Omg you guys need to see the AMC series of Interview with the vampire. It’s sooo good!

Since you guys watched the movie you should definitely check out the show as well, highly recommend 👌

You guys have to watch the new TV series of this story. The vampire chronicles was originally a book adapted in movie, and now there’s a new adaptation of the book called the Interview With The Vampire.

You guys HAVE to watch “Interview with a Vampire” the tv show…….. HOEMYGADDDDD it’s everything you wanted this to be & more 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

If you didn’t know already - it was an extremely uncomfy shoot for Tom and Brad because they would hang upside down before takes to get their veins to pop out on their faces. I can’t imagine that lol

OMG I LOVE that you guys did this reaction! Iconic! You guys should TOTALLY react to the Interview with the Vampire tv series from AMC... you thought this was gay, the show LEANS HARD into it and Sam Reid as Lestat and Jakob Anderson as Louis are FANTASTIC!

Human Claudia would not have survived. She might've had the plague as well & no one would've taken her in. Orphanages at that time were mostly overcrowded & underfunded, usually preparing the children for work. There were also work-houses where you toiled until you died. Claudia actually had a luxurious life for many years, even though she could never age. But I also wish she could've at least been given Madeleine as a 'mother' & moved on.

If you liked this, you'll love the show! This is such a fun comfort movie to me.

😮😮😮 Three scariest moments in this movie: 1. When Lestat danced with the dead corpse 2. Claudia and the dead Creole woman 3. Dead piano playing Lestat I low-key felt like Claudia was in love with Louis and THAT'S why Lestat hated her. That's his man !! Very.... Very ... Naughty Little girl !

River phoenix was originally casted as Christian’s role in this 😭

Two fun serial killer movies are Serial Mom and Copycat, Kathleen Turner and Sigourney Weaver respectively. Good times. Love your reacts oh Petty Perfects.

I feel like everyone in this movie had sensual tension😭

About Louie not "compelling" Thandiwe Newton, the female slave, I think in this they don't all have the same powers, and powers take time to get stronger. That's why he wasn't fast in the beginning when fighting Lestat. But really fast in the scene with Christian Slater.

EATING RATS IS BEING IN THE VAMPIRE CLOSET, MY GOD. thats perfect.

Kirsten really stood out on her own here! If you react to the series version, I will definitely watch!

The Vampire Chronicles are my favorite books of all time. Even though Antonio Banderas in no way resembles Armand from the books he does a great job here. It was a controversial decision to cast Tom Cruise as Lestat, but he actually did a fantastic job with the character. I hope y’all will consider watching the series. It’s not as good as the movie but it’s still entertaining. River Phoenix was supposed to portray “the interviewer” but sadly passed away. Enter Christian Slater.

You guys should watch the amc tv series version it’s so good !

I would love to see you pumpkins react to the AMC series.

I'm still at the middle of the vid but I'm craviiiing for a reaction from the series. They got so much closer to the books than the movie ever did! Hope the boys will give it a shot someday♥

Great reaction! The AMC series is very queer! Highly recommend!!❤

I still know this movie by heart.... my VHS copy was so used it wouldn't play in the end. Kirsten's Claudia was PERFECTION ❤

Y’all HAVE to watch the new series, it’s unapologetically GAY and somehow even better (in my opinion) than the movie. Sam Reid is a huge Vampire Chronicles fan and the way he brought that to his Lestat portrayal is IMMACULATE.

Better watch the series!!!!!😜 can't wait!!!!

I loved this reaction!! This movie shaped me as a child I loved vampires and spooky things. If you want an even gayer version of Louis and Lestat you guys should definiteley check out the AMC ‘Interview with the Vampire’ show. It is Everything!

You guys have to watch the TV show from AMC.

I always say if Louis and lestat just got it over with and slept together they would have had a happy ever after. This tension is what caused all the drama

Please say this means you guys will be up to watching the tv series. Where there's gay subtext in this, in the series, it's text.

Have you guys not seen the Interview With The Vampire series?! It is a must watch!

Apparently, in the books and tv show, things are different, like, for example, Louie and the Lastat are gay lovers.

This movie came out when I was in college and it was Everything! At the time it was all about Tom and Brad, but Kirsten Dunst remains the best part of the movie. Tom Cruise used to be so much more interesting and liked playing characters that challenged people's perceptions of him, but I don't think he would ever make this movie today. It *was* nominated for two Oscars -- for Art Direction and for Score. And Kirsten Dunst was nominated for a Golden Globe.

I hope you review the TV version as well.

Please watch the AMC version - OMG it is so good. It has been updated and is set in a different time and a whole different cast(of course) but damn, it is so cool - especially the way the actors were a lot more willing to cross more boundaries then this one did...

The moment when you said "Why don't you kiss him?" Louis and Armand... That was the moment in high school that I realized I was a Hag. It was the 90's. THAT scene was waaaay further than most movies would have gone. But I remember sitting in the theatre and in my head saying "Kiss him... KISS HIM! Omg, I wanna see them kiss!" Literally the first time I'd ever thought that about two men... but not the last. It was the beginning of this very long journey for me. 😂

You HAVE TO watch the AMC series!! It's sooooo good. I loved this movie but the series is just soooo good, and I love Lestat in it. He's perfect.

Now I’m begging you to watch the AMC series!!! 💙💀💙

u should do the new series too its good

Yes! *The* vampire story after Dracula! Please watch the AMC series as well, it is incredible!

Ya really need to react to the TV series 2022's I think ya gonna love it too.

I’ve always loved this movie! It came out when I was a little hit and my parents to this day remind me how I watched this movie nonstop. And for the scene with Brad & Antonio… I believe I heard there was suppose to be a kiss but one of the actors was against it. No confirmation of which actor it was but it was heavily implied that it was Antonio… allegedly

Fun fact: For the actors who played vampires, especially Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Antonio Banderas, they were hung upside down until the veins in their faces popped out, and then the makeup artists would go over the veins with a special marker/pen to draw the lines, then they'd add the pale foundation makeup on top to give it that effect. Actors typically spent upwards of half an hour upside down for this purpose every single time they did makeup until the artists mapped the veins and drew themselves a guide to speed the process up.

In the 90's Brad didn't need a wig. All that glorious hair was his.

Please react to the AMC+ Interview with a Vampire tv show! It’s way better than the movie and I love the movie.

you guys should check out the series adaptation too, released last year, a new vision but also worth it, and much gayer!

Thank you for this! Please watch the AMC TV show too, its absolutely amazing!

The novel is fantastic, I highly recommend it, especially if you loved Claudia!

i think yall would love the AMC show

@pettypumpkins you should react to Interview with a vampire the series ITS SO SO GOOD!!!!!

In the second book of the Vampire Chronicles it was confirmed that Lestat is bisexual. He lost his virginity to a girl from a traveling circus and was hopelessly in love with a man named Nicky when he was human. After he was turned into a vampire he flirted with most of the women he came across and enjoyed the blood of beautiful young men and women. He has had many small dalliances through the franchise from both genders but Nicky and Louis are Lestat’s most prominent male lovers ( and the two he has been closest with) and his most prominent female lovers were Akasha and a witch from… I think the seventh book in the series? Louis is an interesting case because in the books he had a psudeo romantic interest in a human woman he befriended as a vampire and then his romances with Lestat and Armand. Due to the heavily queer nature of vampires in Ann Rice’s work many feel that her characters are biromantic, since blood drinking works for both genders and it leads to a steamy chemistry.

Lestat is actually a very young vampire. In the book, he has his dying father with him at Louis's. (In the TV series, which you may want to check out, he has been aged up.)

"Queen Of The Damned" combines the 2nd & 3rd books in the series. Lestat is completely different as all the other books are written in his words, not Louis'. In this movie Lestat is the biggest rock star on the planet and openly as a vampire which pisses off other vampires as he's giving away all their secrets and they plan on killing him at his concert in Death Valley.

you should watch the tv series (interview with the vampire) that came out in 2022

Apparently Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise HATED each other’s guts in this movie which is so funny because their chemistry is insane lol

Riding in boys in cars, I lost it 😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

one of my favs! now you have to watch the amc series too! its absolutely amazing.

"Poor girl's gonna be 8 forever" In the Book she's 4 or 5!

If you’ll want gay action for interview with a vampire you gotta watch the series.

WHERE was Kiki’s Oscar nom??????????? Where in the FUK IS IT

you both need to see the tv show its good

I can’t believe y’all had never seen this but I’m so glad you recorded your reaction 😂

Omg yeeees one of my favorite. My grams would always watch this. I never really got why till I got older lol😂

Slay, fam, you're still both fabulous! Anne Rice had a young daughter named Michelle who passed away unexpectedly. Stricken with grief, Anne entered a short period of seclusion and wrote the first draft of Interview With The Vampire, in which Claudia represented her loss of Michelle. While as the first of the Vampire Chronicles series went, it was given mixed reception (due largely because of the homoerotic overtones), the rest of the series has a very dedicated cult following in fandom. Lestat became the fan favorite from the books, not the first film. And the mythology Anne Rice developed was definitely a rather unique take on the whole Vampire Origin story. If either of you enjoy more 'spicy' stories, Anne Rice is also famous for having written the "Sleeping Beauty" series under Anne Rocquelaire as a pen name, because they are BDSM erotica to the level that if you were to put 50 Shades of Grey on a shelf which also contained the Sleeping Beauty series, 50 Shades would spontaneously combust out of shame for how pathetically vanilla it was. 50 Shades isn't even worthy of being used as a bookmark for Sleeping Beauty. But don't say I didn't warn you. Mebbe just start with the first book and try the first few pages to see if it's really for you. LOL. Nothing gory, but.... oh my, Anne was a kinky girl.

I seem to recall that River Phoenix was signed initially to play Christian Slater's part., but had left us too soon prior to start of production.

This is a classic! You finally did one I can watch!

You guys should start reacting to the True Blood series!! That show is crazy and out of control and fun!

Always nice to see first time reactions to this, its one of my fav movies.

"The chemistry between them is electric." (Awaits Banderas)

One of my favourite movies of all time! The script, the acting, the music, the atmosphere... it's the most Gothic thing to ever Gothic. The heightened emotions are part of the genre. 😄And yes, it's gay. Anne Rices' vampires aren't sexual, but they're very sensual and form deep romantic bonds with their partners. Even after the murder attempts and everything else, Lestat and Louis are a couple in the novels. Kirsten Dust 100% deserved an Oscar. Not only was it her first movie, but she outperformed a whole cast of A-list actors at 11 years old! It blows me away every time I see the movie.

Oh that's my childhood movie. I was totally charmed by it. And when the book was translated into russian - I was sleeping with it under my pillow.

You both look so handsome in your glasses! ❤❤

In my opinion this is Kirsten Dunst's best performance of her career

That’s Brads real hair btw

literally my comfort movie lol tom cruise as lestat is everything, he understood the assignment!!

Sunset. San Francisco is in the western United States. Since the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, if you are on the west coast and see the sun on the ocean's horizon line, then it HAS to be setting.

I would've happily become a vampire and swept through cities, towns, boroughs, municipalities, metropolises, suburbs, communities, villages, quarters, districts, shanty towns, ghettos, slums, hoods, favelas, barrios, projects....gorging on the blood of the guilty and the innocent alike, to be with Lestat and Louie....and felt no types of bad about it. 💯👌🏾❤

omg I was literally laughing the entire time listening to your reactions, you guys are wonderful and hilarious!! Thank you for reacting to this creepy classic and doing what you do! ❤

You should watch Queen of the Damned (not as good, still entertaining), if only for twink rocker Lestat and queen Aaliyah

Guys, I strongly recommend that you read the vampire chronicles, all of them. the second part has many answers Why was Lestat so obsessed with Loui?: because from the beginning it reminded him of his first love, when he was human, becoming a vampire also turned him, only he didn't resist it well, he went crazy and committed suicide. And yes, I'm going to give you a spoiler about Claudia, she comes back as a spirit in another book... and it's not pretty, she's a very, very angry and vengeful spirit, to the point that she hates everything, including Loui. Why does Lestat say that he will be given the option that was never given to him? Why is it so, Lestat was kidnapped and turned into a vampire against his will, and on top of that, that vampire thinks of committing suicide just minutes, hours?, of Lestat's conversion, and it doesn't explain anything at all Please, the sequel, The Queen of the Damned, that movie didn't come, for the love of Rice, don't watch that...thing...better read the books Among my favorites is the queen of the damned, and Blood and Gold or THE Sanctuary, as others know it.. Marius Romano is my favorite vampire, Mael is the one I hate the most in the entire saga... that unfortunate... among the vampires my favorite is Pandora, but Bianca... she, God, there is no heart that can resist Bianca, she is the character that is loved by everyone Definitely, if I could have been a Rice character, I would be one of the observers OF THE ORDER OF TALAMASCA Seriously, look for the book collection, it won't disappoint you.

y'all know louis and lestat reunite in Queen of the Damned right? it was cut from the movie with Aaliyah, so they could make Lestat straight - but it happens and will probably happen in season 3 of the show too.

Please watch the TV show version too!

You both are so awesome thank you for what you do. Also I've always loved this movie it's one of my all time favorite vampire films. Also recently there was a Interview With The Vampire TV show adaptation which I haven't seen yet, but I heard it was very good so I'm very excited to watch that.

River Phoenix was set to play Daniel- he was very excited about the role and was the vivid image of the character, but sadly, he passed away before production started, so he was recast. Since you mentioned it, another interesting fact is that actors would be asked to turn upside down so that blood would rush to their heads- this made their veins pop and easily traceable with makeup. Also, people often say that Tom Cruise (because of scient*l*gy) was the actor who wasn't comfortable with the gay "undertones." But from on-set accounts and interviews, he understood the nature of the relationship between Lestat and Louis and played the part accordingly.

you really need to watch the AMC show !

Love this movie so much, enjoyed watching your reactions!

one of my favorites!