Review of Interview with the Vampire (1994) by Byron B — 03 Mar 2015

I enjoyed the costuming and production design especially for the early 1700s and 1800s scenes. An interesting look at the lives of vampires through the centuries. Anne Rice adapted her own novel, which was even more rare for an author to do in the mid-90s.

The romantic, soft-glow, pasty-white, angsty mood throughout with sudden bouts of manic bloodshed did nothing for me. I couldn't latch onto any of the characters, not Slater's out-of-his-element journalist, not Dunst's not-so-innocent child bride, not Banderas's or Rea's European entertainer-amoralist blood-suckers, not Pitt's pouty-whiny-upstanding victim, nor Cruise's pretty-boy, self-serving, corrupting influence.