I vaguely recalled there was a movie in the 90s about this and I couldn't remember if it was Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in it (it was) so I googled it. Interview with the Vampire. Also found out Kirsten Dunst played the child mentioned in that paragraph.
And apparently there's a show now running on Netflix based on this shit, because of course there is.
Honestly, the original Interview With the Vampire novel isn't terrible. It's nothing profound, but it isn't terrible. This sequel, however, god-awful. I gave up after about four chapters.
Yes, The Vampire Lestat. It was popular when I was in high school too, but I didn't read it until my 20s and that little added pencil preface is incredibly accurate.
The novel starts with him being awakened from his vampiric slumber by hearing rock music and he joins a band. I wish I was making that up. Thankfully it then went into a flashback, but it was still not worth continuing to read such nonsense.
Ann Rice made a dynasty out of her Lestat books and honestly they're better than most serials in the genre, but yeah still pretty mid. Interview With a Vampire definitely is the best.
Late 90s early 00s were the wild fuckin west of electronica and awesome cross-genre like r&b and hardcore. The movie is terrible, but in a good way. The soundtrack does indeed slam.
Pretty sure it's a reference to a character in the first book of the Interview with a Vampire series. Lestat's partner struggles with his remaining humanity, and can't allow a little girl to die in some historical fire in New Orleans, so he turns her. This also gives them both fulfillment in terms of a child to raise, until the child becomes a willful young adult stuck in a prepubescent body.
Thankfully she's nobody's victim, she is a coldhearted little murder machine. On its face it doesn't read like creepy pedo material, but it is awkward as hell. Probably intentionally so.
I think it's absolutely intentional. It feels like it's written by and targetted towards people who are viscerally repulsed by pedophilia.
It's creating a situation that feels like absolute horror, and using that revulsion to help sell the horror. This centuries old mind, trapped in a child's body, unable to properly experience things like sexually and romance, continually on the outside of everything, treated like a child despite her age and abilities...
If I remember correctly, she ends up being this extremely bitter murdering monstrosity, out of rage and spite over her existence. Despite her angelic, innocent face, she's the most evil of the lot. Partly because she doesn't even have the option of interacting with humans properly, and even most vampires treat her poorly.
And all because a character had a moment of moral panic, of pity for a poor child. A desire to do the right thing.
"Centuries old mind stuck in child vampire body is actually a killing machine and the whole situation is deeply uncomfortable for everyone involved" is the context. Not anime loli bullshit.
But as far as I remember, one tries to fuck Claudia. In fact, I think Louis explicitly stated it was fucked up and not happening when she tried to come onto him. Which is much better than most "My Little Sister Is Too Cute" shit (yes that's an actual anime)
The others were actual answers so they're cool. But your response is almost a non-sequitur.
Have you structured all the media you consume so that all themes stay consistent to a single genre? Ok, all the vampires go in horror, but do the werewolves go in horror too?
What? Yes, they go in horror fantasy, as neither of them exist in reality. The point is Interview with a Vampire explores disturbing themes. Because it's a horror story.
Ah, horror fantasy! You're saying that we can mix and combine genres!
Hmm, are there rules to these combinations? Or can you just mix any of them together both willy and nilly?
Could you combine, say, vampires from the "horror" camp and ill-fated relationships from team "romance" like some literal, literary Romeo & Juliet? Would that not be a "Twilight"? Or would that be more "romance" than "horror"?
Hey, don’t forget to check out my other video, Interview and I’m working on a new one called Queen of the Damned, I’ll be working with Louis from Interview again! Please like and definitely subscribe for updates on our immortal adventures!
