Interview With The Vampire

Vampires again.. I just can't get enough of those immortals!

Interview With The Vampire starring Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Tom Cruise, Christian Slater and Kristen Dunst was such a fantastic movie, I can't believe I waited this long to watch it. The movie came out November 11, 1994 and was nominated for 2 Oscars and won other awards.

Vampire Louis De Pointe Du Lac [Brad Pitt] tells his epic life story to writer Daniel Malloy [Christian Slater], how he became a vampire in 1791 at the age of 24 and what it's been like living for 200 years.

So Louis lost his wife and was longing for death himself, and along comes Lestat [Tom Cruise] who can help him with that seeing how he is a vampire. So together Louis and Lestat lived a life of decadence at Louis's plantation. Louis refused to feed off the humans, as Lestat preferred beautiful young women. Eventually Louis grows tired of scaring the slaves and burns down their house and they are left to live among the common folk.

Louis later discovers a sad little girl named Claudia [Kristen Stewart] who's mother just dies from the plague. He tries to heal her pain by drinking her blood and putting her out of her misery. Unexpected, Lestat has Claudia drink his blood and she instantly wants more, becoming a ruthless killer. After about 30 years passed she realizes that she will never grow into a woman's body and becomes angry towards Lestat. She arranged for Lestat to drink the blood from a dead body [something a vampire should never do], slit his throat and threw his body in a swamp. Claudia and Louis then take off for Europe, in the search for other vampires.

Louis is convinced that they are the only vampires until a vampire named Armand [Antonio Banderas] found him. He is the oldest vampire in history, who happens to be 400 years old. Armand wants Louis to be his companion, except for the one problem; Claudia. She had broken the one important rule of the Vampires; you don't kill another vampire. Armand asked Louis to send her away, but Claudia had her own plans. The plans backfire. Later Claudia and Louis are captured and imprisoned. Claudia is to be burned by the sun. Louis is to rot for all eternity.

Armand manages to save Louis, but it's to late for Claudia who Louis finds in her cell burnt to a crisp. Louis took revenge and burned down the theater in which Armand lives and beheaded all the vampire who put Claudia in the cell. Armand and Louis part ways.
Louis roams around Europe, until one day he comes across Lestat, old and sick, confined to his quarters, afraid to venture beyond. Lestat asks Louis to come back to him, but Louis refuses.

That is the Story of Louis the Vampire, as told by himself. When Daniel volunteers to become his new companion, if Louis will but make him a vampire, Louis disappears in anger. Daniel takes off and is driving along, his tape of the interview with the vampire playing, when suddenly he is grabbed from behind by Lestat. Lestat drinks a little blood from Daniel, listens to Louis's tape for a few minutes, and changes it to a rock station where the Rolling Stones' is playing. The end.

I was surprised at the ending.. who knew Lestat [judging by last seen appearance] would still be around and kicking. So I guess since his companion choice with Louis failed, he needed to fill the void and found the perfect candidate. I mean you can feel bad for Daniel but the truth is, is that he was begging Louis to become a vampire anyways!!

I wonder which Vampire movie is next for me.. I've seen Queen of the Damned, Twilight, The Lost Boys. I've also watched True Blood [I'm up to date with this show] and I will soon be watching The Hunger, another Vampire tv series that came out in 1997, it's now available on DVD.