Interview with the Vampire: Love, Control, and Immortality

In this episode of Creatures of the Night, we begin our episode-by-episode discussion of AMC’s Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, covering Episodes 1–3. We explore the series as a gothic romantic tragedy, unpacking the toxic intimacy between Louis and Lestat, New Orleans as a living character, and the show’s themes of power, desire, violence, and immortality. From seduction to domestic horror…