Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24' - Interview with the Vampire - Season One

I was late to Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire (or simply Interview with the Vampire), I have had a break from vampires since the conclusion of True Blood and the Twilight film series.

Airing in the USA on AMC, however in Australia, you can stream it for free now on iView. That's the ABC.

Based on the 1976 novel and elements from The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice. Starring hunky AF Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac and Aussie (fellow ABC The Newsreader star) Sam Reid as Lestat de Lioncourt.

The first season begins with the vampire Louis recounting his past life and tumultuous relationship with the vampire Lestat. Embracing the queer elements of Rice's work, which are only insinuated in the 1994 film adaptation of the novel, and deals with themes such as race and abuse. 

This is the first series set in the Immortal Universe, a shared universe based on Rice's novels. I am also looking into starting the Mayfair Witches this winter.

The AMC Networks also purchased the rights to intellectual property encompassing 18 of Rice's novels in 2020. 

Interview with the Vampire was renewed for an eight-episode second season in September 2022, ahead of the premiere of its first season on October 2, 2022. The second season just commenced. I am desperately hoping it lands on ABC iView once it's done on whatever streaming platform it lives on for it's first play.

The first season centres on the life story of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, as told to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, to whom he previously gave an unpublished interview in 1973. 

An affluent black man in the 1910s New Orleans, Louis is romanced and later made a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lioncourt. But Louis struggles with his humanity, and the introduction of Lestat's newest fledgling, the teenage vampire Claudia, only strains their relationship further. At present, Daniel begins to doubt the veracity of Louis' story, noting differences from the earlier version.

In the first seasons finale, The Thing Lay Still, the vampires' eccentricity and agelessness have attracted increased attention, so Lestat decides they should leave New Orleans. 

Claudia manipulates Lestat into throwing an elaborate Mardi Gras ball before they leave. In the present, Louis explains to Daniel that there are several ways to "kill" a vampire, including starvation, decapitation, fire, and drinking the blood of the dead. 

At the ball, the vampires choose a handful of guests to be slaughtered and drained afterward. Claudia tells Louis that she has drugged one of them with laudenum and arsenic. 

As Lestat is poised to drink from the tainted man, he reveals that Antoinette, now a vampire, has warned him of their plan, but he suddenly collapses. 

A triumphant Claudia explains that she knew Antoinette was trailing her, and that she also poisoned Tom Anderson, from whom Lestat has already drunk. Louis slits Lestat's throat, and he and Claudia leave Lestat's corpse in a trunk to be thrown in the city dump. 

In the present, Daniel accuses Louis of leaving Lestat somewhere full of rats as a means to save him. Louis reveals that Rashid is actually the ancient vampire Armand and the love of his life.

So bring on season two in my opinion! So excited. I loved how racy this season was as well. Aussie Sam Reid really was lucky getting to pash on with Jacob Anderson. Anderson is a total babe!

I almost thought this was more sexy than True Blood with Ryan Kwanten being all gay bait. I have to say I didn't imagine I would enjoy another vampire series, this much!