thin-blooded

Rating: Null/10 (9 July 2004)

I grew up on the macho vampire tradition of Hammer horror films, which featured powerful and highly sexualized vampires who spent entire movies chasing women and wasting villagers without sparing a thought about the true nature of their cursed existence. It was therefore a shock to me when I first encountered Ann Rice's bisexual, whiny bloodsuckers who seem to get no joy whatsoever out of being immortal, irresistible creatures of the night. In place of fun Hammer action, "Interview with the Vampire" serves up a constant nasal whine from Louis. This is a vampire movie for a depressed crowd; it oozes ennui and stagnancy. The only characters with life are Lestat and Claudia, but most of the screen time goes to boring Brad Pitt and his problems. There are really no human characters, nobody you can relate to...unless you think your life is like being a bored vampire. Weird, sadistic, slow. And the production style is already dated.