15:06 Finally someone who appreciates Lestat is the real victim here 😂Dude's just trying to keep his man happy and ends up broke and murdered twice for his efforts! One of my favourite movies of all time. Absolute masterpiece of writing, acting, and directing.
In the book Claudia was 5 yrs old when she became a vampire. And since vampires are basically sentient, animated corpses Claudia’s body didn’t age but her mind did. She had the mind of a woman trapped in a 5 year old’s body & it eventually drove her crazy
"They're key to the plot" well yes, for the first time actually lol. Claudia seeing an adult female form, something she will never experience forever trapped in a child's body. A significant realisation for her and her character development.
RIP, River Phoenix. He was originally going to play the interviewer Daniel, but sadly passed away from a drug overdose in 1993. His friend, Christian Slater, accepted the role and the film was dedicated to his memory.
I wish they had immediately done The Vampire Lestat, he's actually not an a-hole and his powers go way beyond anything seen in this movie. In the books, his powers are insane because he went through hell, literally. He was born in 1760, the son of a French noble and, as a human, single-handedly killed a pack of wolves. Lestat's mother becomes a vampire too, he also started the theatre des Vampires.
It would have been perfect! And Interview was a cultural phenomena at the time so I don't know why they didn't. Maybe it was just too gay for the times.
@@vanyadolly They kind of did with Queen of the Damned. But it wasn't done properly. It takes some parts of The Vampire Lestat and QOTD books. It was rushed and they left so much out. It still was a decent movie but it could have been so much better.
Tom Cruise killed this. He read all the books and kept them on the set for reference. He IS Lestat! The second book is Lestat’s story, and Cruise pulled on that back story for his performance. Initially, Anne Rice was upset at Cruise being cast. But when she saw his performance, she took out an ad in the newspaper to apologize for criticizing him and said he was perfect as Lestat.
This movie is a masterpiece in my opinion. Easily one of the best vampire centric films. To answer your question about why they can’t cut hair or change, think of these vampires as statues. Stuck in the image they were created. The cast killed it in this movie! Especially Tom as Lestat and Kirsten as Claudia. For her age she was captivating in her performance. Tom really enjoyed the source material and just went with it in such a natural way. Brad was great as well but he had issues with the filming so he always seemed conflicted in his performance which was perfect for Louis as a character.
Keep in mind Louis is the narrator of this film and the novel. In the second novel The Vampire Lestat, Lestat tells his side of the story, and they both reconcile in the third novel.
Its well established in the books that vampires cannot have sex. So every romantic relationship is more like a companionship and not really physical. So vampires dont really care much about age, gender or anything else. For example in the books Lestat made his mother into a vampire and they were together for years. It sounds really weird but the books do a good job of explaining it
@@richardrobbins387What?!?! man you must be smokeing crack Blade is hands down one of the best ass kicking vampire movies of all time the underworld vampire movies also kick ass.🤨🤨😖😖
@LenOliver-yz6os I was going with the uncool "realistic" side of being a vampire. I mean, black leather trenchcoats are really sweet. Wasn't knocking any of that. "Blade" is awesome.
This is my FAVORITEEEEEE Tom Cruise performance. Everyone is such a fan of his action movies but this one shows his range and how good of an actor he is too
The movie that Brad watches, "Sunrise," is a (really great) 1927 silent film that won the first Academy Award Oscar for what would eventually become Best Picture.
The books give you so much more to the story, but this is a fine fine adaptation. Fun fictional fact, Lestat was the founder and benefactor of the Vampire Theatre in Paris (his dream was always to be an actor /performer and Tom Cruise played him with the theatrical zeal that he would have had in life/death) Lestat gave these vampires a home and purpose and they all knew him. Lestat came from French aristocracy and he was born wealthy. Also, at this point Lestat knew the secrets and origins of the vampire...but was sworn to secrecy... And how it all tied back to prehistoric Egypt and Enkil and Akasha who were possessed by the blood demon Azril? (I think) Also, Lestat survived the assassination attempt by Claudia because he had been given Akasha's blood, so he was an extremely powerful vampire...
I love that you loved this movie! Tom Cruise has never been more charming than in this role. He was perfect for it. How bizarre that someone told you not to say "thank you"... What does it matter to them? Thank you for the great content (that includes Blank and Sean)
Exactly. These ppl that don't know how to ppl have a problem with anything J does here is it's own Ain't $hit list 🙄 Just don't watch it, no? How hard it is to not be a d**k about nothing these days astounds me.
“Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” - Lestat
This movie is spectacular! It's also surprisingly authentic to the novel (the novel is amazing) Interview With the Vampire was Anne Rice's debut novel in 1976 It was not very well received with critics whom attacked the homoerotic nature of the vampires and criticized that the book humanized vampiric monsters at all Thankfully readers didn't agree and through the next couple decades Rice added to the series in what became known as The Vampire Chronicles Something very important to know about the book, however, Rice dove fully into writing the book after her five year old daughter, Michele, died of Leukemia. In later interviews Rice claimed looking back she can see that she wrote Claudia to be a stand in for her own daughter Anne Rice passed away at 80 in 2021 due to complications from a stroke, she was laid in her family's mausoleum with her husband and daughter Unfortunately, the other vampire chronicles adapted movie, Queen of the Damned, is not as well made as this and has no related cast (It is notable, however, being the final film featuring Aaliyah) Currently, there is a NEW adaptation of Interview With the Vampire on AMC where the entirety of the Vampire Chronicles is taken into consideration. I haven't seen it yet, but people say it's pretty good I will always be sad that we never got The Vampire Lestat with Tom Cruise. It would have been completely epic
I find it most ironic that Lestat tries to show Louis that he can feed 'ethically' by killing evil-doers (Lestat can read minds so he knows who's been bad...) but Louis is so twisted up about killing that he drives Lestat to create Claudia, who is the most voracious unconscionable killer among them 😅 Though Lestat abandons his morals to hold onto his 'family', you can see it grinding him down over the years as he starts to bicker with Claudia, leading to his temporary defeat at the hands of his own broken little doll 😵
The best scene in this film is when Tom comes back from the swamp. It is the anticipation and tension as he plays the piano, obscured by the lace curtain. His speech is haunting. And then, we see his horrible, distorted face as he says, "Claudia....you've been a very, very, naughty...little...girl". And then...POUNCES on them. Great scene!
You mentioned Louis burning things several times. That's almost a theme in Anne Rice's novels. Vampire conflicts almost always end in fire. Because their powers and abilities can vary, it's the one weapon they can effectively use against one another. All vampires are vulnerable to it.
I read the books long before the movie. And when I heard Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat, I was doubtful that he could do it. Then when I watched the movie, I realized that he was perfect for the role.
This is a whole book series called The Vampire Chronicles written by Anne Rice. I highly recommend reading the series. It's one of the best stories written in our time.
Generally speaking, I’ve always assumed the reason victims didn’t feel the vampire’s bite was because the vampire’s saliva contained some sort of anesthetic like a mosquito.
Absolute greatest vampire movie ever! It was the first vampire movie I ever watched and I still adore it to this day. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you react to it and I totally agree when you said you could watch this movie on repeat, I've been doing that my whole life and I have never got bored of it 😄
8:35 "Steak N Shake did that to me once..." Why can't I upvote this more than once? 12:03 "The Colonel never did, you good bro..." They are the funniest lines I've heard in forever!
Regarding the "broke vampire" comment, Lestate is broke the entire movie. Lestate lived off Louie. The mansion Louie set fire to belong only to Louie. The hotel where the prostitutes were killed was paid for by Louie. In the book, after making Louie into a vampire, Lestate moved his father into Louie's house. Lestate genuinely liked Louie, but he took full advantage of Louie financially, in my opinion
Back in 1994, my best friend and I had the same exact reaction. We both wanted to watch this movie again. That's how you know you just watched something special. Loved this reaction, bro. Keep up the beautiful work. 👍
8:35 "Steak 'n Shake did that to me once." 😆 I literally busted out laughing when I heard this. 😃 I remember reading _Interview with the Vampire_ back in 1989 and being psyched when i found out they were making it into a movie. The movie is great, but the book is even better. Anne Rice had such an enjoyable writing style. It's too bad the TV series was such a let down.
Sorry, but I can’t take the word “underrated” seriously anymore… because so many people are calling EVERYTHING “underrated!” Underrated literally has no definition anymore because people constantly misuse and throw it around blindly so much
@@nsasupporter7557 Underrated means to not be valued highly enough and it's a subjective opinion. In talks of great vampire movies, 30 Days of Night almost never gets brought up. It is very unique and I think deserves more recognition. I don't really know what else to say, I think this usage of the word is warranted.
@@shinrapresident7010 “underrated” means isn’t doesn’t get the attention or credit it deserves! There was no need to educate me on the definition because you don’t know what it means which explains why you mindlessly use it like everybody else on TH-cam. That’s my problem… people use it inaccurately, because they label EVERYTHING as “underrated.” Every 2 seconds somebody is calling someone or something underrated… it’s annoying as hell
Yes! Such a great movie and I think what added to the horror was the very non-human aspect of the vampires; we see just how far into their evolution of being “creatures of the night” has come and it’s terrifying because they still look pretty human like, yet are so monstrous.
Floored for my 1st wrong call with all his reactions- Not one R. Kelly joke with the Kirsten Dunst scenario 😄 This and Les Grossman are 2 of Tom's best roles to me. Thnx for another good night of entertainment, EOM 🎬🙂🐶🐶 Be well 👍✌️
I knew I would be in " trouble" when J commented early in the movie, when Brad Pitt was .. bit once and sick as a dog... and you looked at the camera and said... " Steak Shack did that to me once.."
I’m so glad you watched this! I’ve asked a couple times lol. This movie is so theatrical with the costume design, sets etc. That combined with the story and acting make it a top tier vampire movie in my opinion. It’s a classic. Edited to add: this is based off a series of books by Anne Rice if you didn’t know. I read them many years ago.
This reaction was the best! So glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. This movie was one of my favorites when I was younger. (I had read the book, too.) I hope you get around to watching the tv series. It's a bit different, but it's also pretty good.
Love your reactions! One thing I think is Lestat is kinda like the Jack Sparrow of vampires; just like almost all the pirates hated Jack, almost all vampires can’t stand Lestat, cause he screwed all of them over multiple times.
I’m so glad you reacted to this one (and loved it). This movie is top tier! Everything is so well done. Kirtsten Dunst delivers one of the best child actor performances I’ve ever seen and Tom Cruise absolutely crushed his role as Lestat! It’s not an actual sequel, but the director did a lesser known vampire move that I feel is very much in the same vein (pardon the pun) called Byzantium, and I definitely recommend it.
32:09 The vampire show in France is based on an actual show that existed called the Grand Guignol, which was in France and began towards the end of the Victorian era. It showcased what was basically erotic adult entertainment and heavily featured nudity, dark humor, and horror and ran for many many years.
You gotta love J...he is giggling about Twilight vamps BEFORE the movie has even started!😂😂 This is gonna be a ride! Personally the Ann Rice novels I have read were enjoyable. Much love from Oregon EOM fam!☺💚
Lestat is always hated but he is just going with the flow of what he is! The sequel to the first book Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, gives a more sympathetic insight to his character. He is my favourite in this universe. You got what Lestat was about and you're right, Tom Cruise was amazing in this role, can't imagine anyone else playing Lestat 👏👏 ps what kind of person says "don't thank them all blah blah blah!" It's great that you appreciate and acknowledge the people who turn up to enjoy your reactions and banter. Brings joy to my day thats for sure! Keep on doing what ye doing 💝
Remember, Claudia is a 30 year old woman by the time she finds out they turned her into a vampire/ a mind like a five-year-old child .I believe Kirsten was 12. fabulous performances. Also, a very young Leonardo DiCaprio was supposed to play the interviewer, but turned it down and it went to River Phoenix, who sadly passed away 😢
It’s been along time since I read the book it is a little confusing, but she definitely is a woman trapped in a child’s body, and those feelings are confusing to her
It's great to see you! The TH-cam algorithm has not been alerting me to your videos. I remember this video coming out! I read all the books and I went with a bunch of friends who came to the movie dressed as vampires. love this movie.
Great reaction! *LOVE* this movie! The phenomenal soundtrack by *Elliot Goldenthal* was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
So glad J enjoyed this movie. Lestat dancing with the corpse will always make me laugh. I've read all Anne Rice's books and named my chocolate lab, Lestat.
I loved the book, and thought the movie was lacking alot of details. Still, the production value, and everything are great. I don't usually like Tom Cruise's acting, but he is good in this film. Brad Pitt was nice to look at in this movie, lol.
I adore this movie! My favorite character is the vampire Armand played by Antonio Banderas. Please watch him in the action packed Desperado from writer/director Robert Rodriguez.
My all time favorite vampire movie. Your reaction was absolutely hilarious from the rat drink, Detroit, dogs dying, etc. phenomenal. Tom Cruise was praised by Anne Rice when she was fiercely against him being cast as Lestat. The second movie is horrible. The new series isn’t bad. I do t mind the differences from the book, and it also got Anne and her sons Christopher’s approval before she passed. You should check it out!
15:06 Finally someone who appreciates Lestat is the real victim here 😂Dude's just trying to keep his man happy and ends up broke and murdered twice for his efforts!
One of my favourite movies of all time. Absolute masterpiece of writing, acting, and directing.
Le'Stat: "You'll soon run out of chickens Louis." Jay: "The Colonel never did, you good bruh" Me: "Bwahahahahhaaaa"
In the book Claudia was 5 yrs old when she became a vampire. And since vampires are basically sentient, animated corpses Claudia’s body didn’t age but her mind did. She had the mind of a woman trapped in a 5 year old’s body & it eventually drove her crazy
Oh, really that's interesting I didn't know that.
Glad they skipped the part where Lestat cut her head off and tried to put it on an adult body
@ProHero86 pretty sure that was Armand.
@@mclizzard2928 ahh you know what you’re right
That would suck. I’m a man but if I was trapped in my 5 year old body but had my 33 year old mind I would eventually snap.
"They're key to the plot" well yes, for the first time actually lol. Claudia seeing an adult female form, something she will never experience forever trapped in a child's body. A significant realisation for her and her character development.
"I bet that's how Tom Cruise picks women up in real life"
The holler that I HOLLERED pissed my cat off so bad he ran into the coat closet ! 😂😂
"You need to stop talking, you're starting to look like a combo meal" 😂😂😂😂
Can I get a number 7 with a large Coke?! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😅
RIP, River Phoenix.
He was originally going to play the interviewer Daniel, but sadly passed away from a drug overdose in 1993.
His friend, Christian Slater, accepted the role and the film was dedicated to his memory.
He is one of the few actors I genuinely miss and wonder what he would be doing today. River is very missed!
Did you also know that Slater donated his pay to Phoenix’s memory
@@nsasupporter7557 love that!!
I miss River Phoenix. 😢
I wish they had immediately done The Vampire Lestat, he's actually not an a-hole and his powers go way beyond anything seen in this movie.
In the books, his powers are insane because he went through hell, literally.
He was born in 1760, the son of a French noble and, as a human, single-handedly killed a pack of wolves.
Lestat's mother becomes a vampire too, he also started the theatre des Vampires.
He mentioned in book that the 2 women he killed and the one he put in the coffin were actually murderers and pick pockets.
His mother was the first one he turned. She ends up being a whole bad ass too!
It would have been perfect! And Interview was a cultural phenomena at the time so I don't know why they didn't. Maybe it was just too gay for the times.
@@vanyadolly They kind of did with Queen of the Damned. But it wasn't done properly. It takes some parts of The Vampire Lestat and QOTD books. It was rushed and they left so much out. It still was a decent movie but it could have been so much better.
Tom Cruise killed this. He read all the books and kept them on the set for reference. He IS Lestat! The second book is Lestat’s story, and Cruise pulled on that back story for his performance. Initially, Anne Rice was upset at Cruise being cast. But when she saw his performance, she took out an ad in the newspaper to apologize for criticizing him and said he was perfect as Lestat.
These books are INCREDIBLE. Its not about powers, its about suffering and loneliness. The cold wasteland of eternity
I'm with Lestat.. Louis needs to get over it & stop moping. Go have fun.
...and nasty time ...
This movie is a masterpiece in my opinion. Easily one of the best vampire centric films. To answer your question about why they can’t cut hair or change, think of these vampires as statues. Stuck in the image they were created.
The cast killed it in this movie! Especially Tom as Lestat and Kirsten as Claudia. For her age she was captivating in her performance. Tom really enjoyed the source material and just went with it in such a natural way. Brad was great as well but he had issues with the filming so he always seemed conflicted in his performance which was perfect for Louis as a character.
There will never be a person cooler than Armand when he first walks on stage.
Keep in mind Louis is the narrator of this film and the novel. In the second novel The Vampire Lestat, Lestat tells his side of the story, and they both reconcile in the third novel.
The Vampire Lestat is the best book in the series hands down!
@@PhasersAndArrows facts
I did not know this and i watched this movie 20 years ago. Im about to check them books out
@@everfall1075 and the unnamed interviewer returns in book 3 Queen of the Damned.
Ooooh, now I've got 3 books to add to my reading list 😊
Its well established in the books that vampires cannot have sex. So every romantic relationship is more like a companionship and not really physical. So vampires dont really care much about age, gender or anything else. For example in the books Lestat made his mother into a vampire and they were together for years. It sounds really weird but the books do a good job of explaining it
I can die happy now knowing Jay has watched the best vampire movie. Ever.
Arguably. The Lost Boys and Fright Night also belong in the discussion. But IWTV hands down has the most talented cast of actors.
@@nyronfranklin5789Come on now!!!BLADE!!!! is up there with the best.
Dirty, nasty, and unsophisticated
(probably stink too) vampires
"Near Dark"
Honorable mentions
"Let the Right One In"
"The Only Lovers Left Alive"
@@richardrobbins387What?!?! man you must be smokeing crack Blade is hands down one of the best ass kicking vampire movies of all time the underworld vampire movies also kick ass.🤨🤨😖😖
@LenOliver-yz6os
I was going with the uncool "realistic" side of being a vampire. I mean, black leather trenchcoats are really sweet. Wasn't knocking any of that.
"Blade" is awesome.
This is my FAVORITEEEEEE Tom Cruise performance. Everyone is such a fan of his action movies but this one shows his range and how good of an actor he is too
In the 90s he was in a lot more dramas but I heard he was always an adrenaline junkie.
Brad Pitt the only vampire that can steal your girl without even trying.😂
The look on your face after Lestat started dancing with the corpse had me laughing out loud. Never change!
For many, Anne Rice is to Vampires as Tolkien was for the Fantasy genre. It influenced so much of pop culture until gd Twilight came along.
Some of us still pretend twilight never happened
It's not a perfect solution... but it's what we got
I like them all.
I still haven't seen twilight 😂.
@@voodoomagic71685 You’re not missing anything at all. Lol
Anne Rice dicks on on twilight
These were my favorite books! Anne Rice is amazing. She lost her daughter age 6 to leukemia, so she writes grief amazingly.
The movie that Brad watches, "Sunrise," is a (really great) 1927 silent film that won the first Academy Award Oscar for what would eventually become Best Picture.
22:46 Finally, a "they key to the plot" that is actually true.
The books give you so much more to the story, but this is a fine fine adaptation. Fun fictional fact, Lestat was the founder and benefactor of the Vampire Theatre in Paris (his dream was always to be an actor /performer and Tom Cruise played him with the theatrical zeal that he would have had in life/death) Lestat gave these vampires a home and purpose and they all knew him. Lestat came from French aristocracy and he was born wealthy. Also, at this point Lestat knew the secrets and origins of the vampire...but was sworn to secrecy... And how it all tied back to prehistoric Egypt and Enkil and Akasha who were possessed by the blood demon Azril? (I think) Also, Lestat survived the assassination attempt by Claudia because he had been given Akasha's blood, so he was an extremely powerful vampire...
That's right lol dang spoil much? 😂😂
Lestat was born into an aristocratic family, but he was poor and had to wear hand me down clothes until he came into wealth as a vampire fledgling.
I love that you loved this movie! Tom Cruise has never been more charming than in this role. He was perfect for it. How bizarre that someone told you not to say "thank you"... What does it matter to them? Thank you for the great content (that includes Blank and Sean)
Exactly. These ppl that don't know how to ppl have a problem with anything J does here is it's own Ain't $hit list 🙄
Just don't watch it, no? How hard it is to not be a d**k about nothing these days astounds me.
“Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” - Lestat
This movie is spectacular! It's also surprisingly authentic to the novel (the novel is amazing)
Interview With the Vampire was Anne Rice's debut novel in 1976
It was not very well received with critics whom attacked the homoerotic nature of the vampires and criticized that the book humanized vampiric monsters at all
Thankfully readers didn't agree and through the next couple decades Rice added to the series in what became known as The Vampire Chronicles
Something very important to know about the book, however, Rice dove fully into writing the book after her five year old daughter, Michele, died of Leukemia. In later interviews Rice claimed looking back she can see that she wrote Claudia to be a stand in for her own daughter
Anne Rice passed away at 80 in 2021 due to complications from a stroke, she was laid in her family's mausoleum with her husband and daughter
Unfortunately, the other vampire chronicles adapted movie, Queen of the Damned, is not as well made as this and has no related cast (It is notable, however, being the final film featuring Aaliyah)
Currently, there is a NEW adaptation of Interview With the Vampire on AMC where the entirety of the Vampire Chronicles is taken into consideration. I haven't seen it yet, but people say it's pretty good
I will always be sad that we never got The Vampire Lestat with Tom Cruise. It would have been completely epic
I find it most ironic that Lestat tries to show Louis that he can feed 'ethically' by killing evil-doers (Lestat can read minds so he knows who's been bad...) but Louis is so twisted up about killing that he drives Lestat to create Claudia, who is the most voracious unconscionable killer among them 😅
Though Lestat abandons his morals to hold onto his 'family', you can see it grinding him down over the years as he starts to bicker with Claudia, leading to his temporary defeat at the hands of his own broken little doll 😵
The best scene in this film is when Tom comes back from the swamp. It is the anticipation and tension as he plays the piano, obscured by the lace curtain. His speech is haunting. And then, we see his horrible, distorted face as he says, "Claudia....you've been a very, very, naughty...little...girl". And then...POUNCES on them. Great scene!
You mentioned Louis burning things several times. That's almost a theme in Anne Rice's novels. Vampire conflicts almost always end in fire. Because their powers and abilities can vary, it's the one weapon they can effectively use against one another. All vampires are vulnerable to it.
Kirsten Dunst for me, stole this movie. She has to be one of the greatest, most criminally underrated actresses of her generation.
I read the books long before the movie. And when I heard Tom Cruise was cast as Lestat, I was doubtful that he could do it. Then when I watched the movie, I realized that he was perfect for the role.
In the second novel Lestat explains how he started the vampire theater.
One of my all time favorites. I watched it many times growing up and it's still a comfort movie for me. RIP Anne Rice 🖤
Indeed l miss Anne Rice so much
This is a whole book series called The Vampire Chronicles written by Anne Rice. I highly recommend reading the series. It's one of the best stories written in our time.
Generally speaking, I’ve always assumed the reason victims didn’t feel the vampire’s bite was because the vampire’s saliva contained some sort of anesthetic like a mosquito.
I grew up watching this movie. I love the soundtrack too, it's very haunting. RIP Anne.
Absolute greatest vampire movie ever! It was the first vampire movie I ever watched and I still adore it to this day. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you react to it and I totally agree when you said you could watch this movie on repeat, I've been doing that my whole life and I have never got bored of it 😄
8:35 "Steak N Shake did that to me once..." Why can't I upvote this more than once?
12:03 "The Colonel never did, you good bro..."
They are the funniest lines I've heard in forever!
Regarding the "broke vampire" comment, Lestate is broke the entire movie. Lestate lived off Louie. The mansion Louie set fire to belong only to Louie. The hotel where the prostitutes were killed was paid for by Louie. In the book, after making Louie into a vampire, Lestate moved his father into Louie's house. Lestate genuinely liked Louie, but he took full advantage of Louie financially, in my opinion
Back in 1994, my best friend and I had the same exact reaction. We both wanted to watch this movie again. That's how you know you just watched something special. Loved this reaction, bro. Keep up the beautiful work. 👍
8:35 "Steak 'n Shake did that to me once." 😆 I literally busted out laughing when I heard this. 😃 I remember reading _Interview with the Vampire_ back in 1989 and being psyched when i found out they were making it into a movie. The movie is great, but the book is even better. Anne Rice had such an enjoyable writing style. It's too bad the TV series was such a let down.
Considering the show is the reason I decided to watch the movie, calling it bad is certainly a choice
I really want 30 Days of Night to win a vampire poll. Such an underrated, totally unique vampire movie.
Sorry, but I can’t take the word “underrated” seriously anymore… because so many people are calling EVERYTHING “underrated!”
Underrated literally has no definition anymore because people constantly misuse and throw it around blindly so much
@@nsasupporter7557 Underrated means to not be valued highly enough and it's a subjective opinion. In talks of great vampire movies, 30 Days of Night almost never gets brought up. It is very unique and I think deserves more recognition. I don't really know what else to say, I think this usage of the word is warranted.
@@shinrapresident7010 “underrated” means isn’t doesn’t get the attention or credit it deserves! There was no need to educate me on the definition because you don’t know what it means which explains why you mindlessly use it like everybody else on TH-cam. That’s my problem… people use it inaccurately, because they label EVERYTHING as “underrated.” Every 2 seconds somebody is calling someone or something underrated… it’s annoying as hell
Yes! Such a great movie and I think what added to the horror was the very non-human aspect of the vampires; we see just how far into their evolution of being “creatures of the night” has come and it’s terrifying because they still look pretty human like, yet are so monstrous.
@@nsasupporter7557 Oxford dictionary literally defines it as ''not valued highly enough''.
Take it up with them if you disagree with the usage.
Floored for my 1st wrong call with all his reactions-
Not one R. Kelly joke with the Kirsten Dunst scenario 😄
This and Les Grossman are 2 of Tom's best roles to me.
Thnx for another good night of entertainment, EOM 🎬🙂🐶🐶
Be well 👍✌️
This movie is definitely in my top 10 and was watched on repeat in the '90's.
So glad you liked this J!!! It was my favorite film as a young woman. Love the novels as well. Anne Rice is a great author.
One of the best vampire movies of its time and was done very well. The cast was also perfect.
This Movie has always been COOL to me, I watched it near New back when, Brad Pitt & Christian Slater are GREAT Actors in my opinion. ROCK AND ROLL!
I knew I would be in " trouble" when J commented early in the movie, when Brad Pitt was .. bit once and sick as a dog... and you looked at the camera and said... " Steak Shack did that to me once.."
THIS IS THE FUNNIEST REVIEW I HAVE EVER SEEN FOR INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE. I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m so glad you watched this! I’ve asked a couple times lol. This movie is so theatrical with the costume design, sets etc. That combined with the story and acting make it a top tier vampire movie in my opinion. It’s a classic.
Edited to add: this is based off a series of books by Anne Rice if you didn’t know. I read them many years ago.
You may like "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" and "Bram Stokers Dracula"
Another great vampire movie is Let the Right One In.
"I halfway expected rats to pop up & start dancin with em!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯💯💯
This reaction was the best! So glad you enjoyed it as much as you did. This movie was one of my favorites when I was younger. (I had read the book, too.) I hope you get around to watching the tv series. It's a bit different, but it's also pretty good.
Heck yes, Murder Whistle! Get the co pilots ready for this one.
No spoilers but LOVE this react!
Love your reactions!
One thing I think is Lestat is kinda like the Jack Sparrow of vampires; just like almost all the pirates hated Jack, almost all vampires can’t stand Lestat, cause he screwed all of them over multiple times.
Thanks for the reaction. This is one of my fav movies. Its such a unique and haunting film. Kirsten Dunst's performance is incredible.
River Phoenix was supposed to play Christian Slater's role.
Kirsten Dunst *crushed* this part...and it is one of Tom Cruise's best performances.
this is maybe tom cruise's best performance. absolutely chews the scenery every moment he's on screen.
I’m so glad you reacted to this one (and loved it). This movie is top tier! Everything is so well done. Kirtsten Dunst delivers one of the best child actor performances I’ve ever seen and Tom Cruise absolutely crushed his role as Lestat! It’s not an actual sequel, but the director did a lesser known vampire move that I feel is very much in the same vein (pardon the pun) called Byzantium, and I definitely recommend it.
I really enjoyed Byzantium so much!
Ongo Gablogian when seeing the thumbnail to this reaction: "That I love... I ABSOLUTELY LOVE. I want it. It's everything".
Laughing at the dark humor of dancing with the mother reminds of the Soprano's. Chrissy's intervention. Top 5 funniest thing I've ever seen.
32:09 The vampire show in France is based on an actual show that existed called the Grand Guignol, which was in France and began towards the end of the Victorian era. It showcased what was basically erotic adult entertainment and heavily featured nudity, dark humor, and horror and ran for many many years.
You gotta love J...he is giggling about Twilight vamps BEFORE the movie has even started!😂😂
This is gonna be a ride!
Personally the Ann Rice novels I have read were enjoyable.
Much love from Oregon EOM fam!☺💚
Gotta put this up on the big TV!
Poor Daniel, once he realized he didn't want to be a vampire, Lestat showed up. I love this movie, one of my favorites for sure
Lestat is always hated but he is just going with the flow of what he is! The sequel to the first book Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, gives a more sympathetic insight to his character. He is my favourite in this universe. You got what Lestat was about and you're right, Tom Cruise was amazing in this role, can't imagine anyone else playing Lestat 👏👏 ps what kind of person says "don't thank them all blah blah blah!" It's great that you appreciate and acknowledge the people who turn up to enjoy your reactions and banter. Brings joy to my day thats for sure! Keep on doing what ye doing 💝
"All I need to find you Louis is follow the corpses of rats."
I remember when it was Interview with a Vampire.😵💫
I'm so glad you enjoyed this! One of my fave movies, and one of the best vampires series.
“Oh he made a monster”
That’s putting it mildly 😅
LMAO "I half expected rats & shit to pop up and start singing with them" I'm 💀🤣
If you like this era Brad Pitt, you need to check out Legends of the Fall...I think you'd enjoy it.
😂😂😂😂😂 “The Colonel never did”
I haven’t even watched this yet and I already clicked “Like”.
This movie along with Blade, and Lost Boys make up the holy trinity of vampire movies
"I've never seen a broke vampire." Gotta watch Near Dark.
Remember, Claudia is a 30 year old woman by the time she finds out they turned her into a vampire/ a mind like a five-year-old child .I believe Kirsten was 12. fabulous performances. Also, a very young Leonardo DiCaprio was supposed to play the interviewer, but turned it down and it went to River Phoenix, who sadly passed away 😢
Wait so she didn't even realise she was a vampire? I kinda understand how but I never thought of her being unaware
It’s been along time since I read the book it is a little confusing, but she definitely is a woman trapped in a child’s body, and those feelings are confusing to her
It's great to see you! The TH-cam algorithm has not been alerting me to your videos. I remember this video coming out! I read all the books and I went with a bunch of friends who came to the movie dressed as vampires. love this movie.
Great reaction!
*LOVE* this movie!
The phenomenal soundtrack by *Elliot Goldenthal* was nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.
Such a gorgeous film to lose yourself in 🥀 so glad Jay got to see it
So glad J enjoyed this movie. Lestat dancing with the corpse will always make me laugh. I've read all Anne Rice's books and named my chocolate lab, Lestat.
I loved the book, and thought the movie was lacking alot of details. Still, the production value, and everything are great. I don't usually like Tom Cruise's acting, but he is good in this film. Brad Pitt was nice to look at in this movie, lol.
Got my popcorn ready 🍿
I didn’t know this was the video for today but I’m so excited. This made my week
13:51 “Why they in that Detroit bathroom from Saw?” You had me cracking up the entire time I was watching. 😂😂
Anne Rice is my favorite author, and her vampire universe is my absolute favorite. None can top her.
So glad you liked it j!! One of my all time favorites!! Brad and Tom together were amazing.
Great movie really is. Brit Pitt characters is great so is Tom too. Love them together
Had a ball watching this with you..I forgot how funny it was..one of my favorites ❤😂
Spike and Angelus from Buffy are like the counterparts from this movie
Very much so
@danielpeckham5520 but those two did it way better no offense to the movie versions
I adore this movie! My favorite character is the vampire Armand played by Antonio Banderas. Please watch him in the action packed Desperado from writer/director Robert Rodriguez.
Antonio is deliciously creepy as Armand, but completely different from the book version - who is a teenaged boy 😅
You be killing me with your comments " Tom Cruz pick up line to women" & the reaction to the coffins " Can we get a CA Queen or something "😂
I love at 18:40 Jay had to take notes on how ruthless and funny Tom Cruise was in the scene.
16:58 "You are not that young to not know that" facts! 😅
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Absolutely. Thank you for letting us join you 💙
My all time favorite vampire movie. Your reaction was absolutely hilarious from the rat drink, Detroit, dogs dying, etc. phenomenal. Tom Cruise was praised by Anne Rice when she was fiercely against him being cast as Lestat. The second movie is horrible. The new series isn’t bad. I do t mind the differences from the book, and it also got Anne and her sons Christopher’s approval before she passed. You should check it out!
Got my sandwich, I'm ready. I predict a few "shuddups" tonight 😂
I hate it when people can’t separate the actor from the person, Tom hit it out of the park!
I knew you’d love Lestat.
One of my favourite movies of all time.