Interview with the Vampire: More Than a Monster
One of the more contemporary takes on the cliche's of old Hollywood horror films is Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire. It follows a reporter getting an exclusive interview for a newspaper with a real life vampire that he's encountered. The story is one of introspection, and self loathing. The vampire's name is Louis, and he appears to be telling his story merely out of boredom of living a life immortal as long as he has.
He recollects his time with the vampire who turned him, and how they worked together. His time with the other vampire, named Lestat, left Louis to question his humanity and what he truly was now. He deals with love, desire to use his new powers, and after dealing with the ultimate repercussions of betrayal, constant danger, and loneliness, Louis realizes to be a vampire is to be stuck with only other vampires for eternity.
It's all old news to Louis. Ironically, his interviewer sounds like a young him, eager to gain this power and live forever. Louis is torn but from his boredom, he finds nothing better to do than do it.
Time seems to be the biggest factor of the story, but not how much time is left, but merely how things age. Grudges, relationships, personalities. It's ironic, most vampires sustain beauty and youth, and have powers to travel the world, yet most end with brooding mannerisms.
I think Rice is trying to point out that: These mythological horror creatures can have emotional sides to them. And: These creatures face deeper issues than what is shown on the surface, making them as human as us in a sense.
He recollects his time with the vampire who turned him, and how they worked together. His time with the other vampire, named Lestat, left Louis to question his humanity and what he truly was now. He deals with love, desire to use his new powers, and after dealing with the ultimate repercussions of betrayal, constant danger, and loneliness, Louis realizes to be a vampire is to be stuck with only other vampires for eternity.
It's all old news to Louis. Ironically, his interviewer sounds like a young him, eager to gain this power and live forever. Louis is torn but from his boredom, he finds nothing better to do than do it.
Time seems to be the biggest factor of the story, but not how much time is left, but merely how things age. Grudges, relationships, personalities. It's ironic, most vampires sustain beauty and youth, and have powers to travel the world, yet most end with brooding mannerisms.
I think Rice is trying to point out that: These mythological horror creatures can have emotional sides to them. And: These creatures face deeper issues than what is shown on the surface, making them as human as us in a sense.
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