This Major Aspect of 'Interview with the Vampire' Makes It Better Than the Movie

The 1994 film Interview with the Vampire was a solid homage to Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, following the plot of the original novel, but lacked an important facet that Rice’s novels have become known for. In the film, vampires Lestat de Lioncourt (Tom Cruise) and Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt) appear more like friends and traveling companions, when it is blatantly obvious that they’re lovers in the books. A film that boasts gallons of blood and severed limbs disappointingly shies away from portraying an intoxicating yet abusive relationship — one that has never been explored fully on-screen until now. Despite the massive changes that AMC's Interview with the Vampire made, the television show encapsulates the heart of Rice’s novels far better than the '90s film because it embraces a true romance between the lead characters as well as an authentic portrayal of their complicated relationship.