AMC concocts a wholly fresh take on the Anne Rice franchise that remains true to the spirit of its source material
Like Louis, the now-vanished Storyville existed in the in-between spaces: It was one of few places in the Jim Crow South where Black people could find success as businessmen and rub elbows with the white elite. It’s here that our antihero meets Lestat de Lioncourt , a flamboyant French vampire who immediately makes Louis the target of an all-consuming obsession.
Louis is resistant at first, but he’s drawn to Lestat like a moth to a flame. But a family tragedy sends Louis into a nihilistic spiral, and he gives in to Lestat’s advances in a scene that’s as gory as it is romantic.nails. Rather than opting for the tired gritty-reboot trend, the show leans into what draws readers to Rice’s work in the first place—which is to say, smart, thoughtful writing with a heaping helping of Harlequin paperback camp.
Anderson and Reid’s chemistry is at the unbeating heart of the show, and it sizzles like a vampire in the sunlight. The two expertly move between dark romance, steamy sex, and the domestics of day-to-day life as a couple, which are inescapable whether you’re mortal or not. One second they’re erotically sucking the blood from their latest victim, and the next they’re bantering over whether or not they should sleep in separate coffins.
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