Interview with the Vampire (1994) at the time of its opening attracted huge controversy whether it was casting Tom Cruise as Lestat or its (then) unprecedented violence. In retrospect, this film is surprising sedate and the scares come much later in the film. Traditionally, horror is about immediate, constant fear but this film settles for a more long-lasting sense of dread.
The film starts off in the future as Pitt playing Louis Pointe has Daniel Malloy (Christian Slater) take down his memoirs. Louis recounts encountering Lestat and move from their coming together to the forming of a macabre family that includes Claudia (Kirsten Dunst).
This film is not going to be to everyone's taste as Neil Jordan takes his time to move Louis and Claudia through their separation with Lestat to finding other vampires, including Antonio Banderas and Stephen Rea as cynical elder statesmen. The conclusion - or conclusions - are rousing enough. But, sadly, one feels one has watched two very long episodes that one wished kept going.
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