Interview With the Vampire

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  • Opened November 11, 1994 
  • 2 hr 2 min
  • R

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 16+. More on child suitability

  • Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis (Brad Pitt) is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer (Christian Slater). Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat (Tom Cruise), a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl (Kirsten Dunst) -- whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea, Christian Slater
  • Director: Neil Jordan
  • Genres: Horror

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100
Empire
| Adam Smith

Bold, gruesome and melancholic, this Gothic horrorfest offers us much to sink our teeth into: Cruise - who effectively disappears from the screen for half the film's duration - is terrific, Dunst eerily compelling, Banderas hypnotic. Read full review

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USA Today
| Mike Clark

The generally faithful script is by Anne Rice herself, the director is "The Crying Game"'s Neil Jordan, and both seem true to themselves and as true as they can be to artistic and visceral expectations. [11Nov1994 Pg. 01.D] Read full review

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The New York Times
| Elvis Mitchell

His sumptuous film is as strange and mesmerizing as it is imaginatively ghastly. It's a sophisticated, spookily intense rendering of Ms. Rice's story. Read full review

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This darkly effective horror drama holds plenty of interest, even for those who find Anne Rice's gothic cult novels unreadable. Read full review

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