The following is a list of characters from Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles, which began with the 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire. The series primarily follows the antihero Lestat de Lioncourt, a French nobleman turned into a vampire in the 18th century, and by extension the many humans and vampires whose lives he has touched in his own long existence. Some characters from Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy cross over to The Vampire Chronicles, specifically in Merrick (2000), Blackwood Farm (2002), and Blood Canticle (2003).
Rice said in a 2008 interview that her vampires were a "metaphor for lost souls".[1] The homoerotic overtones of The Vampire Chronicles are also well documented.[2][3][4][5] As of November 2008, The Vampire Chronicles had sold 80 million copies worldwide.[6]
The first novel in the series, Interview with the Vampire (1976), was made into a 1994 film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst.[7] The Queen of the Damned (1988) was adapted into a 2002 film of the same name, starring Stuart Townsend and Aaliyah and using some material from 1985's The Vampire Lestat.[8] A television adaptation, Interview with the Vampire, premiered on AMC on October 2, 2022, starring Sam Reid and Jacob Anderson.[9]
- ^ Sayre, Carolyn (2008). "10 Questions for Anne Rice". Time. Archived from the original on August 11, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
- ^ Keller, James R. (2000). Anne Rice and Sexual Politics: The Early Novels. McFarland. pp. 12–14. ISBN 978-0786408467. Archived from the original on December 12, 2023. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
- ^ Rice, Anne (September 16, 1996). "Submit to Anne". Salon. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (November 11, 1994). "Film Review: Interview with the Vampire; Rapture and Terror, Bound by Blood". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ James, Caryn (November 13, 1994). "In Search of the Man Within the Monster". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved June 25, 2014.
- ^ Husband, Stuart (November 2, 2008). "Anne Rice: interview with the vampire writer". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (November 11, 1994). "Film Review: Interview with the Vampire; Rapture and Terror, Bound by Blood". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 14, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
- ^ Haflidason, Almar (April 10, 2002). "Film of the Damned: The Tragedy Behind Queen of the Damned". BBC Online. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
- ^ Oddo, Marco Vito (July 23, 2022). "AMC's Interview with the Vampire Series to Premiere Just in Time for Halloween". Collider. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
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