INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE (02x02) *REACTION* "DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LOVED BY DEATH" 

Honestly, I’ll NEVER forgive them for making me unironically like Santiago 😭

Everything about this episode is on point. The music, in the background, really adds to the emotions in each scene. I believe when Daniel experience, heavy emotions, it cracks Armand's wall in Daniel's memories, so that's why he remembers bits and peaces. Armand's wall in Daniel's mind is coming down.

"You both f*cked Lestat" is the funniest line I've ever had the pleasure of hearing. Your reactions to this show are splendid. oh fun tidbit, in the books Lestat takes great delight being referred to as "the perfect devil" by Louis - so when you say speak of the Devil, you got that totally on point.

First off, love you guys! I think when Daniel learns of Lestat being in both Armand and Louis’ life, he just found it hilarious. I don’t think he necessarily didn’t believe them. That’s why he started playing The Young and the Restless theme song, to have fun at their expense, considering he’s currently not well with Parkinson’s and having to do this interview, he’s just trying to keep his own spirits uplifted when he can, even if it comes across as snarky or downright mean. Lovely reaction as ALWAYS! 💕💕💕 y’all are amazing!

The inner theatre kid in me was living this episode!!!!!!

The way Lestat looks like Louis from the movie with that Brad Pitt blowout

Ben Daniels, who plays Santiago, is one of my favourite all time actors. Sadly his partner/husband of 20 years passed away recently.

Agh, you're so right. The limited use of Lestat is totally making us miss him all the more! Such an interesting use of editing during the Alice conversation. 🥺💖 This show and your reactions are such highlights to my week. 🧛‍♂✨

Weird fan theory i have: Louis liking photography could be an Easter egg to Anne's second novel The Feast of all Saints. In short, it was a historical novel about the Free People of Colour (the mixed children of plantation owners) in which one of the characters has an obsession for photography. Its not supernatural erotic horror, but its pure Rice through and through. There is a film adaptation that was made for cable back in the late 90s and worth watching if you want another flavor of Anne.

I’m starting to feel more empathy for Daniel as I keep watching

I miss Lestat so much bro😞

The Theatre de Vampire is really rubbing their audiences nose in it. They are holding a mirror up to humanities morbid fascination with death and apathy towards himan suffering. Vampires kill to feed, the people who go to those shows want to watch violence and death for entertainment. When Santiago has the woman pick someone out of the audience to be killed in her place, and then tells the man she picked to remember that the next time he goes to church, that humans will give you up in a second. They are holding a mirror up to the humans while they feed on them in front of them.

Santiago from The Theatre of the Vampires is a fascinating character in the books. Ben Daniels as Santiago is excellent casting and he's killing it so far! I can't wait for more Lestat!

Theory is that Armand is really Alice and him proposing to Alice and her saying know is supposed to represent him asking Armand to change him and Armand saying no

Santiago Devoured! This episode was such an infusion of warm Gushing Fresh Blood. Armand & Louis’ dynamic & chemistry is insane & I’m loving Claudia !

This episode makes me WANT to be a theater kid. Not THIS Theatre, ofc. But...a wholesome, *safe* theater. Y'know. XD

Even in the books Lestat will always love Louis

Lestat and Santiago literally have my heart.

I literally forked over some coin to get AMC+ because I can see this show early in the day commercial free and see some bts info. It's that good. Honestly, I am so glad we are getting to see more of the theater, because I feel like the movie didn't do it justice. This was just so macabre and ironic because he's saying, to the audience there and to us the audience, we're complacent, we're sitting here watching this happen, we're doing nothing as the world is suffering, and that is true of a lot of situations.

If you want something related to Jacob Anderson to lull you to sleep, you should definitely check out his song 'Time in A Tree' under the musician name 'Raleigh Richie'. Peak vibes.

The thing is, as the books move along, Anne got bored with Louis (who in the first book paralleled her own grief) and more enamoured with lestat, so she did flesh his character out more, but the show has already diverted from that a bit (it gives more of a voice to Claudia for instance) so there's no telling how they'll adapt lestat's story, though having more insight on him and the story told from his perspective will be interesting, it won't render everything we've been told from other points of view untrue

If you love Santiago you NEED to see him in Flesh and Bone where he plays a nightmare ballet instructer

Lestat lovers will finally rejoice next week 😊🎉❤

That entire play had me shook, I would have been gagged if I was in that audience.

I always feel so sorry for the woman who gets murdered on stage.

Louis called Daniel Danny im going to scream until i die

Y’all geeking out over theater made my heart grow three sizes. I’d be one of the wannabe goth groupies in the front row for you two.

yesss so thrilled to see this reaction Ben Daniels as Santiago ate that part uppp this was probably my favorite episode of the entire series apart from 1x7 I adore and miss Lestat but the letter scene was breathtaking & enough to hold me over for now

Armand is as sweet as a honey badger ...................I don't trust him ....he is acting like hidden treachery is below the surface toward both Louis and Daniel

The way Lestat just rejects Armand in the books but that's not the story here.

It was amazing to see Claudia to finally have found some happiness as Louis found some in Armand and vice versa. If I was to be a vampire for eternity, the theatre is definitely where I would be. 🧛🏻‍♂️🧛🏾🧛🏾‍♀️🧛🏽🧛🏼‍♂️🩸❤️‍🩹

Santiago is such a drama queen lol What a first impression. Love Daniel so much! His character just gets better & better. Chey, you are wicked smart! Daniel called they're first meeting a meat cute too. The energy for this one was so much better than depressing episode 1. I mean, it was needed but so good to see this. The look on Claudia's face was a bit over-dramatic for me but I'm gld she injoined herself.

This is the first thing I looked for when I woke up tonight. Petty Pumpkins reaction to IWTV season two, episode two. I really look forward to these.

This is my new “go to” after every episode. Thanks guys!

Yay loved the reaction! ❤ The theater was so chilling! If yall have the chance to watch the episode insider- I think the YT channel for AMC posts it the day after the episode airs? They have so many cool details about the show! The actress that played the victim Annika was actually the directors assistant I believe - so much talent on this cast and crew 😍 I love what the show is doing with memory being a monster! I'm not sure if Louis is intentionally unreliable bc he actually corrected himself in the last episode and even thanked Daniel for helping him restore memories. Maybe this is how he chooses to remember things bc the reality of it all is too painful? Idk if that makes sense lol but I think that's why he still needs Daniels help to uncover the truth. Cant wait for the next reaction ❤

that play was like the lady gaga paparazzi vma performance to claudia and I love that for her ❤ I can't wait to see her on the stage

I have been reading Anne Rices work, since forever. I am enjoying the show so much. Your commentary makes it so much more fun ❤ bravo

no bc I can't believe this show is actually real like it's so gay and so beautifully written, best show of the century I fear 😏 I feel the same way about assad (armand) as you do about jacob, he's just so.. everytime he's on screen I'm giggling and kicking my feet 😭 and idk if you know about devil's minion (not spoiling it if you don't, but it's probably my favourite storyline from the books) but this episode confirmed it to me that they're doing it, and I'm sure you two are going to love it too 🤭

I adore the content you’ve been reacting to lately. 💖💖💖

He's giving Vamp Camp! :D

You 2 missed a crucial detail, imo. When they get Daniel to ask ," what happens next?"

I think the part where Daniel sees and hears Armand while being broken down by Louis was Armand digging even deeper into his mind as Louis is reading from Daniels past. Armand is very powerful when it comes to mental manipulation. He was breaking down Daniels mental walls. Louis was reading memories from Daniels relationship with his ex wife, Armand was going even deeper into his childhood at the same time. Daniel needs to recognize who he's playing with. I think next episode is going to show flashbacks to Lestat and Armand founding the Theatre de Vampire.

I loved this episode and the introduction of the Paris coven. But I miss Lestat as well. As hot as Armand is, it's hard for me to see Louis with anyone else. Them standing there with all that chaos around them while they're flirting was both hilarious and interesting. I mean someone was literally using a person's head like a bouncy ball lol. To me it's very telling of the true nature of their relationship...or what it might come to be. Ben Daniels slayed that role of Santiago, but I didn't expect any less from him. He's such a talented actor and it's so sad that he lost his husband a day after the premier. 😢 I kept wondering why he wasn't in any of the press tour interviews and someone just told me why. On another note, I keep asking in other comment sections but it seems that I'm the only one wondering what happened to all of Louis' wealth that he had back in NOLA. Why are they so broke? Yes, Lestat was ridiculously wealthy but Louis wasn't poor either. So WHY were they having to resort to pickpocketing in Paris? Finally, I still stand by my opinion that Daniel is irritating...and it's a hill I'm willing to die on. If I was interviewing two vampires who I KNEW could read my mind, there's no way that I would be antagonising them like that. Anyway, another great reaction guys. Apologies for my long comment.

I subscribed because the guy on the right makes such "see you next tuesday" (complimentary) faces.

I love you guys! 🩷

Real fun fact, Anne Rice wanted to put the gay elements in the original books and the sex, but a gay vampire couple raising a child proved problematic for her publishers in the late 70, s early eighties

Your reactions are the highlight of my week aside from the episodes themselves! 🤩

I love you guys and how much you enjoy the show!!! ❤

Subscribed. Loving your reactions

love your reactions!! :)

You both are so cute!! ❤

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE UR GUYS CHANNEL also if your looking for good horror recs I recommend to watch the late night with the devil, or speak no evil those movies are really good

Trust, he will not be "vindicated", lol. Lestat's personal perspective isn't any more objective than anyone else's.

After watching episode 2 , I realized Lestat and Armand have something in common: they both stalk Louis. Did anyone else notice how Armand's expression changes as the story is being told about how they met? When he embraces Louis's hand, he quickly looks up at Daniel and then immediately looks down at the floor, almost as if he's sad or lying. The Alice attack on Daniel seemed out of character for Louis. Did Armand make him do this ? I was surprised Armand didn’t stop him like he did when he asked about Claudia’s assault.

I was pickpocketed on the EuroRail going from Amsterdam to France.

Just finished watching the episode. I had been dreading it. The episode where they meet Armand and the coven, but it Gave. It Gave and it Ate. I loved it! Not sure if this was mentioned before and I missed it, or i'm reading too into it, but the woman Daniel asked to marry him (I can't remember her name right now), was she Black? It seemed like they were putting emphasis on Daniel trying to hide her, especially at the restaurant when he popped the question. That whole storyline kind of has me confused. I don't remember this woman being mentioned before this episode.

I can't deal with this little Lestat....😢😢😢

you guys were theater kids ...you should do a movie reaction to "Delovely" movie ...a musical about Cole Porter based on an era around the late wild 1920's

28:37 lmao 🤣🤣🤣

Love you guys so much. Have you all thought about reacting to heartbreak high? Just binged it and I’m so obsessed with the queer representation!

The scene where Louis is "reading" Daniel about Alice and the pregnancy and the marriage proposal; i don't know; I felt like Armand was actually saying that through Louis. Louis seemed to have a perverse glee in talking to and torturing Daniel, that seems uncharacteristic of him. And then that quick flash of Armand doing the same thing to Daniel when he was talking about him stealing his dads Playboys.

I feel so alone because the streets love and miss Lestat and Idgaf because I’m loving Armand, Louis and Claudia😭

@pettypumkins can ya'll react to the new dead boy detectives show its only 8 eps and im obbsessed i usually dont rewarch stuff until new seasons come but iv binged it 500 Times i love it so much and there's gay stuff too 😏☺️

I know this doesnt really follow the books, but I really enjoy the direction they have taken the story

I'm loving this season but the music is horrible, LOL.

you want to charge for watching yourself as u should be but u want to charge me for nothing more LOL really. why would i pay for something that is free LOL really guy im gay and this is sad

For me the series feels completely different from the movie. I'm choosing Lestat's side. He was right about Claudia. She was unhappy. Convinced Louis to be unhappy with her and broke his relationship with Lestat. Then after they killed Lestat she convinced him to go to WWII Europe, where she is then unhappy with Louis.

Honestly the whole end part with the woman being victimized was extremely triggering for me. In the original movie with Brad Pitt she was fully naked which made it worse. Too rapey. It was weird to me that so many people enjoyed that scene. It was giving gang rape and misogyny.

Daniel is so annoying to me, made more so by the fact that they made him straight in this show when he's queer in the books. Santiago, however, you're perfect babe...you can do no wrong.