*Interview With The Vampire* First Watch Reaction | Episode 1x1 | AMC+ Anne Rice 

Yeah this is personally one of my favorite pilot episodes this year. Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid absolutely killed it in this episode especially in the Church scene.

I always find it funny when people are so shocked about Lestat and Louis kissing considering the contents of the book series 😂

Please watch the rest of the episodes. I can’t wait to see your reactions and honesty of not knowing. Having been immersed in these stories for the past 30 years, it’s hard to see this show with fresh eyes and having the joy of the excitement of not knowing what is going to happen next.

I love watching folks react to this show who are not familiar with Anne Rice's incredible books. While the series has changed many things, I do believe the heart of her tale oozes off the screen. AS for what is to come all I can say is buckle up buttercup things are just getting started!

Louis and Lestat are indeed lovers, it's toxic as hell but they have an eternal bond and a deep connection. The Vampire Chronicles are actually a books series of 13 books, focusing on Lestat, but this season and probably season 2 as well is based on the first book where it's Louis who tells the story to Daniel, the journalist. You should watch the Brad Pitt/Tom Cruise movie from 1994 based on the same book, it's a masterpiece (despite the changes made) and it will give you some clue what to expect and you'll notice how it differs from the show, although the gay subtext is almost non-existent (different times back then). Lestat kills Lily after Louis pulls back from him out of spite because he doesn't like to be ignored, Lestat is used to getting what he wants, and he has a very volatile temper. But he did not kill Paul. Louis' brother had mental problems and killed himself.

The show is actually doing really well it's just that barely anybody is talking about it online for some weird reason. AMC says it's getting record numbers for them and they've already renewed it for a second season.

Lestat didn't love the town--he loved Louis.

Lily was alive the night after Louis' and Lestat's night together, you can see her the next morning putting her hand on Louis' shoulder, when he is making the decision to forget that night out of fear of being discovered as a gay man. Lestat killed her out of frustration after waiting for Louis to come back to him. You can hear him allude to it during the funeral march, saying that Lily proved to be a poor substitute. My opinion on the reasons why it's not blowing up as other shows that are simply not on the same lvl as this one are: -Racism/Homophobia: You have a queer black main lead in a relationship with a "french white" main lead -book loyalists/purists: who say, they don't like the changes they made in this adaptation -you need to pay for it either with a subscription directly to amc+ or via amazon prime. With all the other channels, it gets quickly expensive and u might want to wait until all the episodes are out, so u only need to pay one month Thanks for reacting, it's a brilliant show. Season 2 has already been renewed before the first episode was out, because the first season was that good and critics/reviewer loved it.

Mannnnnn Jacob in that church scene… CHEFS KISS 😘……. That’s what I call ACTING. Love your reaction to this, will keep watching you ❤

"Did we have prostitutes back in the early 1900s?" Fun fact: Prostitution is often referred to as "the world's oldest profession", because as long as there have been human societies there have been sex workers. So yes, prostitutes definitely existed in the early 1900s, as well as back in biblical times and long before that too.

Am in episode 5 and i can guarantee you it's getting crazier and crazier.This show is crazy good.Don't worry the episodes are getting greater and greater

Just here to say I love this show and I’m looking forward to binging the rest of your reactions! This one was so fun to watch.

To be honest I really liked your reaction/review. It's a good show. Yeah its different. The book purists don't think it's close enough to the book, but as a stand-alone show its really good. What I also liked about your review was when you discovered the main character is gay, you moved past it. Theres been a few reviewers who linger on that and say things like "this is gay erotica, and I don't like that". It's no more erotic than any other hetero show on these streaming services, that doesn't make it "erotica". And like I said, you sounded like you enjoyed the show as a whole. And that's really what it's all about. Telling a story that entertains. Thanks! Subscribed.

2023 is going to feel like an eternity for season 2 but I feel like this show is worth the amount of years I’m willing to invest cuz television is starting to become boring but Chucky, The Conners, and Interview With the Vampire give me hope.

The way everyone thought they were getting an advertisement at the beginning. 😂me too even though I had seen the actor in the trailers

Lol you're hilarious. You miss some of the important details when you're talking when they're talking lol. But great reaction

17:24 Lestat: "Such a pretty head" You:"... this show is GOOD 🙂" that was so funny to me, i hope you watch the whole season. this show just gets better and better to me

When you said you were a fool who doesn't pick up on things, I just knew you were going to be surprised by how that threesome ended. 😂😭 I'm actually impressed that you're still confused about Lily after editing, though. We literally see Lily leaving Lestat's house before Louis leaves. Lestat killed her later because he was mad about Louis ghosting him, basically. I really liked your reaction. Curious to see what you think about the other episodes.

Great reaction. One of the best pilots I've seen, and it just get better. Looking forward for the next reaction.

I'm fairly certain it's called the Little Drink because the French sometimes call an orgasm the Little Death, so it's a bit of pun.

This is sooo unrelated to the show but the comment about the aesthetics of Lestat's business card gave me BIG American Psycho energy lmaooo

One of my fav show to come out this year!! keep reacting please

Oh honey you are so cute. Prostitution = The World's Oldest Profession The earliest known record of prostitution dates back to 2400 BC in ancient Babylonia. Still to this day, prostitution is one of the most aggressively punished crimes.

the church scene!! emmy award!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm kind of upset that the show isn't bigger right now, i hope they get to do a lot of promo next and more people watch it!! So much research was done, the costume department, the sets, the dialogue, the actors' performances... everything is so good and high budget so it really deserves popularity!! Some random shows blow up every year too lol so this one deserves it! I think the pilot is perfect! It's really funny that you didn't expect their love scenes ahah I thought Lestat was being so obvious about his attraction for louis lol Also i've never read the books i just know a few stuff that happens in there, and i've seen the movie but I think it's cool that people are watching the tv show without knowing any of that. It's a really surprising and different show

First let me say thank you for reacting to this show I really appreciate it. And the reason why the show isn't blowing up as much as it should be, is because both of the main characters are gay. I love this show, is a work of art and a shame that it's not getting the amount of attention that it should be getting. I can't wait to see your reaction to the other episodes.

going to try answering some of the stuff you questioned! 1. lily didn't die during that night, we see her leaving the same time louis does. im pretty sure her and lestat met up a few more times before lestat got bored and killed her 1.5. i think its funny how even after the clear implications that louis is a deeply suppressed gay man who lies to himself saying that he likes miss lily you still seemed to genuinely believe that he had feelings for her LOL, i think you missed that while watching 2. lestat biting louis that first time wasnt turning him into a vampire, it's just how vampires do That act, if you know what i mean 3. pauls death wasn't lestats doing, i think it was shown perfectly how unpredictable a person struggling similarly to paul can do something like that. 4. yes, louis and lestat are endgame, but its important to understand that this couple is completely toxic, a lot of people enjoy the toxicity of it, but due to a nasty fight in a future episode it is 100% understandable for you to want them to be separated, that's how i feel at least. 5. The original story is by anne rice, there are i think 13 books of this, so this show can go on for at least a decade! there is also a 1994 movie starring brad pitt and tom cruise which only covers the first books. in my opinion, the show is a lot better, but you should check out the movie if youre interested. there is also another movie based on another book in the series called "queen of the damned" which... i definitely think couldve been better. great reaction & review! this will be very interesting since you're new to the story, excited to watch the rest of your reactions! sorry if some of these questions were already answered, i hope i helped you understand things a little better!

You asked the same question i had toooo.. "How come the show isn't blowing up like crazy???".. it amazes me that it took me this long to found this series.

➡; Lily was a lady Louis used to regularly visit at the bigger Brothel., Lestat was only there to meet Louis, because he knew he was coming. He had been stalking Louis before they met and went to all of Louis's regular hang-outs, like to see Miss. Lily, and the card game... 🛑CHECK OUT how Lestat glances back at the card game, to see if that's Louis at the door... (12:03) 😏He was trying to get him!

It's such a beautiful show and it made me cry at the end because of how beautifully written this episode was.

I really like your positivity and willingness & open mindedness to try watching something new and react to it. Subbed.

This is awesome. Can't wait to see your upcoming reactions. Keep 'em coming!

You gotta watch the rest. Damn! The 5th episode just triggered so many online this weekend. Unbelievable! This was a fantastic reaction to the first episode. I hope to see more. Thanks!

Great episode and great show so far!!

Thanks for reacting to this show, we need more people talking about and reacting to it! Maybe now that Rings of Power, House of the Dragon and Andor are finishing people will stop sleeping on it! It's so well crafted, Jacob Anderson's voiceover combined with some of the Anne Rice passages from the book gave me heart palpitations! lol

Awesome reaction dude your hilarious 😂 , just subscribed 🤘🔥, also I think the show is slowly catching on with people I think because AMC and AMC+ aren't that big of a cable channel and streaming service most people are just now finding out about this awesome show besides just the fans

Lestat puts Lily to sleep to turn the threesome into a twosome; she did not die at that time.

Yo, I love watching this story through new eyes and perspectives. If this is one of your reg shows, I'm subscribin. But don't watch the 1994 movie again. It'll give spoilers to the show. And it gets really good. It's 5 episodes in but just beginning to blow up. IWTV is just the beginning of AMC's planned franchise 'The Immortal Universe' based on the novels of Anne Rice. Next is the 'Mayfair Witches' out January 8th.

Louis goes to Lily sometimes and pays for her company, but he was attracted to Lestat and competitive with him. Whoever put down more money got to go to the room with Lily, and Louis didn't want to lose face, as it were, by losing. He is not in love with Lily, however.

Sorry, late to this one, I’m so glad you decided to do this series. You got answers already to your question, what is this? Personal experience: The Vampire Chronicles were an essential highlight of southern Gen X Goth Romantic teenagers’ reading lists. I read TVL when it was first published and was entranced w it, then backed up to Interview, and thereafter was dying for the next book to come out, then the next. I read the first couple of Mayfair Witches books at that time also. They are also coming out as a tv series late this year or early next, I can’t remember. I lost track of both book series by the late 80s though. Too busy reading real life stuff for school and work. Didn’t realize Rice kept going, and there are far more books I haven’t read than have. I am so excited. The book set is on my Christmas list.

i thought it was a commercial too so i skipped it and then felt lost so started over lol

Lestat is actually telling the truth. He may keep things from Louis, but he doesn't lie to him. They do love each other. Doesn't mean it's a healthy love, on either side.

Keep watching please. It's great to see someone reacts that knows nothing about the story or the books.

My personal theory is that Lestat never *told* Paul to do it. But he did mess with his head, and Paul knew Louis wasn't exactly straight and thought it was a sin to be otherwise. And when Lestat told Paul that he was there for his brother, that might have been what pushed him over the edge.

Honey, it's called "the world's oldest profession." There are prostitutes way way back.

This show is so good, love it. Great reaction

Just watched your reaction, like you don't have a clue on the books or the movie, refreshing Sir

Wow... you totally missed that they were DATING this entire episode. Even the sister picked up on that. That's why she told him to bring him to dinner. She wanted to meet the French White her brother was 'spending time with'. Hell, even Paul picked up on it. "What exactly is the nature of your relationship with me brother..." Mamma knows too (Mama ALWAYS knows), but she's in denial. It's 1910. No one said it out loud.

It broke records for AMC+. It's just not GOT level popular, but AMC is also a much smaller cable network. This show also got a lot of hate before release due to changes from the book, and the "woke" hating bandwagon crowd. Once it premiered, people realized it's a very well executed, well written show. I think it's going to be a sleeper hit. The executive producer of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is behind this so I am not surprised it's good.

I only knew the barest information about the Chronicles before starting this show, so I was able to dive headlong into the Southern Gothic horror of it all! I think this show is gonna kick your ass in the best way if you're willing to look at the rest of the season. Edited to add - "he knows know to play the room" should be Lestat's middle name!

We kinda love you fool. Please restart and come back to react to Season 2.

lol I literally did the exact same thing at the beginning thinking it was an ad 😅

What is your history with the Chronicles? It’s refreshing to see unknowing eyes seeing this new story.

😏..💭You think Lestat did all that just to have a strong bond with him... lol ~ No, He wanted Louis to be his lover, man, companion, husband!... (He stalked Louis before they met, Went to all his regular hang-out spots so he could be around him, etc.)

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions

this show is very popular :D

➡; Lily was a woman that Louis would regularly visit, Lestat was stalking Louis before they met and he would be at all of Louis's regular hang-out spots before he got there!., *Lestat glancing back before Louis came in at the card game... (12:03) he was trying to shoot his shot, and brainwash Louis every chance he could. ~Lestat also used Ms. Lily to get Louis in his house for a 3-way, (he killed her.) Louis counted that as a one time thing and Didn't plan on going back. (So Lestat basically forced Louis into the relationship., under duress!) js. 😏

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I think there are a few reasons this has not completely blown up-first is sad to say, homophobia. Second is this is based on a 1973 book that have been made into a movie with Brad Pitt and Tom cruise, and a musical. So ppl are butt hurt that they made Louis and Claudia black, some ppl hate that they made some. Changes from the book. That almost always happens when you base a show on a book, it is really decisive between the book ppl and the show ppl, and in this case also the movie ppl. I think if ppl watched it with an open mind they would love it.

I kinda love that Louis had the interview in 1973 but Daniel and seems to have then fully fucked all the off until 2022 when he’s sort of bored in quarantine and wax poetic about is messy ex boyfriend with Daniel and Daniel is like are I serious right now? But also like hey look imma mosey bitch and I gots to know wtf is up Louis? What’s the real story here?

📌; Lestat was Stalking Louis before they ever met, That's why he was there with Lily, (Lily was a woman Louis would regularly go talk to and stuff, She worked at a bigger Brothel.) and Lestat used her to get Louis in his house for that 3-some. (then he killed her.) AND he was also a Louis card game etc. Trying to get with him. *He was always trying to impress Louis, doing tricks etc. (I know they are in New Orleans, but he wouldn't had to tell me something after those tricks!) js. 🛑 I think Lestat used his vampire mind control on Louis at his house for the 3-some, AND at the church!

Dude you're wrong about one thing it is blowing up like wildfire!!!!

Love that we're doing this! On a par with HBO's Watchmen; if you enjoyed that, you'll enjoy this! A "continuation" from the original, but with enriching changes, brilliant writing, stunning production value, and fantastic music, obsessed with this splendid show!!!

💭; He didn't turn Louis that first time, He thought Louis was coming back, But Louis said he didn't want to go back there again!... So Lestat went crazy and started mentally stalking Louis, and killed people he used to confide in... ~Louis was basically forced into the relationship after Lestat busted in the church and killed the priest.

Lolol naked bicycle seats🥴🙃😂

@Reacting A Fool, finally...my show. It saddens me that you show the ultraviolence, yet blur out the human body. What message does it send? Just a thought. Adieu, Mon Ami 🖤🌹🖤

5:50 Did you really ask, "Did we have prostitutes"??? 🤦🏾‍♂ The world's oldest profession???

lol. prostitution has been around longer than religion. now that's saying somethin

observational skills are lacking I fear.

I like the the movie way too much to even consider this.