Sean Akizuki's Fantasy Critic

Interview With the Vampire was my awakening -- at only 10 years old! I'd watch horror movies to prove myself not to be a sissy. There have been many horrifying deaths but none so horrible as the mortal woman on stage. The Theatre Des Vampires is described in the Vampire Chronicles where vampires perform mock plays.  According to the Vampire Chronicles Wiki - we can read this description of the theater but take it with a grain of salt: Théâtre des Vampires is a theater in Temple du Boulevard in Paris. It was once owned by Renaud. As a mortal, Lestat de Lioncourt worked there, first as a cleaner and stagehand, and eventually as an actor. His most famous role was Lelio, the hero of the play The Romance of Lelio and Isabella. Lestat's friend and lover, Nicolas de Lenfent, also worked there as a violinist. Lestat's acting skills and beauty eventually caught the attention of Magnus, an old vampire looking for a worthy mortal to pass on his Dark Gift. Magnus abducted Lestat while...

I'm not exactly a fan of the Vampire Chronicles series though I'd love to make a bit of a trick or treat nitpick. One movie I remembered seeing during Halloween during the 90s (at least on cable TV and I was still 10 at that time) was Interview with the Vampire which will celebrate its silver anniversary on November 5, 2019. However, I'd like to write it today because it's October 31. Speaking of silver, aren't vampires supposedly scared of silver? So, for a bit of a Halloween post - I'd actually just do a minor nitpick of who should've played the mortal woman on stage. I could remember the guilty pleasure of rewinding the scene and only watching the movie for this scene. However, I thought about my own wishful casting for the mortal woman on stage. Then I think of the curious tidbit behind why Laure Marsac was chosen... Vampires, especially the stylish sub-breed of those defiling bloodsuckers who group together onscreen in movies Oscar-nominated f...