Daniel Molloy

Image: AMCAfter a brutal fifth episode that divided the fandom, episode six of Interview With the Vampire, “Like Angels Put in Hell By God,” had a massive task ahead of it. The episode couldn’t downplay the horror of the violence that occurred, but it still had to find a way to make Lestat at least a little sympathetic—while also balancing the intricate family dynamics that had been absolutely shattered following the ending of episode five.Star Wars: Shatterpoint Announcement Trailer02:27The First Things To Do In VR, Part…

Image: AMC | Edits by io9If anyone has been paying attention to me over the past few weeks (there are, what? Three of you? Welcome! Join me) you might have noticed that I’ve been working through an all-consuming obsession with AMC’s new series, Interview With the Vampire. You might think to yourself, “wasn’t that a kind of cheesy, not-gay-enough movie in the ‘90s?” and you’d be right. But you would also be wrong. The new Interview is not just a campy reimagining of the original novel, but an incredibly decadent prestige…

Image: AMCThe last six to eight minutes of the latest episode of Interview With the Vampire—“A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart”—are brutal. After wandering the United States for about seven years, Claudia returns to the townhouse on Rue Royal where Louis and Lestat live. She announces that she’s leaving for Europe and she wants Louis to come with her. In a fit of rage, Lestat attacks her, and Louis jumps to defend her. What follows is a horrific scene where two immortal, impossibly powerful vampires punch, hit, and…

Image: AMCBefore we get started, a warning. This episode is incredibly brutal for a few reasons, and I want to give y’all a heads up about what we’re going to be diving into today. Episode Five of Interview With The Vampire, titled “A Vile Hunger For Your Hammering Heart,”deals with rape, implied suicidal ideation, explicit domestic abuse, and includes an extended scene of extreme domestic violence.Already the fandom across social media is divided about this. For now, just be warned that there was a lot going on in the…

Image: AMCThe fourth episode of Interview With the Vampire belongs to Bailey Bass. Her Claudia is unlike anything we’ve seen. She’s not the five-year-old of the book, nor the 10-year old of the film. She’s 14, just far enough into puberty to know that something is changing, but not far enough along to know what to do about it. Claudia is an immortal girl, always a child, never a woman, a maniac character who is both developed and un-developed, a hunk of clay that never gets fired. I love this version of Claudia, I truly…

Image: AMCThis week’s episode of AMC’s Interview With the Vampire starts with Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) observing a piece of art that does not really exist. The painting depicts Jesus reaching upwards to the heavens as small devils try to pull him down. As Molloy looks it over, Rashid (Assad Zaman) mentions that it was painted by a Venetian contemporary of Tintoretto, Marius de Romanus. If you’re familiar with the Vampire Chronicles at all, you know that Marius is another vampire from the series, one who takes Daniel…

Image: AMCOn Sunday, the world was reintroduced to Anne Rice’s vampires. The AMC pilot of the reconstructed Interview With the Vampire stars Jacob Anderson as Louis de Pointe du Lac, Sam Reid as Lestat, and Eric Bogosian as Daniel Molloy. (Also, Bailey Bass as Claudia, but she’s not going to show up for a few episodes.) In short, this pilot is an incredible testament to both Rice’s work and the reinvention of the series. Lush, provocative, gory, and seductive, “In the Throes of Increasing Wonder” gives you a little bit of…