AMC’s ‘Interview With the Vampire’ Remains a Bloody Good Time in Season 2: TV Review
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic In a sea of rote, listless IP, the first season of AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” felt like manna from heaven — or blood to a thirsty nightwalker.
Yes, the show was part of a reverse-engineered attempt at an Anne Rice cinematic universe. But in the hands of showrunner Rolin Jones, “Interview With the Vampire” set itself apart from both Rice’s original and the 1994 film adaptation, all while maintaining the story’s Gothic romanticism.
Despite an extended break and a major recasting, Season 2 is as fresh as a newly opened vein. In the flashbacks that form the primary timeline, Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson) has left New Orleans for World War II Europe, taking the ghost of his maker and ex-lover Lestat (Sam Reid) along with him.
The transatlantic voyage brings Louis to the Théâtre des Vampires, a Parisian troupe that’s actually a cover for a nocturnal coven led by the 500-year-old Armand (Assad Zaman).
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