With a quartet of knockout performances, this is Rice’s bloody, beautiful story told on screen anew. Now finally given the chance to wear its queer heart (and guts, and gore, and assorted viscera) proudly on its sleeve.

It embraces both the intellectual and the carnal in ways that aren’t often seen on TV and were arguably even lacking from Jordan’s version.

The introduction of child vampire Claudia (Bailey Bass, eerily convincing in the role that made Kirsten Dunst famous) slows things down a bit with overwrought metaphors about nontraditional parents. Yet the show never lapses into the preachy generalizations of Ryan Murphy’s genre spectacles. Indeed, it works so well because Louis and Lestat are distinct characters who quickly arrive at a heartbreaking impasse. ... After months of misplaced hype, Interview with the Vampire is finally the real thing.

It’s a credit to the scripts that the testy conversations between journalist and subject are as engaging as the scenes of Louis’s transformation from mortal to (self-loathing) monster.

Not since Mads Mikkelsen’s Hannibal Lecter has a fictional character killed with such purpose and artistry. ... Jacob Anderson has the harder job: as Louis, the note he most often has to play is tortured anguish. ... Present-day Louis is less active but shows more emotional depth.

AMC’s beautiful new take on Interview With the Vampire is certainly bold and seductive, but it too often tips over into camp.

The show’s first few episodes have energy and a sense of humor, which can be rococo. ... That momentum fades quickly, however. (Five of seven episodes were available for review.) In later episodes, sex and bloodsucking take a back seat to talk. ... The problem with the series, as it goes along, is that it increasingly makes you think about checking your email.

It’s remarkable (and extremely rare) how this adaptation took so many liberties but these changes actually served to deepen the themes of the book to convey even better its spirit and also to present a new prospective on vampire media. The series feels like an homage to a specific historical period of New Orleans and people who lived in that time period. It feels like a love letter to the city. The casting is perfect. Jacob Anderson and Sam Reid manage their tortured vampires differently but effectively. The chemistry on screen is electric. Cinematography, score, set design - all these elements create a great athmosphere. Overall, this is an excellent show.

I love the show it's an excellent show I feel like it's better than the interview with the vampire 1994 film with Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise and Kirsten Dunst but I still love the interview with the vampire 1994 film no one can forget that one either and the books

Bad screenwriting ruins the interesting premise in an overall tame adaptation.

From plantation owner, Louis became a brothel pimp. His journey sure was an unsuccessful one, exactly like this adaptation of Anne Rice's great vampire horror books. Lesson (not) learned is : Do not mess with the original concept.

Another great novel ruined. I had high hopes for this series but I should have known better.