Cleverly structured and cinematic, this second series of Interview with the Vampire is even better than the first – which is to say, it’s bloody good.

It remains a supernatural gem. The AMC series is as good as it was in season 1, as it continues to capture the despair, the anarchy, and the raw power of being immortal. .... And the acting is uniformly excellent.

Suffused with eternal desire and poetic pain, Interview balances its repellent gore with moments of transcendent and operatic wonder. [13 May - 2 Jun 2024, p.4]

The new cast members fit right into the series’ complex melodrama, where the pettiest of motivations have horrific consequences. Driven by fierce performances, it’s a perfect embodiment of vampire stories’ unique ability to combine desire and horror.

A mix of high-camp melodrama and thorny philosophical questions about memory and the stories our lives inevitably become, Interview with the Vampire remains the best sort of genre series—one that’s not just a cracklingly good story in its own right, but one that still manages to reflect genuine truths about the human experience of the world we live in now.

While Armand may be a fascinating character, his Louis and the introduction of the Parisian vampire coven/theater troupe do end up feeling stale, especially in comparison to the walking soap opera that was Lestat. .... Bogosian and Zaman, in particular, have a tantalizing chemistry that acts as the unexpected lifeblood of this second season, especially in the absence of an ongoing Lestat/Louis romance. .... “Interview with the Vampire’s” continued dissection of Daniel Molloy and a cast of vibrant characters deliver another juicy chapter of AMC’s Romantic epic.

I found Hayles’ take on Claudia rather stiff this first episode, and it’s hard to discern how much of that is in the writing and how much of it is her making her way into this most volatile of characters. I’m curious to see how her Claudia evolves over the course of this season. .... This premiere felt much too dark and muddied.

the best show on tv right now, if you’re not watching this show what are you even doing? greatest writing, acting, score to ever be seen on screen. this entire cast understands and portrays their characters perfectly especially with the incredible writing, costumes, sets, etc

It's sumptuous, it's heartfelt. I can't speak highly enough about the second season thus far. Anderson is a phenomenal actor, Zaman is bewitching, Reid is having the time of his life, Daniels is FLAWLESS, Bogosian is so delightfully ****. This show has everything you could want and then some

A middle-of-the-road, pleasantly surprising show. But it just can't live up to the original movie, and I find myself comparing this to the original all the time while watching.

Watching this makes me feel like a peeping Tom. It's a pretty sleazy show and I'd hate to think my 12 year-olds would be watching it. We rate it: "if you don't have a high perversion threshold then pass it up."

I love the books and the first half of the first season - but this has become surprisingly boring by the third episode of season two. Long romantic scenes in which there is no real tension, no subtext, no mystery slow down the bits that are interesting, where real danger lurks (like the secret group that has added info to the laptop)...I never feel scared or moved - the romance almost feels like a Hallmark movie and repeating the theatre's public murder scenes again and again just feels like it's stretching to fill the full episode order.