Interview with a Vampire

The first fantasy book about vampires I read was Twilight. In the book the description of a vampire is strong, beautiful, immortal life, never old, and hates sunlight. Those things are enough to make a romanticized vampire. By the way, it was a very different description than I had read first in a vampire history book. The original book was about vampires being monsters that eat human’s blood, and are dark, white, and look creepy.

The movie of “Interview with a Vampire” is dark and shows a vampire’s life. First, it seems like having a great life because they never grow old  and have an immortal life. Honestly, it is not because they have to eat live human blood as their food. Also, they cannot stay in one place as long they want because people will know their identity, and never growing old means vampires  cannot grow up. In the movie, Claudia is a young girl who turns into a vampire at a young age. Her actual age is over 50 so she always wants to grow up but she cannot. People associate the word vampire with a cool and great life but the reality is a lonely and cruel life. 

I love the “Interview with a Vampire” movie  because the costuming associated with the time period is really attractive to me, as well as the beauty of the vampires. It is enough to show a vampire’s life and the tone and mood is also perfectly matched. If I re-create “Interview with a Vampire,” I will do a more modern feel to match the current day which people can understand more. I would like to keep the mood dark and dreamlike to support the mystery around vampires. I would also make the ending happier because I think that the audience would like that more. The vampires are described as very powerful, but they are lonely, so I feel pity for them. I think that letting the vampire Lestat have a family of vampires would help make a happier ending. I would like to emphasize his struggles in creating a family because it shows a unusual part of a vampire’s life.