Is interview with the Vampire (movie) scary?
A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. A man (Brad Pitt) who turned into a vampire way back in 18th New Orleans tells his life (and afterlife) story to a skeptical modern-day journalist (Christian Slater) in novelist Anne Rice’s unique take on the famed supernatural creatures of the night. Pitt goes into major details on how he became a vampire (thanks to vampire loon Tom Cruise in a wickedly wild over-the-top turn) and his run-ins with others like him (a very young Kirsten Dunst and a then-unknown Antonio Banderas). Opulently realized schizophrenic exercise that has a little bit of something for most audiences. Pitt is focused, Cruise is unbound and Dunst arguably does the work of her life. Director Neil Jordan (who is best known for films of similar style like “The Crying Game”) knows exactly which buttons to push and when to push them. While flawed in many areas, “Interview With the Vampire” is still nevertheless a fun and entertaining venture t
