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Name: Interview with the Vampire
Director: Neil Jordan
Genre: drama, fantasy, horror
Released: 1994
Duration: 2 h 3 min
Rating: 7.5

Interview with the Vampire has an iRankMovies score of 69.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

Drink from me and live forever.

Release:1994

Runtime:2h 3m

Country:United States

Director:Neil Jordan

Language:English

Genre

DramaFantasyHorror

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Keywords

Paris FranceBased On Novel Or BookSan Francisco CaliforniavampireBiteNew Orleans LouisianaPlantationLouisiana

iRank70

Interview with the Vampire rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.5/10· 373K votes

Rotten Tomatoes66%

Metacritic62%

TMDb7.39/10· 6K votes

With 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 62/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About Interview with the Vampire

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

Cast of Interview with the Vampire

Tom Cruise
as Lestat
Brad Pitt
as Louis
Antonio Banderas
as Armand
Christian Slater
as Malloy
Stephen Rea
as Santiago
Kirsten Dunst
as Claudia
Domiziana Giordano
as Madeleine
Thandiwe Newton
as Yvette
Laure Marsac
as Mortal Woman on Stage
John McConnell
as Gambler
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Mike Seelig
as Pimp
Bellina Logan
as Tavern Girl

Interview with the Vampire facts

Budget: $60M
Box office: $223.7M
Collection: The Vampire Chronicles Collection

Our take on Interview with the Vampire

Neil Jordan's 1994 adaptation frames its horror as confession: a vampire recounts his long, aching life to a fascinated reporter, and the film leans into that intimacy. It's less about jump scares than about loneliness, regret, and the seductive weight of immortality, threaded through love, betrayal, and a hunger that never truly quiets. The period settings are lush, the mood gothic and melancholy, the tone more tragic romance than monster movie. It rewards patient viewers who like their horror atmospheric and character-driven, steeped in mood rather than gore. If you're drawn to elegant, emotionally heavy tales of the undead reckoning with eternity, this one lingers.

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Gothic atmosphere and lush cinematography create compelling romantic darkness
•Lead performance captures emotional complexity of immortal vampire protagonist well
•Period detail and production design transport viewers into 18th-century world