177 - Interview with the Vampire (1994) & What We Do in the Shadows (2014) →
CW: Suicide, Pedophilia
The Best of 2021 - #3 Interview with the Vampire; #6 What We Do in the Shadows
It’s Interviews with Some Vampires Week on Pod Sematary! Chris & Kelsey say goodbye to sunrises and generally just mope around for a few dozen centuries.
Read our afterthoughts for this episode here!
The Classic Film: Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
"A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger” (IMDb.com). If you ask director Neil Jordan, Interview with the Vampire is a movie about the saddest vampires you'll ever see. It's also now an archetypical representation of vampires on film. So just watch these emo bloodsuckers if you haven't already, okay?
The Modern Film: What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
"Viago, Deacon and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts” (IMDb.com). Taking inspiration from classic cinematic vampire stories such as Nosferatu, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Twilight, The Lost Boys, and yes, Interview with the Vampire, What We Do in the Shadows is one of the funniest mockumentaries of any genre, let alone horror.
Audio Sources:
"Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles" produced by Geffen Pictures
"Little Caesar" (1931) produced by First National Pictures
"Noises Off..." (1992) produced by Touchstone Pictures, et al.
"Pet Sematary" written by Dee Dee Ramone & Daniel Rey and performed by The Ramones
"What We Do in the Shadows" (2014) produced by Defender Films, et al.
