Kirsten Dunst captures this existential horror with a look that is pure fury. She paints her nails, curls her hair, and tries to act the part of a woman, but the mirror always betrays her. This is the curse Anne Rice wrote so well: The "Kill Lestat" Scene The turning point of the film is Claudia’s plot to murder Lestat. It is not a tantrum; it is a calculated, cold-blooded plan. She poisons him with dead man’s blood and slits his throat while smiling.
When Louis finishes his story to the reporter (Christian Slater) in the modern day, he is still mourning Claudia. Not Lestat. Not Armand. Claudia. Claudia Interview With The Vampire 1994
When we talk about the great tragedies in vampire fiction, our minds often go to the brooding Louis (Brad Pitt) or the flamboyant, vicious Lestat (Tom Cruise). But if you sit down and re-watch Neil Jordan’s 1994 gothic masterpiece, Interview with the Vampire , you will quickly realize that the soul of the film’s horror belongs to a little girl in a blue nightgown. Kirsten Dunst captures this existential horror with a
The coven arrests her. The sentence for killing a mortal without permission? Death by sunlight. It is not a tantrum; it is a calculated, cold-blooded plan