Vampire Insider: An AMC Anne Rice's Immortal Universe After Show

In this episode, the insiders are making guesses about what is going to happen in each episode, based on the newly released episode titles available on Rotten Tomatoes. We are also trying to figure out what is the deal with Louis in the gravel-filled coffin (??) and we speculate a bit on a theory: what if Paul never died? Thank you for coming to listen to us each week, and if you'd like more from us, please follow us on Twitter @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx. We appreciate you sticking with us as we change things up and we are looking forward to bringing you more great content this year. Link to trailer we discuss in this episode: https://youtu.be/4wT4QihIavo?si=yWaxgeUwSE6mGXnG --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders have finally returned, albeit with an empty host chair. On April 2, 2024 we lost Marc Snediker unexpectedly to a brief illness. We are heartbroken, and miss him very much, but know that he would want us to carry on with the podcast. So here we are. In this episode, the remaining insiders are talking about Marc, what to expect for future episodes, and finally the thing that has Twitter on fire: The Jones Cut (also called the London Cut). If you have not seen it yet, please follow the link below and beware -- your mind will be blown. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week, and if you'd like more from us, please follow us on Twitter @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx. We appreciate you sticking with us as we change things up and we are looking forward to bringing you more great content this year. Link to Jones Cut: https://youtu.be/gEmfMte3L4A?si=WkB5An9AJs6CrBHu --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders are speaking with IWTV fan @inkyblotposts (Twitter and Tumbler) aka Jo in the second part of our authorial intent episode. With her background in literature we thought a chat about authorial intent and how that plays out in the multiple levels of original text and adapted screenplay was in order, and we weren't disappointed. We have about 2 hours of material to share so this is the first of a two-part episode. If you enjoy us and would like to learn more about us, please follow us on twitter @marceatspeach, @kristinagenx and @vampire_insider. We love interacting with listeners. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders are speaking with IWTV fan @inkyblotposts (Twitter and Tumbler) aka Jo in this episode. With her background in literature we thought a chat about authorial intent and how that plays out in the multiple levels of original text and adapted screenplay was in order, and we weren't disappointed. We have about 2 hours of material to share so this is the first of a two-part episode. We're also bringing back fanfiction and today Jo will be reading one of her favorite fics, from author Poet to None, titled Black, Soft, Unearthly. It is outstanding and you can find the entire piece here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43675447/chapters/109826500 Thanks for listening to us each week and if you want more of us please follow us on twitter @marceatspeach, @kristinagenx and @vampire_insider. We love interacting with listeners. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders are discussing an interview that Jacob Anderson gave to Entertainment Weekly (see link below). We thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about some of the crumbs of information that Jacob doles out in the conversation. We are nothing if not dedicated to analyzing any new kind of content we can locate. Find that interview here: https://ew.com/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-jacob-anderson-interview-8417770 Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders are discussing an interview that Kim Granito gave to a podcast called the Current (see link below). We thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about how AMC goes about marketing IPs with dedicated fandoms, and to dive into the subject of a new Immortal Universe property "Talamasca", how the Talamasca has already been portrayed in the witches, and where Night Island might fit into the whole picture. Find that interview here: https://www.thecurrent.com/current-podcast-amc-network-kim-granito-marketing-streaming Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider and @vampire_insider on TikTok. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Vampire Insiders are back in the saddle and in this episode, we are discussing an interview that Rolin Jones gave in November of 2022. In that interview, he teases a bit of what we can expect in Season 2 and he shared thoughts on his experience working with cast and crew during Season 1. Find that interview here: https://www.amc.com/blogs/interview-with-the-vampire-q-and-a-creator-and-showrunner-rolin-jones-teases-season-2--1060756 Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

Thanks for hanging in there during an extended hiatus. We meant to be back at the end of October, but due to ongoing equipment issues, real work travel, and illness we had to extend our time off through Thanksgiving. Back at it again and in this episode, we have an extended discussion about the Amuse Bouche that AMC shared with viewers at NYC Comic Con. We are looking forward to some exciting guests coming up in the near future and we can't wait as we head into 2024 still waiting for an official release date announcement for Season 2, which just wrapped filming days before this publication. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider. Amuse Bouche: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEmfMte3L4A --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the break between seasons, the Vampire Insiders are working through Joann's tech issues and are taking a few weeks off, but will be back with all new content on October 30. We are re promoting some earlier episodes in the meantime. Here is what we said about this episode when it first aired almost a year ago. In this episode, the Vampire Insiders discuss the differences in quality between the Vampires and the Witches, whether the uneven performance of the Witches stands to hurt the Vampires or an expanded Immortal Universe in anyway, and finally they discuss the Dark Gift asking: If you were offered the dark gift, would you take it?; which universe would you choose to inhabit; and are there any moral compunctions or issues that you find in that choice. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the break between seasons, the Vampire Insiders are working through Joann's tech issues and are taking a few weeks off, but will be back with all new content on October 30. We are re promoting some earlier episodes in the meantime. Here is what we said about this episode when it first aired almost a year ago. In this episode the Vampire Insider team hosts Stephanie Fornasier, a licensed psychologist and host of Psychocinematic Podcast (available on all the major and minor podcast directories). Steph is applying her professional opinion to a discussion of the relationship dynamics between the main characters of AMC's Interview with the Vampire, what their individual psychological profiles may be, and whether or not the toxic relationship at the heart of this show is portrayed in a realistic way. The VI team and Steph are approaching this subject with the understanding that these are fictional characters and vampires, so the discussion should be understood as a fun exercise, possibly informative, but not "real" diagnoses or an indictment of any of the characters. Trigger warning: we do get into the subjects of sexual assault and domestic violence as they were portrayed in season one of the show. Please come follow us on social media. @vampire_insider on twitter, vampire insider on facebook and reddit, and @vampire_insider_podcast on instagram and please check out Stephanie on Psychocinematic -- a podcast that examines the portrayal of mental illness, neurodivergence, and disability in film and television. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders (minus Joann who had a week off due to sound issues) discuss the changes the main characters have undergone in the TV Show. Our main focus is on Lestat and the fandom reaction to the significant changes to his character, but we also get into Claudia, Louis, and Daniel and how the show writers have given them a bit of a refresh. We also dip into some opinion on how much (or how little) show writers should actually pay attention to fan opinion -- do they have an obligation to live into fan expectations or is it more artistically honest for them to ignore fan theories and hopes. Come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and exploring the "Vampire Insider Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from some terrific fan fiction. In this episode we discuss the 2012 Neil Jordan directed film Byzantium about a mother/daughter vampiric duo on the lam. We weave quite a bit of Interview With the Vampire chat into this conversation -- we found some interesting connections -- and we talk Anne Rice's significant impact on the vampire genre. This week's submission to the Vampire Insider Writer's Room is a sharp-toothed and sexy masterpiece by ModernDayLestat called Bite Me. It is an extremely spicy short story and Kristina, who loved it, had some struggles overcoming her shyness while reading it, but after a few funny false starts, we get into a great discussion about what blood sharing means to vampires. You can find Bite Me here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47004325 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and other creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders discuss Episode 6 looking specifically at the theme of Trauma. TW: Please note that this episode contains conversations about domestic violence, suicide, sexual assault and other heavy subjects that have been explored in the show. Vampire Insider Writer's Room: In this episode we read an excerpt from Renaissance, an in-progress story by the author faerywhimsy called We Dared Eternity and Won which, in the author's own words: "Louis watches Daniel before they first meet in Polynesian Mary's. For anyone else who is as impatient to see a potential beginning for of this reverse-Claudia; a contrast to the beginning of Claudia's story and the four good years they had together before everything exploded. Part of 'The Forgotten Years' universe." Thanks to Faerywhimsy for sharing this with us and allowing us to share it with you. You can find We Dared Eternity and Won on AO3 here:https://archiveofourown.org/works/48076828/chapters/121227073 Please come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and exploring the "Fan Fiction Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from some terrific fan fiction. In this episode we welcome guest film critic Matthew Snediker to the show to discuss the 2014 Film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. We ran a little long in our very rich discussion with Matthew, so we were unable to include the fanfic segment this week. We will get back to that next week, we promise. Please keep sending us your submissions to vampireinsider@gmail.com or DM us on vampire_insider on Twitter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and exploring the "Fan Fiction Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from some terrific fan fiction. In this episode we revisit the Vampire Diaries. Today we talk about Season 2. We have lots more Interview with the Vampire content lined up to quench your Ricean Universe thirst coming up, including a discussion next week about the role of female vampires in the show. Link below to ShowMeYourFangs (@wilsonsbabe) fine work "The Plans We Made" on AO3. The summary of this story is: Louis and Lestat try to move forward after the Mardis Gras ball ends in disaster. Or: What if Claudia's plan had failed. https://archiveofourown.org/works/43205452/chapters/108592729 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders discuss 1979's Love at First Bite. A comedy and a George Hamilton Vehicle, there isn't much good to say about this film, but it provided Marc, Joann and Kristina with a jumping off point for the third segment of this episode: a conversation about humor and camp in Interview With the Vampire. Vampire Insider Writer's Room: In this episode we read an excerpt from The Monster of My Memories, a fun and spicy in-progress story by the author GreyGiantess. Thanks to GreyGiantess for sharing this with us and allowing us to share it with you. You can find The Monster of My Memories on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46289707/chapters/116539471 Come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break from IWTV, the vampire insiders are having conversations about the immortal universe shows and creature-related subjects. In this episode the insiders discuss Episode 5 looking specifically at the themes of Freedom and Independence. TW: Please note that this episode contains conversations about domestic violence. Vampire Insider Writer's Room: In this episode we read an excerpt from Renaissance, an in-progress story by the author Siahatha. TW: This conversation touches on themes of domestic violence and disordered eating behaviors. Thanks to Siahatha for sharing this with us and allowing us to share it with you. You can find Renaissance on AO3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48827386/chapters/123173707 Come follow us on social media! @Vampire_Insider on twitter (@kristinagenx and @marceatspeach) and Vampire Insider on Facebook and Reddit. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week. If you do like us, please share us with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are working hard to keep the podcast fresh by doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and in today's episode we introduce a new segment "Fan Fiction Writer's Room" in which we, with the permission of the author, read and discuss an excerpt from their work. Additionally in this episode we finally fulfill Joann's wildest desires by beginning an exploration into the Vampire Diaries. Today we talk about Season 1. We will revisit the diaries subject once a month. But don't worry! We have lots more Interview with the Vampire content lined up to quench your Ricean Universe thirst. Link below to Chimerari's FanFic on AO3 "Selling Mirrors in the City of the Blind" The Summary for this excellent short story is: Louis is a man who cannot live without illusions. https://archiveofourown.org/works/43447218 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

The Insiders are back, rested after a month-long hiatus, and excited to discuss the Season 2 Trailer (currently available on Youtube). We missed you guys and we hope you missed us too. We'll be back next week with an all-new episode discussing Joann's real-life encounter with Damon Salvatore and his brother Stefan, as well as an in-depth discussion of 1987's The Lost Boys. Thanks for listening each week and if you are enjoying us, please share us with a friend. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vampire-insider/message

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and in today's episode, we are looking hard at the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, which seems to have nothing to do with the source material except for the characters' names. From wikipedia: The vampire Lestat is awakened from decades of slumber by the sound of a hard rock band, and proceeds to take over as their lead singer. Achieving international success, Lestat, having revealed the existence of vampires, taunts the others of his kind during an interview for promoting his first and only live concert. Jesse Reeves, a researcher for the paranormal studies group Talamasca, is intrigued by Lestat's lyrics after hearing one of his songs play on TV and tells the rest of the group her theory that he really is a vampire. Her mentor, David Talbot, takes her aside and tells her they know what he is and that a vampire called Marius made him. David also shows her Lestat's journal. In the journal, Lestat recalls how he was turned into a vampire by Marius and how he awoke Akasha, the first vampire, with his music. Jesse tracks Lestat down to a London vampire club called The Admiral's Arms, where he saves her and confronts her about Marius. In Los Angeles, Lestat is visited by Marius, who warns him that the other vampires will not tolerate his flamboyant public profile. He begs him to cancel his concert, which he refuses. Meanwhile, awakened Akasha, who is searching for Lestat, arrives at The Admiral's Arms. After the vampires reveal their plan to kill Lestat Akasha torches the club. Jesse arrives at Los Angeles and gives Lestat his journal and asks him to show her what being a vampire is like. Lestat scoffs at the idea, but Jesse convinces him to spend his last moments before the concert with her. Jesse later asks Lestat to turn her, telling him she wants to be with him and that she wants to know everything he does. Lestat angrily refuses, and shows her what it's like for a vampire to feed aggressively on a human. While performing at his concert in Death Valley, a group of vampires attack Lestat. With Marius' help, they both fend off most of the vampires until Akasha bursts through the stage and takes Lestat with her. Akasha brings Lestat to her new home, where the two vampires have sexual intercourse, during which time Lestat becomes spellbound by Akasha and is forced to obey her, and Akasha proclaims Lestat her new king. After the concert, Jesse is taken to the home of her aunt, Maharet, who later reveals herself to be one of the Ancient Vampires. The Ancient Vampires discuss their plans to destroy the Queen by drinking from her and draining her of her blood. However, they believe that whoever drinks the Queen's last drop will not survive. Empowered by Akasha's blood, Lestat and the Queen confront the Ancient Vampires. When they refuse to join her, Akasha then commands Lestat to kill Jesse, as The Queen sees her both as an enemy, due to being Maharet's descendant, and as food, with Akasha making an example out of her for those who dare disobey her command. After drinking Jesse's blood, Lestat comes to his senses and is released from Akasha's power. Lestat then turns on her and begins to drain Akasha's blood. With the help of the Ancients, Akasha's power diminishes. Maharet is the last to drink Akasha's blood, killing Akasha. Lestat goes to Jesse and, cradling her in his arms, gives her his blood as Maharet turns into a marble statue and "sleeps"; the new Queen of the Damned. Lestat and Jesse visit David and return Lestat's journal. Jesse offers to turn David into a vampire to which he replies he's too old for immortality. Jesse then bids David goodbye and leaves with Lestat. A few moments later, David is greeted by Marius. The film closes with Lestat and Jesse walking hand in hand, among mortals, into the night. --- Send in a voice message:...