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The Tale of the Interview with the Vampire
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About this episode
Anne Rice comes to the campfire to tell her timeless odd-couple romance about a depressed slave plantation owner who’s swept off his feet by a total jerk. Also, they’re both vampires. Al Copeland gets a taste of his own chicken. Content notes: swearing, raised voices, gory noises, death, violence, murder, slavery, implied domestic abuse, sexual references, discussion of body dysmorphia, vomit. CAST: • Clive Barker — DAVID AULT • Edgar Allan Poe — RODRIGO BORGES • Mary Shelley — REBECCA D'SOUZA • HP Lovecraft — ROBIN JOHNSON • Dean Koontz/Lestat de Lioncourt — WREN MONTGOMERY • Stephen King — JASON ROBINSON with • Anne Rice — LORETTA CHANG • Louis de Pointe du Lac/Percy Shelley — LOU SUTCLIFFE • Claudia — MARNIE WARNER • Reporter — DAISY McNAMARA • Bram Stoker — JOEL A.S. BUTLER • Yvette — TERRI LYNNE HUDSON • Al Copeland — DEXTER HOWARD Additional voices by Eve Morris and David Court. Script by Bitter Karella, edited by Robin Johnson. Audio production, music and lyrics by Robin Johnson. Closing theme performed by Dexter Howard and the cast. Interview with the Vampire (1976) was the debut novel of Anne Rice (1941-2021). An influential work of gothic gay vampire romance,