How INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE Set Pop Culture’s Vamp Dynamic
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Interview with the Vampire hit bookstore shelves 45 years ago today, on May 5, 1976. Although first-time author Anne Rice’s novel was only a cult hit at first, its influence on vampire fiction slowly grew over the years. By the time the first sequel,
The Vampire Lestat, hit nearly a decade later, the book had become a paperback smash. So much so that the second and third novels in the series became instant bestsellers.
Interview with the Vampire wasn’t the first major portrayal of a sympathetic vampire in pop culture. The television series