Following its UK TV screening on BBC2, Acorn Media are releasing the eight-part second season of the TV adaptation of Anne Rice's INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE on Blu-ray, DVD and digital. They're also releasing a box set of the first two seasons, which is the best thing to get if you haven't seen season one, as you really need to before diving into this.
Season two carries straight on with the story, with Louis (Jacob Anderson) now relating his tale to Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) in the company of Armand (Assad Zaman). It's World War II and Louis and Claudia (now played by Delainey Hayes) are seeking more of their kind in Romania. They succeed, but it's in Paris, France where they get to properly meet more of their own kind at the Grand Guignol-style Theatre Des Vampires, which acts as a front for some very real bloodletting. It's also where Louis gets to meet Armand.
As with season one, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE PART II (the onscreen title) is executed superbly - production design, photography and acting are all top notch, and even if the Anne Rice novel might not have been your thing it's still definitely worth giving the series a look as this really is as good as gothic television drama gets.
Acorn's Blu-ray set spreads the eight episodes over three discs. Extras include a four minute pre-premiere look with brief interviews with some of the principal cast members, 'insider' featurettes for each episode which last between five to eight minutes, a behind the scenes featurette and a Making Of featurette ('Show Me More') that's 42 minutes, all of which include interviews with cast and crew. There's also a two minute blooper reel.
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE PART II is out on
Blu-ray, DVD and digital from Acorn Media,
as is a Season One and Two Box set on
DVD and Blu-ray, on Monday 7th October 2024
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