Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

In modern-day San Francisco, reporter Daniel Molloy interviews Louis De Pointe Du Lac, who claims to be a vampire. This sets the stage for Louis to recount his extraordinary and tragic life story that spans over two centuries.

Louis describes his former life as a wealthy plantation owner in 1791 Spanish Louisiana. Despite his riches, he is filled with despondency after the death of his wife and unborn child.

One fateful night, while wandering the waterfront of New Orleans in despair, Louis is attacked by the vampire Lestat De Lioncourt. Recognizing Louis's dissatisfaction with life, Lestat offers him a chance at immortality.

Louis accepts Lestat’s offer and is transformed into a vampire after drinking Lestat's blood. However, he quickly regrets his decision as he grapples with the moral implications of his new life.

As Lestat revels in hunting and killing humans, Louis chooses to feed only on animal blood. This choice leads to a deep internal conflict as he suffers from the instincts that come with being a vampire.

The slaves of New Orleans, angered and fed up with their situation, revolt against Louis and Lestat, attacking their house at night. During the chaos, Louis is horrified to find himself compelled to kill his gentle house slave, Yvette.

While wandering the plague-ridden streets of New Orleans, Louis can no longer resist his hunger and feeds on a little girl whose mother has died of the disease. In a bid to keep him with him, Lestat turns the girl, Claudia, into a vampire.

Louis and Lestat raise Claudia as their daughter. While Louis loves her purely, Lestat trains her to be a merciless killer, taking advantage of her youthful appearance to lure victims.

As decades pass, Claudia matures psychologically but remains a young girl in appearance. In her frustration over never growing older, she plots against Lestat, leading to a confrontation.

Claudia tricks Lestat into drinking 'dead blood' which weakens him and then kills him. Although Louis is shocked and devastated, he helps Claudia dispose of Lestat's body in a swamp.

On the eve of their departure to Europe, Lestat returns unexpectedly, having survived on swamp creatures. Louis sets Lestat on fire during their struggle, allowing him and Claudia to escape.

In 1870, after traveling Europe without finding other vampires, Louis and Claudia settle in Paris. They encounter a vampire coven led by Armand, who fascinates Louis with his insights on vampire existence.

Claudia, seeking a companion, forces Louis to turn a woman named Madeleine into a vampire. The Parisian vampires retaliate by punishing them for Lestat's murder, leading Louis to a revenge-fueled fire at the vampire theater.

Following the events in Paris, Louis suffers the loss of Claudia and meanders through the world alone. He eventually returns to New Orleans, a shadow of his former self, burdened by his past.

In a dilapidated mansion, Louis meets a weakened Lestat who regrets turning Claudia. Despite Lestat's pleas to reunite, Louis declines, cementing his embrace of solitude.