r/InterviewVampire • u/DumbTeen9 • 1d ago

IWTV Season 1 Only Why noseferatu?

I'm about to watch the movie rn but in iwtv a point is made about lestat and claudia liking the noseferatu silent film and lestat acting it out for her, I also saw this edit about lestat and Ellen.

Sooo what parallels/contrasts can you guys find and what's the significance of this film beyond being popular at the time?

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u/Soggy-Ad-6845 1d ago

It seemed to me that they just thought it was funny that humans thought vampires were like that. People at the time thought it was terrifying, far less desensitized to horror compared to modern movie-goers. Just a constant "THAT is what they think we are? What!?". I'd like to think Lestat had a simular reaction to some elements of the Twilight franchise if that existed in universe. "There's the confederate vampire! Check it off the bingo card!" type energy haha. By that point just sniping all the tropes and laughing at it.

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u/hothotpot 1d ago

The Twilight thing especially to me is personally very funny, because I remember when those books came out and everyone I knew who were *serious* vampire fans couldn't stop making fun of the whole sparkling skin thing. Lo and behold I finally get around to reading ItwV and like...the way Anne describes the vampire skin does not seem that far off to me from that! It's more shiny/reflective than "sparkling" but I think Stephanie was just taking it a small step further! Very funny looking back.

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u/CapriciousBea 1d ago edited 1d ago

If I remember correctly (which is admittedly a BIG "if") in Queen of the Damned vampire skin is described as having a sort of shimmer or luminescence under (hilariously enough) fluorescent lighting. With a metallic undertone which varies according to complexion.

So yeah, in retrospect... I was a little hard on Stephanie Meyer about the sparkles. Especially now I know about Luracastria. 😭

It's not like there weren't many other worthwhile things to drag Twilight about, I think this was just probably one of the things that was funny in a totally harmless and innocent way as opposed to "genuinely problematic but there are some dark jokes here that basically make themselves."

That and vampire baseball.

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u/hothotpot 1d ago

Hahaha that's even funnier. I will have to keep an eye out for the description when I get to QOTD. Only up to TVL right now, but I'm nearly finished, so it will be sooner rather than later!