ThisInterview with the Vampirereview contains spoilers.

Bass is 19 and playing Claudia as a 14-year-old.

The five-year-old girl is grieving over the body of her dead mother, who succumbed to the plague.

Bailey Bass as Claudia - Interview with the Vampire _ Season 1, Episode 4

Louis leaves her for dead.

In the series, we miss seeing Lestat (Sam Reid) dance with her dead mothers corpse.

Scared or scary, kids are dream parts in horror.

Claudia almost gets to mature through it, making for an even more diverse character.

And this is before he reads Claudias diaries.

Anne Frank meets Stephen King, the journalist appraises.

My whole dead self feels revitalized head to toe, the Nov. 14 entry reads.

We might be outsiders to both humans and Parisians, but I do appreciate both now with such fervor!

He skips back a few notebooks to learn World War II POWs made for a horrible feeding experience.

Only then does he dive in from the beginning.

The family unit is established very quickly, and ground rules are broken as they come up.

The irony of watchingNosferatuas a comedy is particularly delicious.

Each time Louis attemptsFather Knows Best-style deliberation, he loses to Lestats permissiveMarried…With Childrenencouragement.

The series mixes silly suspense with serious consequences to subvert family programming.

The scene where Claudia is fitted for her own casket could have played onThe Addams Family.

Discipline is as ambiguous as sexuality in the world of vampires, where punishment can be its own reward.

The dysfunctional vampire family shares extremely tender moments, Louis mortal relations are only torturous.

He is not a native of Dubai, which he calls a child.

Interview with the Vampiredisplays its violence diversely, sometimes gory, occasionally subliminal, and often sexy.

The hunt becomes seduction after just a few bites, and the victim ultimately surrenders with longing.

Cauterize the wound and move on, vampires move only forward.

Rating:

4.5 out of 5