More about The Best Stuff in the World: “The podcast for people who like things! Kevin and his guests discuss a different Awesome Thing every episode - music, movies, immersive theater, games, etc. etc. etc. Let’s celebrate all that is wonderful in the world!”

And here are photos of the t-shirt that I wore for the interview. Lestat lives! The interview’s not over! This special shirt was a gift from the wonderful @planewrite.bsky.social who got it when Anne re-booted the Vampire Chronicles series in 2014 with the book Prince Lestat.

And as Kevin, Hanako, and I predicted in this podcast episode, Season 4 was just announced and will be called Queen of the Damned after the book. Watch out boys! 🧛🏻‍♀️

I’ve said it before: this is the best show on television. If I were still a film production lecturer, I would use it as a case study for students. When my own podcast @cinestoryteller.bsky.social launches later this year, I’m planning to interview a few of the amazing talents from the show.

I was a guest recently on the fantastic podcast The Best Stuff in the World where host @kevshindig.bsky.social and my fellow guest @fandomhybrid.bsky.social nerded out about the tv show The Vampire Lestat @annerice.amc.com, and its adaptation from Anne Rice’s books. shows.acast.com/the-best-stu...

It also looks at the impact that the film has had on contemporary art, popular culture, & how vampires have been depicted in media over the last century. What a wonderful celebration of vampires! 🖤 And it’ll help me get prepared to watch the NEW film adaptation when it comes out next week!

It’s about the 1922 silent film and title character, the vampire Nosferatu (whose real name is Count Orlok & who is an adaptation of Count Dracula). The historical artworks that inspired the film’s director (Friedrich Wilhelm) F.W. Murnau, and production stills from the set are included as well.

Wow! I received the most spectacular gift today all the way from Germany from a friend! It’s a museum exhibition book (& bookmark) for a 2022 retrospective called “Phantoms of the Night: 100 Years of Nosferatu” at the Staaiche Museen zu Berlin (State Museum of Berlin).

Times Square, New York City. May 2, 2024. #InterviewWithTheVampire #IWTV

Vampire music 🎶 #InterviewWithTheVampire #IWTV #DanielHart

A vampire with a book about himself. My dream come true.

We looked at different examples of vampire adaptations then did a comparative, interactive deep dive into Anne Rice's writing in her first book Interview with the Vampire and how that story was translated into a script and then recently into a TV version on AMC.