![]() ![]() What We Said About AMC's Interview with the Vampire ![]() The Mayfair Witches pilot was always going to have some heavy expository lifting to do, but it also fails to make its characters or setting stand out. The Witching Hour, the first book in Rice’s Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, follows several protagonists through a complicated generational tale filled with languid descriptions of New Orleans and San Francisco and deep musings on the nature of power. Interview with the Vampire has a built-in audience surrogate, making it easier for viewers to fall into the story even if they haven’t read the book or watched the film adaptation. ![]() Part of the problem is the difference of source material. That show was one of the best debuts of 2022, but the network’s grander ambitions are off to a lackluster start with Mayfair Witches, which fails to cast a spell in its first episode. AMC acquired the rights to most of Anne Rice’s library in 2020, setting its sights on building a new television universe around the bestselling author’s works starting with her debut novel Interview with the Vampire. ![]()
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