Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) Poster

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Certification

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MPAA Rated R for vampire violence and gore, and for sexuality
Certification

Sex & Nudity

  • Full frontal nude scene of woman during a play. The scene lasts for 2 minutes and the woman is forcibly stripped and humiliated before being killed by vampires. Butt, breasts, and genitals seen.
  • There is a scene where a woman is stripped and you see full frontal nudity and pubic hair
  • 2 men and a woman have a 3some very descriptive woman is naked the whole time while they rub and kiss her.
  • A man kisses and bites a clothed prostitute's left breast and sucks her blood through the fabric of her dress. There is a close up of her face which also shows her cleavage. She rubs her crotch on the outside of her clothes. Very sensual.
  • A woman is seen washing herself fully nude. Her bare breasts, butt, and pubic hair are visible. Graphic.
  • Sketches of nude women are shown with varying degrees of graphicness.

Violence & Gore

  • Several vampires are killed with a scythe - one is decapitated in graphic detail and another is cut in half, much blood sprays from the corpse and his severed torso is shown in a prolonged manner. Several other vampires are burned to death in the same scene.
  • A vampire is cut fully through the shoulder, to the armpit
  • The violence in Interview with the Vampire is very graphic, and very gruesome.
  • A pimp threatens Louis with a knife but Lestat yanks him away, kills the thief, and flies away.
  • Lestat bites Louis (with resulting blood) and throws him in a river.
  • Lestat once again bites Louis and turns him into a vampire by letting Louis drink his blood.
  • Louis and Lestat kill a young waitress by biting her tongue and her arm (with bloody results).
  • Louis kills two dogs.
  • Louis burns down his house and Lestat saves him from the flames.
  • We see a rotting corpse which Claudia has been hiding amongst her dolls.
  • Claudia slashes Lestat on both cheeks. His wounds then heal quickly.
  • Louis refuses to bite a woman in the neck. So Lestat bites her in the neck.
  • Lestat suddenly grabs Claudia by the throat and pushes her away hard.
  • Louis violently grabs Santiago.
  • Louis bites a woman and turns her into a vampire.
  • The film ends as Lestat bites a driver in the neck.

Profanity

  • Christ used as exclamation.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Many characters drink alcohol at parties. There is some smoking.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Multiple mortal humans are killed on screen, some cruelly and with time to experience extreme terror, particularly one real death on stage that includes a young and vulnerable woman being killed during a play (not graphic).
  • Many people are killed by vampires, including a family. We do not see all of the deaths, but it is assumed as we see coffins being dragged out of the vampire's home.

Spoilers

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Sex & Nudity

  • A French prostitute takes a man out on the pier to give him oral sex. All we see is her head going out of the bottom of frame. She is killed seconds later by a vampire.

Violence & Gore

  • Claudia tricks Lestat into drinking from a corpse, he reacts by becoming violently ill. She then slits his throat and he bleeds a massive amount of blood onto the floor until he shrivels up and appears to die. His body is then thrown in a swamp, and blood can be seen in the water. It's later revealed the blood was from an alligator that he fed on to revive himself.
  • Claudia slits Lestat's throat.
  • Claudia and Madeline are executed by burning them alive in the sunlight. (Madeline is a new vampire in the movie and innocent of the crimes that Claudia is purportedly guilty of.) Only the very beginning/edge of their burning is shown. But their ashes are shown clearly later, in the exact same shape as their bodies and faces in life, which is intended to be (and is) rather horrifying. They then crumble to the touch.
  • Louis burns Lestat alive before escaping to the ship.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • There is a disturbing scene of the death of a vampire with whom the audience has built familiarity; the scene of the remains is quite haunting.

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