Episode 122: The Incredibly Strange Career of Anne Rice

Anne Rice in full goth queen mode in 1995, the year after the Interview with the Vampire movie came out.

Anne Rice is best-known for her Vampire Chronicles, which began in the 1970s with her novel Interview with the Vampire. But did you know she also wrote bestselling BDSM erotica and two novels about Jesus? In this episode, we do a deep dive into Rice's strange career, including that time she unleashed her fans against Tom Cruise. We also discuss the fantastic new Interview with the Vampire series. 

Notes, citations, and etc.

Anne Rice official website

Cher was going to be in Interview with the Vampire (and here’s the song she wrote for it)

The fan backlash against Tom Cruise (from Esquire)

Here is one of the few interviews with Dan Ackroyd about Exit to Eden, and boy is it bizarre