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If You Missed It, Watch Last Week’s Star-Studded “What We Do in the Shadows” Segment Right Here!
Last week’s episode of FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” was a real treat for horror fans, loaded with fun, deep cut cameos from several stars of beloved vampire movies. The episode introduced the Vampiric Council, a group of vampires who gather together to determine whether or not fellow vampires are guilty of the crimes they’ve been accused of.
As it turns out, the members of the Vampiric Council are all actors who have played vampires in movies and TV shows, suggesting that every actor who’s ever played a vampire on film is, well, an actual vampire! Tilda Swinton reprised her role from Only Lovers Left Alive, along with Paul Reubens from Buffy, Danny Trejo from From Dusk Till Dawn, Evan Rachel Wood from “True Blood” and even Wesley Snipes from Blade. The episode noted that Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Robert Pattinson are part of the council, but couldn’t make it.
If you missed it, you can check out the full “Celebrity Vampire Reunion” scene below!
A brand new episode of “What We Do in the Shadows” airs tonight, May 15th.
AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.