So I seem to be on an unexpected vampire kick. Currently reading The Historian, which is creeping me the hell out. Because I am a wuss. I have very low tolerance for horror, and yet I love ghost stories and suspense and gothic supernatural shit, so I usually find myself wide awake at 2 AM with all the lights on, because the movie/book I enjoyed during the day has come back to haunt me and every creak and groan the apartment makes as it settles is one of the undead trying to break in and suck out my everlasting soul.
The Historian, while eerie and atmospheric, is also somewhat ridiculously academic too. It’s probably the only horror/thriller where the hero’s response to any crisis (kidnapped professors, rabidly undead librarians) is “Quick! To the archives! Check the card catalogue!” It’s like The Da Vinci Code meets Dracula, but with actual intelligence.
Once I got good and sucked into the book, I decided it was time I checked out Interview with the Vampire. I’ve never read Ann Rice, but I’d heard it was made into a good movie. So I watched it last night and wow, it’s really kinda gay, isn’t it? Seriously, it’s just a big gay soap opera. Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt rolling around sucking on each other, and then Brad practically kisses Antonio Banderas (who wants Brad to be his “companion”, and I don’t think he’s looking for a bridge partner either), and Tom begs Brad to come back to him, and precocious Kirsten Dunst with her two fashion-conscious Daddy figures. I think Interview with the Vampire will join Shaun of the Dead as one of the few movies that can give me the creeps and make me laugh at the same time (yes, Shaun of the Dead did give me the heebie jeebies. I told you I’m a wuss)
Don’t worry, I didn’t forget the Sunday Smooch, it’s just that it’s been a little crazy around here lately.
Interview with the Vampire is amazing. Love every minute of it. Because its gay. Very gay.
The Historian though? At which point does it get good?
Hehehehhe — I’m reading Anne Rice too! Though she wrote these under the pen name: A.N. Roquelaure.
It’s the Sleeping Beauty Trilogy… not scary but ummmm not something you’d let your mother borrow. LOL
Argh – The Historian has been weighing down my TBR pile for what seems like years now. At least 1 year… I bought a cheap hardcover copy, which is great but boy does it look massive. That’s the only scary thing I find about it so far. I’m not a vampire fan per se, but I loved Dracula. I also want to read The Rest Falls Away (looks like vampire Regency romance) and Happy Hour at Casa Dracula (latina vampire chick lit?) because I’ve heard so many good things about them. This fall may be vampire lit season for me !
Shaun of the Dead creeped you out? Seriously? Wow. I thought I was bad… Well Hot Fuzz is almost just as bad then. It’s not what I expected from the previews. It’s actually kinda like Scream meets Scooby Doo.
Air -The Historian though? At which point does it get good?
About 550 pages in, I’d say.