• Director(s)

    Keith Powell

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  • Cast

    Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian

TV Show

Interview With The Vampire

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is a US fantasy horror drama series; in this episode, Louis vows to resist the urge to feed on humans, but his resolve is soon tested.…

INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE is a US fantasy horror drama series; in this episode, Louis vows to resist the urge to feed on humans, but his resolve is soon tested.

  • Director(s)

    Keith Powell

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Fantasy, Horror

  • Cast

    Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, Eric Bogosian

implied very strong language, strong bloody violence, injury detail, sex
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A vampire punches through a man's head and withdraws his fist in a scene accompanied by a blood spurt and blood in the aftermath. A vampire bites people and feats on their blood. A man repeatedly stabs a vampire. A man briefly refers to domestic abuse he suffered as a child.
language
There is implied very strong language ('cunny'), strong language ('f**k'), milder terms (for example, 'whore', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'God', 'damn'), as well as discriminatory language ('n****r', 'negro') which is clearly disapproved of by the work as a whole.
sex
There is masked sight of cunnilingus and fellatio before a second man joins a man and a bare-breasted woman in sexual activity. There are also scenes of sexualised nudity, including breast and buttock nudity. There are also strong and crude sex references to anal sex.
injury detail
There are scenes showing bloody wound detail in the aftermath of vampire attacks, as well as sight of blood on bodies and clothes. There are also scenes in which vampires drink blood.
A man throws himself to his death from a rooftop, followed by brief sight of blood pooling beneath his head. There are scenes of threat in which a vampire stalks his victims. The episode contains drug references; however, drug misuse is not condoned by the work as a whole. There are also scenes of emotional upset, which include people grieving and a funeral scene.
strong violence, language, bloody images, nudity
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Men are attacked, bitten and stabbed in the neck, and drained of blood by vampires. In one scene, a vampire bites into a live rabbit, accompanied by a blood spurt. However, there is no sight of real animal cruelty.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'shit').
injury detail
There is blood in the aftermath of violence, including sight of bloodstained bodies and clothes.
nudity
A female sex worker exposes her breast to entice a man.
Scenes of threat include one in which a male vampire contemplates biting a baby; however, he resists the urge to do so. There is racist language ('negro', 'boy'); however, racism and discrimination is clearly disapproved of by the work as a whole. There are also visual and verbal references to sex workers and brothels. The episode also contains a brief reference to paedophilia in a scene in which a man refers disapprovingly to "kid-fiddlers".
strong bloody violence, gore, language, racism, nudity
Classified Date:
06/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A man’s ear is slashed off, with grisly aftermath detail. After breaking a man’s spine off-screen, a vampire snaps off one of the victim’s fingers, causing a dimly-lit spurt of blood. There are brief and undetailed sequences of racist violence when a white mob attacks a Black neighbourhood.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), in addition to infrequent use of implied very strong language (‘cunny’). Milder terms include ‘pussy’, ‘whore’, ‘bitch’, ‘hooker’, ‘dick’ and ‘shit’.
discrimination
The episode, which is set in early 20th century Louisiana, contains sequences of historical racism, culminating in a scene in which a white mob attacks a Black neighbourhood, setting fire to buildings and beating people in the street. There are also brief scenes of homophobia and sexism; however, the episode as a whole clearly condemns discrimination.
injury detail
Occasional strong injury detail in the aftermath of violence includes gory images of an eviscerated corpse. Milder scenes show a vampire feeding on animals.
nudity
A scene establishing off-screen sex features brief breast nudity.
There are moderate scenes of threat and horror. Other issues include a moderate scene of below-frame oral sex, as well as occasional moderate crude sex references.
strong bloody images, racism
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
discrimination
A group of white women taunt a black teen and call her a 'darkie'.
injury detail
There are scenes of strong injury detail when vampires have blood on their mouths, teeth and clothing after they feed on humans. There are also images of dead bodies, including a scene in which a vampires dead victims are posed wearing party hats as she celebrates her birthday. A vampire self-harms within a fantastical context, by holding her wrist in sunlight and screaming as her skin burns.
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k'). In scenes of moderate horror and fantasy violence, vampires attack people and drain their blood. There is brief breast nudity when a couple kiss passionately in a car.
strong injury detail, bloody violence, language, sexual threat
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence in which vampires suck the blood of their victims. A vampire is repeatedly beaten by another. Gruesome references are made to the wounds that have been inflicted on murdered people.
language
Use of strong language ('f**k') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit' and 'ass'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
In a scene of sexual threat, a vampire hits and pushes a female child vampire to the ground and it is implied subsequently that a sexual assault may have taken place. A girl describes how a man used to enjoy 'watching her pee' at her previous home.
injury detail
There are scenes with disturbing sight of corpses, severed body parts, including a breast, and bloody wound detail in the aftermath of vampire attacks, as well as sight of blood on bodies and clothes.
There are moderate sex references including a teenager mentioning her virginity. Moments of threat see vampires stalk their victims. Brief and undetailed references are made to suicide and drug misuse.
strong bloody injury detail, language, brief sexualised violence, nudity
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
We see the start of a consensually violent sexual encounter between two vampires, during which one physically attacks the other while kissing him. The visual detail is not strong, and the sex occurs off-screen. There are also references to domestic violence during a discussion of an incident in which a vampire attacked and seriously injured his lover, also a vampire.
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’); milder terms include ‘shit’, ‘bastard’ and ‘asshole’. There is also infrequent use of the terms ‘negro’ and ‘cripple’ in a historical context.
injury detail
Strong injury detail in the aftermath of off-screen violence includes a bloody severed head, a severed finger, and a series of extreme close-up images of deep cuts and puncture wounds on a vampire’s chest and neck. There is also a close-up image of an injection in the context of medical treatment.
nudity
There is brief sight of breast nudity after a man walks in on a couple in bed.
There are moderate scenes of threat and horror. Other issues include infrequent references to historical racism, which is clearly criticised, and brief and undetailed references to drug misuse and suicide.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
26/09/2023
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong gory moments include a man's jaw being savagely ripped from his face and a vampire biting a character's eye out and spitting it out onto the floor. Other scenes include strong and bloody violence such as bloodthirsty vampires feasting on the flesh of a characters, stabbings and throat slashings. A man is sadistically tied up as vampires collect blood in a jar from an open wrist wound.
There are moments of strong threat in which vampires taunt and stalk their prey. There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), in addition to moderate (‘whore’) and milder terms such as 'bastard', 'ass' and 'shit'. There is use of the homophobic term 'fag' and characters watch a Nazi rally on a cinema screen. Occasional moderate sex references occur.
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  • Classified date

    06/09/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English