'The Vampire Lestat' Official Trailer Breakdown—The Wait is Over
"I've been a monster. This is my reckoning."
AMC+ released the long awaited trailer for The Vampire Lestat and it is everything and unlike anything fans expected.
“I am the vampire Lestat. It’s my era. I’m a rock star now”
As the latest upbeat new TVL song “Dancing With Myself” plays in the background, we open with the trailer introducing the fans to the real Lestat—his story, his words, his way.
The itch that’s been festering in the backs of our brains is finally scratched, as we see familiar scenes from previous teasers as well as never before seen footage of reckless abandon and carnage.
It is both overstimulating and overwhelming.
But then again, that is the vampire himself, is it not?
“We’re doing a rewrite.”
Chaos ensues as we watch Lestat traverse this new lifestyle with internal (and external) demons walking beside him—images of being literally dragged into his past to current vampire threats, some of whom find their end at the hands of a rabid Lestat and a hauntingly dangerous Louis.
This is him.
This is them.
In their monstrous and unhinged glory.
With a glimpse of Armand’s warning of Lestat’s exposure, to Baby Jenks’ monologue about mortality, to a scared band that wonders if they can even survive in Lestat’s presence, to that kiss, The Vampire Lestat promises one thing and one thing only:
It’s going to tear our hearts out.
Final Thoughts
The brightness amongst the dark hour is an illusion meant to lure us into a season that is heartbreaking, haunting, traumatic, and utterly glorious.
This summer it’s time to hear his story.
The Vampire Lestat premieres Sunday, June 7, on AMC and AMC+. Check out the trailer below.