• 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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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.
additional issues
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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strong bloody violence, language, brief drug misuse
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody clashes between vampires, including eye gouging, bites, and the sucking of blood. In one scene, a vampire bludgeons another in the head in a mercy killing.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker'), which is accompanied by other milder terms ('shit', 'bullshit', 'bastard', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'). There is a self-referential use of 'negro'.
drugs
A man briefly snorts a drug.
injury detail
Scenes contain bloody injuries, such as throat gashes, bite marks and other bloody flesh wounds.
additional issues
People are stalked by vampires in scenes of moderate horror. There is also gun threat, and a vampire throws herself into a fire for fantastical purposes.
strong bloody violence, sexual threat, sex references, language
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence include vampires beheading, biting and stabbing humans. There are also scenes which include sight of bloodied corpses.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and milder terms including 'cock', 'bullshit', 'arse', 'crap', 'asshole', 'piss' and 'Jesus'.
sex
Two characters thrust into one another while riding on a motorbike. There are also occasional crude references to sex, accompanied by mention of pornography and sex work.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is captured and dragged on stage before an audience, where she is stripped topless and then killed by a vampire.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
There are also brief references to racism.
very strong language, strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Vampires attack humans in frenzied, bloody fashion. A vampire kills another by repeatedly bashing his head against a wall. There are scenes featuring bloody injuries, and vampires drinking blood.
language
There is infrequent use of very strong language ('c**t'), which is accompanied by more frequent use of strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') and other milder terms ('tart', 'bastard', 'piss', 'shit', 'bloody' and 'hell').
additional issues
Sex references are mild.
strong language, sex
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k'), which is accompanied by milder terms including 'wanker', 'slut', 'shit', 'arse', 'piss', 'tits', 'hell', 'God' and 'damn'.
sex
A man receives fellatio. There are also milder references to sex, including adultery.
additional issues
There are scenes of blood spray during a farcical stage performance. Vampires confront each other in scenes of fantastical violence. A woman recalls the harassment she has received after sleeping with a German soldier, such as a swastika graffitied onto her shop window. There are also undetailed references to sexual abuse, and a photograph containing breast nudity.
strong language, violence, injury detail, drug misuse
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A vampire bites a man's neck and sucks his blood.
language
There is strong language ('f**k'), which is accompanied by milder terms ('bitch', 'shit', 'asshole', 'ass', 'tits', 'bullshit' and 'moron').
drugs
A man snorts lines of cocaine. There are also verbal references to drug misuse.
injury detail
A vampire sustains severe burns when he goes into the sun. There are also scenes containing blood in the aftermath of violence, including a corpse in a bag.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, including to pornography, as well as mention of suicide.
strong injury detail, horror, language, sexual threat
Classified Date:
13/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Characters are terrorised and attacked by vampires in occasional scenes of strong horror. Suspected Nazi-sympathisers are rounded up in the street in post-war France and their heads are forcibly shaven. Characters have bags pulled over their heads and are later tied up and made to kneel as they await a mock 'trial'.
language
There is strong language ('f**k') as well as milder terms which include 'whore', 'bitch', 'shit', 'arse' and 'hell'.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A woman is targeted by a mob who suspect her of having Nazi sympathies; they break into her shop, roughly grab her and pin her on a bed in a sequence of sexual threat; the woman can be heard screaming off-screen, but the attack is eventually interrupted by a supernatural character.
injury detail
A character's torn and bloody neck is shown in close-up, although the scene is dimly lit, hiding some detail. Other characters are shown with blood spilling from their mouths or are otherwise splashed with blood. A man bleeds copiously from a wound on his arm, which forms a pool on the floor; this has been self-inflicted off-screen, for supernatural purposes.
additional issues
Characters are bitten by vampires, but visual detail of these attacks is limited. A brief flashback scene shows a woman's naked male love on a bed as they have sexual relations; this is shot from her perspective and there is no sight of nudity. There are moderate verbal sex references and sight of characters kissing passionately. There are brief, undetailed verbal references to drug misuse.
strong violence, injury detail, threat, language
Classified Date:
19/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence include vampires striking humans in the head, resulting in large blood spurts. A violent clash between two vampired results in bloody injuries.
threat and horror
Vampires are put into a container in which they are eaten alive by rats.
language
There is use of strong language ('f**k') and other milder terms ('bastard'), as well as use of the middle finger gesture.
injury detail
Scenes contain close-ups of slashed ankle tendons, and vampires suffering with severe bodily burns after being exposed to sunlight. There is also sequences in which a vampire bites his own wrist and drips blood into another's mouth.
additional issues
A man directs discriminatory language ('fag') towards another, but this is clearly condemned.
strong violence, injury detail, language, sex references
Classified Date:
13/08/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A person is decapitated with a blade.
language
There is use of strong language ('motherf**ker', 'f**k') and milder terms ('bitch', 'bugger', 'shit', 'bullshit', 'pissed', 'God', 'damn').
sex
There are references to a man using a person's ashes to masturbate with, as well as references to testical and penis sizes.
injury detail
Vampires slice their own skin. There is also sight of bloodied dead bodies, one of which comes to life and talks to a man.
additional issues
Moderate threat includes buildings being set alight, and two motorbikes exploding, killing their riders. There are also verbal references to suicide and mental health.
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  • Classified date

    06/09/2023

  • Distributor

    RLJE International Ltd

  • Language

    English