Enye yeesaga ezinomdla kakhulu zoncwadi ezifunyenwe kwihlabathi levampire, ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, yileyo ibhalwe ngu Anne Rice, The Vampires IziKronike. Ukubetha kwakhe ezimbini kwiscreen esikhulu, Udliwano-ndlebe kunye neVampire kunye noKumkanikazi we-Damned baye baneziphumo ezixubeneyo. Ngelixa Neil jordan yabamba iimidlalo ezibalaseleyo ezinemozulu emdaka nephazamisayo; Ukumkanikazi wabagwetyiweyo Ayizange ifumane nanye kuyo, kwaye yayiyi-flop ofisi yebhokisi.
Nge umfutho abanawo abantu basebusuku kwakhona namhlanje, i-Universal ithathe isigqibo sokuyiqala ngokutsha i-franchise ukuba, ukuba uluntu luhamba kunye, lunokuba nohlengahlengiso oluninzi (khumbula ukuba i-saga ye-Anne Rice iqukethe iincwadi ze-12).
Nangona kunjalo, into entsha iye yaba Amarhe okuba uRobert Downey Jr. angadlala ivampire Lestat, njengoko kuchazwe nguBloody Disgusting. Isiza siqinisekisa ukuba sele kukho uthethathethwano phakathi kwamaqela, nangona bekungekabikho sibhengezo esisemthethweni.