12 "Important" Movies That Are Actually Terrible

9. Interview With The Vampire (1994)

When people talk about the changing face of the vampire in popular culture, Anne Rice's name will inevitably come up. Whatever we think of her writing, there's no denying the author played a major role in forging the more romantic, tragic image of the undead that has prevailed since Interview with the Vampire first hit bookshelves in 1976.

It was inevitable, then, that the novel would be adapted for the screen, and few filmmakers could have been a better choice for the job than director Neil Jordan. Unfortunately, the resulting film is a bloated mess.

There's simply far too much going on to fit into a 2 hour movie; the century-spanning storyline might have worked in a TV mini-series, but in this format no plot strand gets the breathing space it really needs. Worse still is the overall tone of Interview with the Vampire.

Despite the obvious high camp overtones, it's all largely played straight (no pun intended), which gives the whole thing an air of unintentional humour. Small wonder that many of the key players, Brad Pitt in particular, just look a bit embarrassed to be there.