Brain-breaking sex, bad boys in leather and queer glory: why TV vampires are so intoxicating

The Vampire Lestat has seduced fans around the world with his eye-popping antics.

But this obsession with hot vamps goes way beyond forbidden love, bare chests and a taste for LSD-laced blood If you want TV audiences to forgive a fictional man for absolutely anything, just sharpen his fangs and stick him in velvet.

Case in point? The horny musical drama The Vampire Lestat, which became a cult hit in the US earlier this year.

The show has now arrived in the UK and Sam Reid’s searing performance as Lestat has fans on their knees.

The first two seasons, which went by the title Interview With the Vampire, were about the “interview” in which Louis (Jacob Anderson) tells a journalist about his toxic relationship with Lestat.

Now, the focus has shifted to Lestat – hence the new title and new narrator – as the golden-locked prince of darkness swaps centuries of secrecy for glam-rock stardom.

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