Vampires 8: Queen of the Damned

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of Anne Rice on vampire literature and culture in the 1980s.

Vampire evolution ground to a standstill in the '80s, then a woman appeared who completely changed everything we thought about vampires. With the power of her pen, she made vampires less about disease, and more about sex. Today, every vampire lives in the shadow of our Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice. This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer Mike Walls of Audio Esoterica.

People in this episode

Host: Grady Hendrix

Topics covered

• vampires
• literature
• pop culture
• 1980s
• Anne Rice
• evolution of vampires

Keywords

• vampires
• Anne Rice
• Queen of the Damned
• 1980s
• literature
• evolution
• pop culture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Queen of the Damned

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