Each setting has a unique color palette, with New Orleans filmed in dreamy warm yellows and greens. It can be said that the city of New Orleans, much like in Interview, works as its own complete character here. The premiere episode of Mayfair Witches, “The Witching Hour,” mainly serves to introduce us to the characters and to provide quite a bit of exposition. It’s clear that no expense was spared on sets, props, lighting, and costuming in Mayfair Witches and that the show has a precise aesthetic it’s an aesthetic that fits in well with the world created in Interview with the Vampire, too. However, while the urge to gate-keep a source material like a beloved book can seem almost instinctual, it’s really a waste of time whether or not an adaptation is any good really doesn’t take any value away from the original work. I have not read the Lives of the Mayfair Witches series, not yet anyway, so I can’t speak to whether or not the television series is a faithful retelling of the novels - but I do understand the desire to preserve Anne Rice’s original creations. We all want to protect what we love, even if the thing we love is a work of fiction.Īdaptations can, obviously, be hit or miss. While I know that people tend to feel very protective when their favorite books are turned into movies or television shows, I’ve been surprised to see just how protective people can be over source material and how resistant they can be to any changes (see: Rings of Power discourse on Twitter, September 2022). My hopes had run high for Mayfair Witches, the newest Anne Rice adaptation on AMC, after loving Interview with the Vampire.

This discussion and review contains some spoilers for Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches episode 1, “The Witching Hour,” which will premiere on AMC on January 8.

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