Idan kana so masu kallon talabijin su gafarta wa mutumin almara komai, kawai ka ba shi hakora kuma ka tufatar da shi da rigar karammisi. Misali? Wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa mai zafi The Vampire Lestat, wanda ya zama abin sha'awa a Amurka a farkon wannan shekara. Nunin ya isa Burtaniya yanzu, kuma rawar da Sam Reid ya taka a matsayin Lestat ta sa magoya baya suka kamu sosai.
The Vampire Lestat bita – wani wasan kiɗa na glam-rock mai daɗi sosai … tare da shan jini
Karanta ƙarin
Farkon yanayi biyu, a ƙarƙashin taken Interview With the Vampire, sun mayar da hankali kan "tambayoyin" inda Louis (Jacob Anderson) ke gaya wa ɗan jarida game da dangantakarsa mai guba da Lestat. Yanzu, hasken ya koma kan Lestat – don haka sabon taken da sabon mai ba da labari – yayin da ɗan sarki na duhu mai gashin zinariya ke mayar da sirrin ƙarni da yawa zuwa shaharar glam-rock.
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Ƙauna mai guba … Jacob Anderson a matsayin Louis de Pointe du Lac a cikin The Vampire Lestat. Hoton: BBC/© 2026 AMC Duk haƙƙin mallaka/Sophie Giraud
Reid ya duba waƙoƙin da ba na hukuma ba na yawon shakatawa na David Bowie na 1974 Cracked Actor don samun ilhami kan "nuna fasaha, sihiri da asiri" da ake buƙata don jan hankalin filin wasa, kuma sakamakon shi ne cewa Lestat yanzu yana haskaka "dandy na duniya" mai ban sha'awa. Yana murɗawa, yana ruri, kuma yana niƙa a kan mataki yayin da yake buga goge kuma yana rera waƙoƙi masu ban dariya. Yana sanye da gashin ido mai kyalkyali, gashin kansa yana cikin ƙwanƙolin ribbon, kuma da alama ya ɓata rigarsa har abada, yana nuna ƙirjinsa mai tabo ga magoya baya masu sha'awa yayin da yake rera kalmomi kamar "Ba na son koyon wani rawan TikTok / Ina son in kwanta a gado, ina cin black liquorice" da "Ba za ka iya yin jima'i don kawar da kaɗaici ba / Zai jira har ka gama / Har ka zo / Kamar vampire." A wajen mataki, yana cikin dangantakar jima'i da mahaifiyarsa, yana shan jini mai ɗauke da LSD, kuma yana faɗin kalmomi kamar: "Ina ɗauke da tsayin daka marar mutuwa."
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Rawar da ta fito … Alexander Skarsgård a cikin True Blood. Hoton: Collection Christophel/Alamy
Wannan ba shine karon farko da vampire ya jan hankalin masu sauraro ba. Yanayin Eric Northman na gaba ɗaya yayin da yake kwance a kan dutsen kankara yana karanta littafi a cikin True Blood shine rawar da Alexander Skarsgård ya fito da ita, yayin da Lady Gaga a matsayin The Countess a yanayi na biyar na American Horror Story ya tabbatar da cewa sha'awar jini ita ce kayan ado mafi girma. Vampires masu sha'awa marasa iyaka kuma suna fitowa a cikin The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural, da dukan ƴan wasan What We Do in the Shadows, waɗanda ko ta yaya suke da kyau sosai duk da cewa su wawaye ne (Matt Berry ya lalata mini maza na yau da kullun). Claes Bang a cikin Dracula na BBC wanda ba shi da kyau sosai, babu shakka yana da kyau a ido, kuma ko da ɗan gajeren lokacin Jeff a matsayin vampire a cikin shirin Community na "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps" yana sa Annie ta sha'awar ɗan jinin nata, tana numfashi da ƙarfi, "Duba yadda na canza ka!" lokacin da ya fara faɗin littattafai mata.
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Babban vampire … Lady Gaga a matsayin Countess a cikin American Horror Story: Hotel. Hoton: Suzanne Tenner/AP
Me ya sa muke sha'awar haka? Vampires sun ƙunshi cikakken 'yanci, iko, rashin mutuwa, kyau, da sau da yawa ƙaunar da aka hana. Suna kuma shiga cikin duhun kanmu kai tsaye, suna zama babban filin zane don abubuwan soyayya masu guba waɗanda muke jin daɗinsu a allo a asirce. (Ka yi tunani: al'adun pop sun daɗe suna horar da mu mu so jarumin romcom wanda ke bin mace har abada duk da an gaya masa a'a har sai ya gajiyar da ita, kamar Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) a cikin You've Got Mail ko Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) a cikin You.) Idan ana maganar vampires a matsayin masoya, muna matsa ƙarfi sosai kan "zan iya gyara shi." Menene ya fi maye fiye da mutum mai haɗari marar mutuwa wanda ya shafe dukan garuruwa, amma ya durƙusa a ƙafafunka?
Dubi Spike a cikin Buffy the Vampire Slayer – babban ɗan fashi sanye da fata wanda a zahiri ƙaunar mai kashe vampires ta "canza" shi. A gefe guda, akwai Angel, wanda la'anarsa ke nufin cewa dare ɗaya na jima'i mai ban mamaki da Buffy a zahiri yana karya kwakwalwarsa, yana wargaza ɗabi'arsa, kuma ya mayar da shi dodo mai hauka. Akwai ƙari a ƙarƙashin jaket ɗin fata, labarin fansa na ɗan fashi, da muƙamuƙi masu kaifi kamar gilashi. A cikin littafinta na 2024, Vampires: A Handbook of History & Lore of the Undead, Agnes Hollyhock ta kalli yadda almara na gothic ya yi amfani da vampires don ƙalubalantar tashin hankalin ɗabi'a na Victorian. A cikin al'ummar da ta hana dangantaka marar al'ada sosai, cizon vampire ya tsaya ga sha'awar da aka hana—rashin iko gaba ɗaya, musayar ruwan jiki, da ƙin al'umma mai ladabi.
Vampires suna karya tsammanin heteronormative ta hanyar rayuwa gaba ɗaya a wajen tsarin lokaci na ɗan adam. Ba su dace da tsarin iyali na al'ada ko matsayin jinsi mai ƙarfi ba. Ƙarfinsu ya fito daga fara'a da lalata, ba maza ko mata na al'ada ba. Lestat ya ƙunshi duk wannan a cikin halayensa masu kyalkyali, masu ƙarfi, da kuma na 'yan luwadi ba tare da jin kunya ba, shi ya sa ba za mu iya daina tunanin soyayyarsa mai ban mamaki da Louis ba (wancan sumba mai zafi wanda ya zama kisan kai mai farfasa ƙwanƙwasa a yanayi na biyu ba a manta da shi ga magoya baya ba). Shi ya sa ya zama alamar 'yancin jima'i mafi girma. Kuma me ya sa dukkanmu za mu iya yarda da dangantakarsa mai abin kunya da Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle), ƙaunatacciyarsa wadda ya mayar da vampire—wadda kuma ita ce mahaifiyarsa.
Shin haɗari ne? Kyawun rashin mutuwa? Sha'awar kuɓuta daga dokokin al'umma? Vampire na talabijin ba shi da ƙarfi. Ba mamaki da yawa daga cikinmu muna jira don cizo daga Lestat. The Vampire Lestat yana kan iPlayer yanzu a Burtaniya kuma akan AMC+ a Ostiraliya da Amurka.
Tambayoyin da ake yawan yi
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da ake yawan yi dangane da batun tun daga sha'awar yau da kullun zuwa zurfin bincike
Gabaɗaya Ma'anoni
Q Menene jima'i mai narkar da ƙwaƙwalwa ke nufi a zahiri a cikin mahallin shirye-shiryen vampire
A Kalmar magoya baya ce don sha'awar jima'i mai ƙarfi, sau da yawa mai ban mamaki ko wuce iyaka da kuma yanayin da ke cikin shirye-shiryen vampire na talabijin Ba game da gaskiya ba ne amma game da sha'awar da ta wuce kima, ƙarfin iko, da kuma jan hankalin allahntaka wanda ke jin kamar yana canza tunani yayin kallo
Q Me ya sa ɗan fashi sanye da fata ya zama babban abu a shirye-shiryen vampire na talabijin
A Fata alama ce ta gani don tawaye, haɗari, da ɗabi'a mai adawa da kafa. Yana dacewa da yanayin farautar vampire da rashin mutuwa, yana sa su zama marasa zamani amma masu kaifi. Labarin ɗan fashi yana shiga cikin sha'awar sarrafa wani mai ƙarfi da haɗari
Q Menene nasarar 'yan luwadi ke nufi a wannan mahallin
A Yana nufin yadda labarun vampire suka kasance a tarihi kuma suna ƙara zama wuri mai aminci don labarun LGBTQ. Vampires baƙi ne ta dabi'a, don haka labarunsu sau da yawa suna bincika ƙaunar da aka hana, ainihi mai canzawa, da kuma dangin da aka samu—jigogi waɗanda suke da zurfin tasiri ga masu sauraro na 'yan luwadi kuma suna ba da damar wakilci bayyananne da aka yi murna
Q Shin wannan game da Interview with the Vampire ne kawai ko duk shirye-shiryen vampire
A Yanayi ne a cikin yawancin shirye-shiryen zamani amma Interview with the Vampire shine mafi kyawun misali a yanzu. Sauran misalan sun haɗa da What We Do in the Shadows, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, da True Blood
Sha'awa Ilimin halin ɗan adam
Q Me ya sa muke ganin vampires suna da sha'awar jima'i sosai Sun mutu ne
A Babban abin da aka hana ne. Vampires suna wakiltar sha'awar da aka hana, rashin mutuwa, da kuɓuta daga ƙa'idodin al'umma. Cizo alama ce ta rasa iko, kusanci, da musayar ƙarfin rai—wanda shine sigar almara mai ƙarfafa sha'awar ɗan adam ta gaske
Q Menene nasarar 'yan luwadi ke nufi a zahiri a kan allo
