Reminder, this thread is SHOW ONLY! Book spoilers must be properly tagged.
Synopsis: Sam Reid, Jacob Anderson, Rolin Jones, Mark Johnson, and Craig Zisk join host Lizzie Bassett to discuss the Season Premiere of The Vampire Lestat.
Premiere: June 7th, 2026
Coven, it's time for The Vampire Lestat to take the stage in Detroit!
Book spoilers can be discussed in this thread without spoiler tags.
Synopsis: Lestat reflects on the events leading to his tour, including the formation of his band and the publication of a certain book, while experiencing a disquieting, drug-fueled spiritual trip and going head-to-head with a resentful coven.
Premiere: June 7th, 2026
Coven, it's time for The Vampire Lestat to take the stage in Detroit!
Reminder, this thread is SHOW ONLY! Book spoilers must be properly tagged or discussed in the corresponding BOOK SPOILERS thread.
Synopsis: Lestat reflects on the events leading to his tour, including the formation of his band and the publication of a certain book, while experiencing a disquieting, drug-fueled spiritual trip and going head-to-head with a resentful coven.
Premiere: June 7th, 2026
Coven, The Vampire Lestat takes the stage early in Australia. If you're watching early, please discuss Episode 1 in this thread. NO NEW STAND ALONE THREADS FOR DISCUSSION OF THE EPISODE WILL BE ALLOWED UNTIL THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE PREMIERE. North America's discussion threads will open at 2:55am EST.
Reminder, this thread is SHOW ONLY! Book spoilers must be properly tagged.
Synopsis: Lestat reflects on the events leading to his tour, including the formation of his band and the publication of a certain book, while experiencing a disquieting, drug-fueled spiritual trip and going head-to-head with a resentful coven.
Premiere: June 7th, 2026
Hey Everyone!
As was hinted at in this post, and with just 2 days before The Vampire Lestat is set to take the stage, we have a surprise for you:
We will be hosting a video AMA with some of the cast!
This Thursday, June 4th at 11:30 AM ET, join us for an AMA with some of the cast of the upcoming season!
If you can't make it on June 4th to the live AMA, please post your questions for the stars below- either for all or notate which actor you’d like to direct your question to! And join us live for a fun ride if you're able to make it!
Hi Everyone,
Mod Emrys here. Man did I never expect to have to do this post.
As many of you know, I recently did a post offering a charity challenge for the fandom- Post a comment praising Sam Reid's performance as Lestat and we'd donate to charity based on the upvotes and the comments on that post.
At first, the post was more successful than I could have ever anticipated. When last I checked, it had more than 150 positive comments and well more than that in upvotes!
Unfortunately, that's when things took a turn. When I had shared this idea with some people, they had initially warned me that there might be negative repercussions. I accepted their concerns, but stated that I believed that this could be something that brought people together. And so, I moved forward with the post.
Then yesterday I started receiving DMs. As you all know, I've made it a point to everyone that my DMs are open for any issues someone might want to discuss about the sub. I've always been determined to be the kind of mod that worked with the community, not above it. I've tried to treat everyone who reached about to me about things with respect and their concerns in good faith. While I think a few of the DMs were in good faith but concerned about the optics of choosing to try to encourage Sam specifically, some weren't.
The last contact I received was a screenshot showing my real name, my home address, and my place of employment along with a message asking "How do you think your work would feel knowing they had a racist working for them? How about your family the village of (my hometown)?"
Knowing the severity of what was being threatened, I immediately deleted my main reddit profile and locked down my other social media accounts and also changed my discord.
Unfortunately, even if this is someone just trying to intimidate you, you have to take these things seriously. Swatting and doxxing have resulted in lives ruined and pets killed.
To that end, I am going to be taking the following steps: As soon as possible, I will be moving to a new city, I will be transferring to working from home, and I will be hiring a company to purge the web of my personal information.
I am also stepping back from my role as a mod here on the sub for the time being until these changes have taken place. I wish my days leading up to the release of the upcoming season were more enjoyable, but I'm not going to have that opportunity.
I didn't sleep much last night. I did contact my local PD and inform them and contacted my work as well. But ultimately, it's a 'wait and see' type of thing, which means I have to be constantly on edge about it. I don't mind saying I'm freaked out and just struggling really hard.
I want to say thank you to everyone who contributed to the original post. Your comments were amazing and inspiring. I also want to say thank you to my fellow mods here as well as the Coven mods who went above and beyond to show incredible solidarity with me.
It's been a genuine pleasure and honor helping this community grow and I sincerely hope you all enjoy the new season.
-Emrys the Mod
Hey everyone! I'm u/IWTV_Maitres, a founding moderator of r/TheVampireLestat.
This is our home for all things related to The Vampire Lestat!. We're excited to have you join us!
According to Sam Reid we are the sub-reddit, the Main one would be r/InterviewVampire, so while we can discuss all things TVL here we mostly focus on news for people who might not be into the heavy fandom side of things. If you want to go insane alongside over 78 k other beautifully unwell people make sure to go to the Main one for that.
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