舊金山的夜晚，破舊公寓內，自稱是吸血鬼的男子拜訪記者，並將一段曲折離奇的人生故事娓娓道來。十八世紀末，農莊主人路易斯沉陷在喪妻悲痛之中，缺乏生存意志的他，接受吸血鬼李斯特邀請，成為吸食血液維生的同類，人生就此通往黑暗的第二篇章。路易斯歷經對於嗜血欲望的掙扎、尋找詛咒祕密的絕望，還有與李斯特輾轉難解的愛恨糾纏。一切故事，都在這個夜晚娓娓道來……。

作家安．萊絲同名原著改編。愛爾蘭名導尼爾．喬丹操刀好萊塢鉅作，打造暗黑瑰麗的吸血鬼世界，集結布萊德．彼特、湯姆．克魯斯、安東尼奧．班德拉斯與克絲汀．鄧斯特等黃金陣容。原先不受看好的電影選角，卻在上映之後獲得原著作者在內的全面肯定；無論是婉轉表露於情節的同性情挑，或直面表現的殺戮與愛慾，皆引起一時轟動。大銀幕經典重現，絕對喚醒觀眾潛藏意識深處的嗜血感官。

Born as an 18th-century lord, Louis is now a bicentennial vampire, telling his story to an eager biographer. Suicidal after the death of his family, he meets Lestat, a vampire who persuades him to choose immortality over death and become his companion. Eventually, gentle Louis resolves to leave his violent maker, but Lestat guilts him into staying by turning a young girl — whose addition to the "family" breeds even more conflict.