Interview with the Vampire Page #6

EXT. ALLEYWAY

Louis stares in horror at the bloody knife in his hand asSuzanne falls back dead onto the ground.

Lestat appears over his shoulder, looking coldly at thedead woman. He puts his hand on Louis's shoulder.

LOUIS:

What have I done?

LESTAT:

(reassuring)

It won't be this way when you'reone of us.

Louis drops the dagger on the ground and moves away fast.

EXT. POINTE DU LAC

Louis on a horse dismounts and walks towards the stepsleading up to the gallery. He is crazed with guilt.

Suddenly, as he comes into light from lantern at foot ofsteps he sees -

LESTAT:

sitting collected at the head of the steps.

15.

LOUIS:

backs up as Lestat rises and descends the steps so fluidlyhe hardly appears to move. Light from lantern illuminatesLouis as:

LOUIS:

You are the devil, aren't you?

That's who you are.

LESTAT:

(gently)

I wish I were. But if I were,

what would I want with you?

LOUIS:

I can't go through with this.

LESTAT:

You're perfect for it. You're

bitter, and you're strong.

LOUIS:

But why do you want me?

LESTAT:

Because you're as strong as Iwas... when I was alive. And

besides, I like you. I like yourconscience. You remind me of...

myself.

Louis takes out his flask and drinks. Fearlessly, drunkenly,

he turns and heads slowly for the nearby swamp.

EXT. PARISH CEMETERY - GRAVES OF LOUIS'S WIFE AND BABY

Louis stops in front of the crypt. Leans his forehead

against the stone.

Lestat appears beside him, radiant, beautiful.

LESTAT:

You really want to be with them?

LOUIS:

Yes. I killed that tavern girl.

I deserve to die.

Lestat in quiet rage, raises his right fist and shattersinto large fragments the rectangular marble face stone,

revealing two coffins on the upper and lower shelf.

Insects swarm from opening.

(CONTINUED)

16.

CONTINUED:

The upper coffin slides out, cracks open, revealing half-

rotted body of a woman, holding an infant, no longerrecognizable as individuals, a tangle of gruesome, rottedflesh, hair, eaten away lace, insects and worms crawlingover it.

Louis gasps and bends closer taking in the full horror.

LESTAT:

It's not your wife and child,

Louis. It's death. Just that

simple. Think and choose. It

happens to everyone. Except us.

Lestat stares at him, smiling, becoming a hazy dreamlikevision, and then hyperclear. He draws closer and closer.

We hear the FLASK fall and BREAK ON paving STONES.

Louis is again spellbound. Sound of HEARTBEAT.

Lestate appears angelic in his radiance.

LESTAT (V.O.)

(patient and

persuasive)

We shall be this way, always.

Young as we are now. I'm so

lonely for a companion... But youmust ask. Do you want to or no?

Louis's senses are confused. He is entranced.

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