This is the first product of a collaboration between **_Anne Rice_** and her son **_Christopher Rice_**(also an author), deciding to rework her own novels as a TV series universe after reclaiming the production rights from Universal Studios. Unfortunately some fans did not get that memo, so have dismissed it as Hollywood "woke crap" that doesn't respect the source material. You'll find many reviews online that go down that route of ignorance, but both the original books, and the reimagined TV show version are examples of how creatity can deliver variations of the same tale that both work within their selective mediums, and happily exist side by side on the shelf. They've since followed it up with The Mayfair Witches, and Talamasca: The Secret Order, but this show is still the best out of the three. The production quality is excellent, costume, make-up and set designs are all peak. But it's the succesful performances, and reimagined plot elements that give the source material a very fresh presentation that eventually takes the familiar journey from the novels, and makes it its own.