AMC gave viewers yet another brief glimpse into its third season of “Interview with the Vampire” with a new teaser released Monday. 

The short clip is a close-up shot of part of a face caked in muck—dirt, blood, paint? It’s hard to say. The eyelid slowly opens to reveal a piercing blue eye, presumably that of the Brat Prince himself, Lestat. 

One can vaguely hear a male voice calling out in a sing-song voice, “blue eyes.”

The video is captioned “Suffer through the emptiness,” a line from the book upon which some of the third season is based, “The Vampire Lestat.” 

In the book, the line is spoken by Lestat, played by Sam Reid, to fellow vampire Armand (Assad Zaman). Lestat says the line after Armand asks to join Lestat and his mother Gabriella (Jennifer Ehle) after the destruction of his coven. The two reject him, saying it would be a disaster for them all. 

The third season of the AMC series has been renamed “The Vampire Lestat,” though it appears to also take some inspiration from the third book in Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, “The Queen of the Damned.” In that book, Lestat transforms himself into a glam rock star, revealing his nature and setting all the world’s vampires against him for telling the world about vampires. 

AMC previously released teasers and “music videos” of the rocker Lestat and original music created for the series. 

“The Vampire Lestat” comes to AMC on June 7, 2026. It also stars Jacob Anderson as Louis and Eric Bogosian as Daniel.

About the writer

Danielle Haynes is the co-founder and co-editor of Booked & Screened, covering book-to-screen adaptations, film and TV development. She’s looking forward to seeing Lestat in his glam rock era.