My hairstylist asked what I was reading, I told her The Vampire Chronicles. She had never heard of it, so I said "You know, Interview With the Vampire with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt?" To which she replied, "NO! How have I not heard of a movie with those two?? When did it come out?" I thought about it and replied, "Around 1993." (It was actually 1994). She had never heard of it because she was like 3 years old when it came out. Yeah. And make sure to cover those gray hairs for me...
Santino was the leader of the Children of Darkness when they took down Marius, believing themselves to be servants of God by serving Satan and that Marius was a blasphemer by existing as a vampire in places of light. They tried to kill him, but took his young fledgling Amadeo and brainwashed him to their ways, turning him into Armand.