Review of Queen of the Damned (2002) by Stuart K — 27 Apr 2014
After Interview with the Vampire came out in 1994, a sequel was rife to have been made, but non of the original cast were interested in returning, the producers lost the rights. This started out as an adaptation of Anne Rice's 1985 book The Vampire Lestat, but it shifted to her 1988 book The Queen of the Damned.
It was a troubled production and it shows badly thought the film. The Vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend) has been in a slumber for decades, but is awoken by the sound of heavy metal music, something he decides to relish.
Lestat becomes a rock star and loves the fame, but he is warned by fellow vampire Marius de Romanus (Vincent Perez) who warns that vampires won't tollerate his behaviour. But, it's before long when Lestat's music awakens Akasha (Aaliyah), the first vampire from Egyptian times, which happened once before years ago.
But she goes around causing havoc, and she whisks Lestat off from a concert to her home, where she plans to take over the world with Lestat. It should have been a good film, but this comes across as a third rate horror film from years ago, although this has some very dodgy CGI throughout.
As a result of this film, which borrowed more from the book of The Vampire Lestat than Queen of the Damned, Rice denounced it, and said there wouldn't be any more films.
This review of Queen of the Damned (2002) was written by Stuart K on 27 Apr 2014.
Queen of the Damned has generally received mixed reviews.
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