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Queen of the Damned

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Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha's malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.
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Critics Consensus

A muddled and campy MTV-styled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad accents.

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Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader 10/20/2009
Michael Rymer stages high-tech sequences combining gore, romance, and gothy music, and he has enough conviction to make what could have been very silly strangely provocative. Go to Full Review Scott Foundas Variety 09/15/2008
It isn't great entertainment or camp, but pic sets its ambitions so low, it can't help partially delivering on them. Go to Full Review Peter Travers Rolling Stone 08/14/2007
1/4
The film is vampire roadkill. Go to Full Review Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Jun 8
2.5/5
This much-abbreviated take on Anne Rice's novel takes itself far too seriously for how silly it all is. Go to Full Review Cassondra Feltus Black Girl Nerds 08/25/2022
3/5
'Queen of the Damned' is considered a bad adaptation, over-the-top silly, and just a poorly structured film in general. All are true. However, many, myself included, see it more as a disasterpiece, a guilty pleasure, a piece of 2000s nu metal nostalgia. Go to Full Review Pat Stacey The Herald (Ireland) 10/17/2017
The result is a film that's as camp as Butlins but nowhere near as much fun and full of awful performances and silly dialogue Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Farah R @Farah Jul 21 This movie is absolute rubbish. The acting, the story, the music, and the dialogue makes Twilight feel like Titanic of vampire movies. It sucks. See more Jon L @JonLunatic Jul 4 Still worth a watch once or twice a year. It introduced me to the vampire chronicles which were amazing to read after. The soundtrack still makes for awesome gym music. See more Phillip B @PhillipJBach Jul 3 Aaliyah only has 10-15 minutes of screen time, and the rest of this movie is a real chore to get through. See more Cazz M @RT81202711 Jun 27 The movie may be campy in some parts and the visual effects are very bad, but I would view it as a good cult movie with good music and a great cast. See more Richard L @KaneLives May 19 Without a main character (Aaliyah certainly deserved more to work with as its titular Queen), and without much happening narratively aside from basic female wish-fulfillment, Queen of the Damned is an MTV fever dream of a film, suffering from pulling its punches, extremely poor pacing, and painful cinematography. See more Lisa I @hemoliza Apr 20 Love Korn and the soundtrack. It's different from the books,yes but the story is still entertaining, cast is brilliant and the gothic atmosphere is absolutely there. Would've been even better if the movie was longer, still amazing tho See more Read all reviews
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Michael Rymer

Director

Stuart Townsend

Lestat

Aaliyah

Akasha

Marguerite Moreau

Jesse Reeves

Vincent Perez

Marius

Paul McGann

David Talbot

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Synopsis Follows the legendary vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary American music scene. His music wakes Akasha (Aaliyah), the queen of all vampires, and inspires her desire to make Lestat her king. Akasha's malevolent power is so great that all the immortal vampires must stand against her if they want to survive. Meanwhile, a young London woman with a fascination for the dark side (Marguerite Moreau) falls in love with Lestat.
Director
Michael Rymer
Producer
Jorge Saralegui
Screenwriter
Anne Rice, Scott Abbott, Michael Petroni
Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co
Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures
Rating
R (Vampire Violence)
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 22, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 17, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$30.3M
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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