QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Official Website: Cast: Aaliyah, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau Rating: M for Horror Theme, Medium Coarse Language Tagline: The Mother of All Vampires. All She Wants Is Hell On Earth. Theatrical Release: April 4, 2002 DVD Release: October 16, 2002 BOX OFFICE: The film debuted #2 on the Top 20, with a weekend gross of $1,269,462 and averaged $7,742 at 162 sites. It spent 2 more weeks in the top 20, with decreases of 59% and 56%, and has a total Australian gross of $3,204,388. DVD Special Features: * Audio Commentary * Behind the Scenes * Additional Scenes * Aaliyah Remembered * Theatrical Trailer * Music Videos * Interviews * Club Reels * Gag Reel * Stills Gallery * Cast & Crew * Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles |
Plot Synopsis, and Review:
The vampire Lestat has been sleeping for a hundred years, and now the music of a new generation has awoken him. Seizing power of the music, Lestat becomes the closest thing to god on Earth - a rock star. But his new found celebrity breaks the most sacred rule of vampyrdon - remaining anonymous. Soon vampires from the far reaches of Earth come out of the darkness to hunt him down and destroy him, but Lestat's hypnotic gothic rock music has had an even more nefarious impact - it has awoken the Queen of all Vampires, the oldest and most powerful vampire in history, Akasha, and she wants an alliance or death.
Mysterious. The movie from the get go always had a mysteriou factor, which ultimately keeps the viewer intrigued and glued to the screen. The essence of darkness makes the film very moody, and gives it the serenity of pureness. It was definately original, definately a mix of music and horror, and is definately one of the better vampire films, because it gives references to what vampires are known for, rather than just making them intimidating and sucking blood. The music was a cnetre-point to the film, and it's target audience would be very satisfied with this helping of a genre film worthy of awards. It wasn't savage, but gently warming. I found myself many times glancing back at things, and wondering what was around the next corner. The film was visually spectacular, and had great detail, in even the smallest of props, and that made the film that bit more superb.
The plot was definately original. While watching, seeing the character Lestat, I immediately thought that the character of Edwan Cullen in "Twilight" was inspired by him, since they are similar on many levels. The dialogue for the vampires was veyr old-fashioned, and worked very well for the believability factor, and giving the viewer the sense of realness. There were some scenes that weren't concluded right to the end, otherwise there was no visible plot holes, or errors visible to me.
The acting was excellent. "Stuart Townsend", who played Lestat, was very mysterious, but that was the factor that made him so intriguing, and "Townsend" pulled the role off very well, but I did feel that sometimes it was hard to differ from his seriousness, which could sometimes be irritating. "Lena OIin", who played Jesse, the girl obsessed with Lestat, was very convincing on many levels, but towards the end I felt she was abit over-the-top. The star, and The Queen of the Damned, was singing star "Aaliyah" (R.I.P). The 22y.o proved just how capable she was, and that she would definately be a great actress, and i'm sure that she would've succeeded in acting if she was still with us. She was amazingly sexy and confident in her role, and she really took the film's potential up with her looks. The acting was definately key in the films potential, and all cast pulled off believability and realness.
Overall "Queen of the Damned" is mysterious, intriguing, and definately a flick genre fans can't miss. My rating is 3.5/5.
Mysterious. The movie from the get go always had a mysteriou factor, which ultimately keeps the viewer intrigued and glued to the screen. The essence of darkness makes the film very moody, and gives it the serenity of pureness. It was definately original, definately a mix of music and horror, and is definately one of the better vampire films, because it gives references to what vampires are known for, rather than just making them intimidating and sucking blood. The music was a cnetre-point to the film, and it's target audience would be very satisfied with this helping of a genre film worthy of awards. It wasn't savage, but gently warming. I found myself many times glancing back at things, and wondering what was around the next corner. The film was visually spectacular, and had great detail, in even the smallest of props, and that made the film that bit more superb.
The plot was definately original. While watching, seeing the character Lestat, I immediately thought that the character of Edwan Cullen in "Twilight" was inspired by him, since they are similar on many levels. The dialogue for the vampires was veyr old-fashioned, and worked very well for the believability factor, and giving the viewer the sense of realness. There were some scenes that weren't concluded right to the end, otherwise there was no visible plot holes, or errors visible to me.
The acting was excellent. "Stuart Townsend", who played Lestat, was very mysterious, but that was the factor that made him so intriguing, and "Townsend" pulled the role off very well, but I did feel that sometimes it was hard to differ from his seriousness, which could sometimes be irritating. "Lena OIin", who played Jesse, the girl obsessed with Lestat, was very convincing on many levels, but towards the end I felt she was abit over-the-top. The star, and The Queen of the Damned, was singing star "Aaliyah" (R.I.P). The 22y.o proved just how capable she was, and that she would definately be a great actress, and i'm sure that she would've succeeded in acting if she was still with us. She was amazingly sexy and confident in her role, and she really took the film's potential up with her looks. The acting was definately key in the films potential, and all cast pulled off believability and realness.
Overall "Queen of the Damned" is mysterious, intriguing, and definately a flick genre fans can't miss. My rating is 3.5/5.