Queen of the Damned is a 2002 horror film in which the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous queen of all vampires.
The movie was directed by Michael Rymer from a screenplay by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni. It a loose adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice’s The Vampire Chronicles series, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novel’s predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. The movie stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat.
Plot:
Vampire Lestat is awakened from decades of slumber by the sound of a Nu Metal band, which he proceeds to take over as lead singer. Achieving international success and planning a massive live concert, Lestat is approached by Marius, and warned that the vampires of the world will not tolerate his flamboyant public profile.
Jesse Reeves, a researcher for the paranormal studies group Talamasca, is intrigued by Lestat’s lyrics and tells the rest of the group her theory that he really is a vampire. Her mentor, David Talbot, takes her aside and tells her they know he is and that a vampire called Marius made him. He also shows her Lestat’s journal that he recovered and is now in the Talamasca library.
In a flashback to his origins, Lestat recalls how he awoke Akasha, the first vampire, with his music. Jesse tracks him down to a London vampire club where he confronts her, and she follows him to Los Angeles for the concert, where she gives him his journal. Shortly after they leave London. Akasha, awakened by Lestat’s new music, arrives and torches the club, and all the vampires inside, who want Lestat dead.
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Cast and characters:
Aaliyah as Akasha
Stuart Townsend as Lestat de Lioncourt
Marguerite Moreau as Jesse Reeves
Richael Tanner as young Jesse
Vincent Perez as Marius de Romanus
Paul McGann as David Talbot
Lena Olin as Maharet
Christian Manon as Mael
Claudia Black as Pandora
Bruce Spence as Khayman
Matthew Newton as Armand
Tiriel Mora as Roger
Megan Dorman as Maudy
Johnathan Devoy as James
Robert Farnham as Alex
Conrad Standish as T.C.
Andrew L. Urban as Himself
Jonathan Davis as Ticket scalper
Nathan Hill as Attacking Vampire
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