Its the sort of bad movie that is too inept to even be interestingly inept. A muddled and campy mtvstyled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad. Music from the motion picture is the official soundtrack for the 2002 vampire horror film queen of the damned, released on 1 march 2002 via warner music group. Stuart townsend in queen of the damned 2002 aaliyah in queen of the damned. Even the vampire chronicles wiki website doesnt clearly state when she was born or when she became a vampire. Pdf the queen of the damned book the vampire chronicles. The queen of the damned is the third of anne rices vampire chronicles. I was curious how this particular character was able to afford his lavish lifestyle while balancing his endeavors as a rockstar. And his awesome gothriffed sound has echoed around. On he hopes aaliyah fans will take away from the film some image caption 1 queen of the damned, themarguerite moreau.
Queen of the damned, based on anne rices endless vampire chronicles, happily occupies this mode. What michael rymer wants to tell us with his quasisequel to the tom cruise spectacle is suppressed by the nothing of a story. On the movies 15th anniversary, here are 10 things you probably didnt. Apr, 2009 which queen of the damned character are you. The queen of the damned movie reveals very little about pandora. Aaliyah is iconic in queen of the damned but the sequel. It follows interview with the vampire and the vampire lestat.
Still frame 30 product 20 poster 4 behind the scenes 2 publicity 1. Also stream queen of the damned on your mobile, tablets and ipads. It stars aaliyah in the title role as the vampire queen akasha and stuart townsend as. Combining her novels the vampire lestat and queen of the damned, queen of the damned seeks a baser audience than interview with the vampire. After doing the necessary math based on what was written on the previously mentioned website, i assume that pandora was born in 10 b. Queen of the damned movie trailer and videos tv guide. Before the evil queen akasha appears halfway through the movie at a coven.
Rice guides us in a world of strong contrasts where darkness and evil mix in the queen of the damned is the third book of the successful vampire chronicles saga by the author anne rice. The plot lines are not meant to be interconnecting, or even related for that matter. Q ueen of the damned is the type of movie which manages not only to keep all the offensive elements of its source material, but somehow drain off all the aspects that made it interesting in spite of because of. Queen of the damned is a horror film directed by michael rymer. This movie was a good book turned into a brain dead vampire movie aimed at teenagers. First of all its based on half the story the book before it in the series the vampire lestat ended with the beginning of queen of the damned they left out main characters, omitted the histories, and even changed how lestat became a vampire, what was left out of interview with the vampire felt like.
A muddled and campy mtvstyled vampire movie with lots of eye candy and bad accents. Akasha, queen of the damned is a vampiress who breaks through the noise bringing a silence with her. With aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau, vincent perez. Several sources said it was not lestat, and rather another minor character perhaps armand. The queen of the damned dvd, 2002, widescreen for sale. Jessica miriam reeves or jesse reeves was a witch and later vampire who is part of maharets great family. Queen of the damned is the sequel to 1994s interview with the vampire, based on the novel by author anne rice. Cast aaliyah queen akasha stuart townsend lestat vincent perez marius paul mcgann david talbot lena olin maharet christian manon mael claudia black pandora bruce spence. Aaliyahs queen of the damned made waves when it was released in.
When will hollywood ever learn that if it aint broke, dont fix it. Jesse was born to miriam reeves, a seventeenyearold girl who was raped by an older unidentified male. He was tall and strong as a mortal, with very tan skin, dark eyes, and black hair. Another tribute for one of my favorite characters in anne rices vampire chronicles, jessica miriam reeves or better known as jesse. The vampire lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the queen of all vampires. Queen of the damned fell very short of exploring the books story and characters. As relayed during the history of the vampires related in the queen of the damned. This movie provides examples of the following tropes. Why fans of the vampire chronicles hate queen of the damned. Lestat, and he is the central character along with love interest jesse reeves whose actress. The first edition of the novel was published in 1988, and was written by anne rice. I hope there are plans for a new trilogy a film for each book with the same actors. The queen of the damned 1988 is a horror novel by american writer anne rice, the third in her the vampire chronicles series. This category lists characters in the queen of the damned.
Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 448 pages and is available in paperback format. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the. It was produced by richard gibbs and jonathan davis of american nu metal band korn. But queen of the damned ultimately belongs in videostore hell, far away from better genre movies such as cronos or the crow. Just as the authors characters suffer through their immortality.
Queen of the damned 48 movie clip queen akasha arrives. When queen of the damned was finally released in early 2002, critics killed it, though it did fairly well at the box office. Because the lestat of interview with a vampire was actually based on the book. Queen of the damned movie aaliyah, dead at age aaliyah dana haughton january 1979 august was an american singer, dancer, actress, and model. The mother of all vampires, akasha, begins as a preegyptian queen, in a land called kemet later to be known as egypt, many thousands of years ago. Oct 29, 2019 this is a question that i asked when i saw queen of the damned for the firsttime last year.
Aaliyah is iconic in queen of the damned but the sequel isnt. This is a question that i asked when i saw queen of the damned for the firsttime last year. Akasha queen of the damned costume in 2020 queen of the. On portraying an evil character some image caption 1 queen of the damned, therashad haughton. Queen of the damned 2002 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. There could have been more character development on the main female character, jesse reeves. With a large cast of international and australian actors, queen of the damned began principal.
Lestats powerful music reaches the ear of the slumbering akasha. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This movie is cool, rock music plus vampires is like the best combination. Based on the third installment of anne rices vampire chronicles, the film follows the supernatural adventures of the legendary vampire lestat, who has reinvent. Miriam, seven months pregnant with jesse, was driving a car when she got into an accident. Queen of the damned is a 2002 australianamerican horror film, and a loose adaptation of the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novels predecessor, the vampire lestat. Aaliyah as queen akasha, a 6000 yearold egyptian vampire in the queen of the damned. A lot of the dialogue is declamatory, and many sentences are versions of together, we will, can, must rule, change, destroy the world, our victims, the people in this bar. With the vampire, it is a more than adequate telling of the further adventures of lestat and portrayal other key characters in the vampire chronicles. What is the net worth of the characters from the queen of.
For more official photos of aaliyah as akasha, visit my official movie photos section. Marguerite moreau, vincent perez, stuart townsend, aaliyah. This movie is a very loose adaptation of the anne rice novel to begin with, so it is safe to assume the director took certain liberties with the characters. Mar 04, 2020 and then theres queen of the damned, the 2002 cinematic flop that most fans of the novel like to pretend never happened. Queen of the damned the we hate movies podcast wiki fandom. We know from the argento and bava films that the principle of form over content can also work, but in the queen of the damned it is seldom possible to cover up the quickly emerging boredom. Taking up as the leader of an undead band, lestat gains fame but exposes vampires, drawing the attention of vampire enthusiast jesse. Lestat stuart townsend has slumbered for two ceturies, but the world above his tomb has changed from the colonial pretension of the 18th century to a more free and colourful world of new more revealing fashions, louder music, caring for the worlds future and the hungry machine that is the media. Her uncle was music manager barry hankerson and her brother is director rashad haughton. Designed in 1968, it is the oldest victorian style suburban mansion and estate in victoria. During this time, two powerful witches, maharet and mekare, live in the mountains of an unnamed region. Lestat has a disdain for rules and order, and states, in the queen of the damned, that he has always had to be his own teacher.
Akasha is the queen of the damned, an exotic, dangerous and trapped in a remote time character. The vampire chronicles 1994 did, and becomes just another horrorslasher flick. Watch queen of the damned movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Queen of the damned was a mix of both the book and bits and pieces of vampire lestat. It chronicles the trials of a group of modernday vampires locked in struggle to save the mortal humans from the first vampire, akasha. After years of slumber, the legendary vampire has awakened and found acceptance in a tattooed, pierced and blackclad world. Feb 23, 2018 aaliyah, her brother rashad and rest of queen of the damned 2002 crew interviewed on the movie set and during postproduction. And then theres queen of the damned, the 2002 cinematic flop that most fans of the novel like to pretend never happened. Singer aaliyah gave an iconic performance in queen of the damned, but sadly, the rest of the movie wasnt up to her level.
Beautiful aaliyah, superb as the queen of all vampires. His music also awakens the queen of the damned, akasha the first vampire, who decides to make lestat her king. It stars aaliyah in the title role as the vampire queen akasha and stuart townsend as the vampire lestat. Queen of the damned is a 2002 movie based on the third installment of anne rices vampire chronicles, and is a sequel of sorts to the acclaimed 1994 film interview with the vampire. The vampire lestat awakens and so does the queen of all vampires. Queen of the damned has a fair amount of blood curdling deaths in it, though none are realistic. Queen of the damned all the tropes wiki fandom powered by. Unlike its predecessor though, qotd played very fast and loose with the events of the original novel, was panned by critics, and was greeted with scorn by many vampire chronicles fans. It stars aaliyah as the vampire queen akasha, and stuart townsend as the vampire lestat. The novel the queen of the damned, deals with the origins of vampires. Oct 18, 2018 because the lestat of interview with a vampire was actually based on the book. Queen of the damned in hollywood movies queen of the damned 2002 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format.
Queen of the dammned she was so fly in this movie thelotusloveproject. As explained here, maven of the eventide feels that a lot of went wrong with the film adaptation of queen of the damned can be traced back to its much better predecessor, interview with the vampire. The book was published in 1976 and finds a vampire recounting his life story to a reporter. He rises from his resting place and feeds upon a victim, feeling more revitalized that. Marguerite moreau portrays her in the 2002 film, queen of the damned. But understand that the film makers have taken great artistic license and this movie would be better named the vampire lestat meets the queen of the damned since most of the movie is actually taken from anne rices second novel, the vampire lestat, and very little from her third one, queen of the damned. Female vampire, vampire queen, vampire dracula, aaliyah pictures, lestat and louis, anne rice vampire chronicles, vampire photo, queen of the damned, female villains. Why is the lestat character so different in the movies. Queen of the damned is the forgettable sequel to anne rices interview with the vampire but aaliyah made the role of queen akasha iconic. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned 1988, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat.
Aug 28, 2012 queen of the damned official trailer 2002 deutsch aaliyah,stuart townsend. Frank fitzpatrick and rich dickerson served as the music supervisors for the album. First of all its based on half the story the book before it in the series the vampire lestat ended with the beginning of queen of the damned they left out main characters, omitted the histories, and even changed how lestat became a vampire, what was left out of interview with the vampire. It chronicles the trials of a group of modernday vampires locked in struggle to save the mortal humans from the first vampire, akasha, who has awoken from sixthousand years of sleep. In early november, the filmnet industry newsletter reported that queen of the damned had been spotted shooting at the rippon lea estate. It is loosely based on the third novel in the vampire chronicles series by anne rice. Free download or read online the queen of the damned pdf epub the vampire chronicles series book. The queen of the damned dvd, 2002, full frame for sale. Aaliyah dana haughton was born in brooklyn, new york, to diane hankerson and michael haughton. The more i thought about my question, the more i thought about the wealth of the other characters from this movie. Khayman was an egyptian who was the chief steward in the palace of king enkil and queen akasha of kemet now egypt circa 4000 bce. Queen of the damned 2002 cast and crew follows the legendary vampire lestat stuart townsend, who has reinvented himself as a rock star in the contemporary american music scene. He openly disregards and refuses to show fear to armand, the leader of the paris coven, even when confronted with the possibility of execution.
Queen of the damned 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses. Later in the movie akasha tells lestat that she has to settle an old score. The queen of the damned 2002 questions movie mistakes. Queen of the damned is a 2002 fantasyhorror film directed by michael rymer. Based on the third installment of anne rices the vampire chronicles, it is a sequel of sorts to the 1994 film interview with the vampire. I like how the movie intertwined the history of vampires with that of mortals heritage. Queen of the damned crew interviews ny times aaliyah. This stunning doll is inspired by queen akasha from the queen of the damned movie.
Most noticeably we meet queen akasha, the title character, played by aaliyah, the singer who was killed in an air crash last august. Here are all the aaliyah related questions, the rest you can watch. Queen of the damned 2002 directed by michael rymer. Feb 22, 2002 but queen of the damned ultimately belongs in videostore hell, far away from better genre movies such as cronos or the crow and somewhere near rices last filmed failure, neil jordans. The queen of the damned the vampire chronicles wiki.
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