Queen of the Damned

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Queen of the Damned

R

2002

1h 41m

Horror

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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.

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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.

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Peter Travers

Rolling Stone

08/14/2007

1/4

The film is vampire roadkill.

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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.

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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

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Steve Newton

Georgia Straight

02/08/2014

1.5/5

It's mainly an excuse for director Michael Rymer to unleash his arsenal of flashy, MTV-type visuals and Moulin Rouge costume designer Angus Strathie to play dress-up.

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Jeffrey T.

@Parshivye_blinchiki Mar 18

Amazing movie. Stewart Townsend is so hot as lestat. It is a real shame that he got fat later in life. I have so much to say that I have to come back later and finish editing my review. I will say that one thing I didn't like was how much of a hypocrite Marius was. He murdered the historian for just for knowing vampire secrets when he didn't tell anyone, yet when his protoge reveals them to the whole world he just gives him a slap on the wrist.

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch Jan 4

Queen of the Damned is far from a great movie, but Aaliyah is the reason it still resonates. Her performance as Akasha is confident, commanding, and magnetic, making it clear she was on the verge of becoming an even bigger star. She gives the film its identity and lasting appeal. The screenplay is rough and uneven, filled with back-and-forth moments that don’t always connect or serve the story. Pacing suffers, and the narrative often feels stitched together rather than cohesive. Direction doesn’t help much either, feeling shaky at times, as if the film wasn’t fully sure what it wanted to be. Still, if you don’t overthink it, the movie is a fun and easy watch. The casting, atmosphere, and music give it a strong vibe, and after Aaliyah’s passing, it naturally became a cult favorite. It’s not great, but it’s enjoyable for what it is.

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Tatiana G

@RT92859799 Oct 29

Y’all just don’t get it. And don’t get Korn.

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Michael C

@Coxmjc23 Oct 4

Still one of my all time favorite movie!!! Aaliyah as Akasha is ICONIC!!! ICONIC MOVIE!!!

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xpig332 B

@RT69712065 Oct 2

I liked it and I hate most movies, screw the critics!

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Christine B

@RT69982753 Sep 27

Not the Anne Rice Queen of the Damned (totally different than the book), but it's a lot of fun and great vampire characters. Aaliyah is very good in this movie, but so is Stuart Townsend and Vincent Perez. Fun to get the backstory of Lestat. This doesn't take a lot of brain power to watch. Just something fun to pass the afternoon or Saturday night!

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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.

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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