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Movie Description
A deep, dark, stylistic adaptation of the book by Anne Rice from her hugely popular series of vampire novels, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is like a Nine Inch Nails rock video. Undernourished goth club kids are the focus of the film and they all look great with piercings, net t-shirts, tattoos, dyed hair, and dour facial expressions. The film follows the celebrity rock star Vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has emerged from 200 years of solitude to show his face--and his vampire powers--to the world. He has assembled a goth band, makes regular media appearances, and has enchanted the world with his otherworldly mystique. In addition, he has planned one of the most controversial publicity stunts of all eternity: he is holding a one-night rock concert in California's Death Valley, inviting all vampires young and old (along with his extensive fan-base of mortals) to join him. As a side bar to this activity, the mortal Jesse, a young woman who works for the Talamasca society studying paranormal occurrences, has found a secret portal to the vampire world: a London pub where vamps hang out. There she meets Lestat and is instantly smitten with him, insisting on travelling to Death Valley to see his concert. Also en route to the show is the sleek and sexy Egyptian mother of all vampires Queen Akasha (Aaliyah), who has recently arisen from a 2,000-year nap in order to unleash hell on earth. From a distance, a wise band of vampires watch telepathically as Akasha, Lestat, and Jesse converge in Death Valley. But what nobody knows is that the headstrong Lestat, who is the most impulsive and irresponsible of immortal beings but practically a god in the eyes of mortals, is the only one who can defeat Akasha and save the world.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Digital 5.1 - French
Additional Release Material:
Additional Scenes (30 Mins)
Featurettes - 1. AALIYAH REMEMBERED
2. CREATING THE VAMPIRES
3. THE MUSIC OF LESTAT
Audio Commentary - 1. Michael Rymer - Director
2. Jorge Saralegui - Producer
3. Richard Gibbs - Composer
Music Videos - 1. "Forsaken"
2. "Redeemer"
3. "System"
4. "Cold" by Static X
Extended Scenes
Outtakes
Text/Galleries:
Stills/Photos
Industry Reviews
"...Directed with Goth pizazz and brains by Michael Rymer....The widescreen production shows affection for the genre..."
Hollywood Reporter - p.15-39 - David Hunter (02/12/2002)
"...[Aaliyah is] genuinely appealing as the Vamp queen....The action receives an excitement injection every time she appears..."
Total Film - p.94 - Ceri Thomas (05/01/2002)
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