Rainey Dawn Seriously, even if Tom Cruise did reprise his role as Lestat for this film - it would not have save it. I liked Cruise's Lestat quite a bit!!! Stuart Townsend is not a good replacement Tom Cruise as Lestat. The story of this film stinks. Nothing "stunning" about this film to me - and it's worse than I remembered it to be (I just tried re-watching this film).I never have read the novel and I don't think I would like it - having Lestat as a rock star? No thanks - I prefer Lestat as he was in "Interview With A Vampire" from the film (I've never read that book either).I'm sorry but I really did try to watch this film again - and I really didn't like the film each time I've attempted to watch it.1/10

Irishchatter As a vampire fan, I was really disappointed by this because it would've been so brilliant if they didn't make a mock up of the story. By seeing the other actors including Aaliyah looking particularly confused on what their characters were suppose to do, this made the whole film flop. Not to mention, the storyline involving the female version of Dracula seducing what should've been Tom Cruises character Lestat, didn't give the whole story a chance. Maybe if it was just about the Vampire queen and she falls in love with a human woman or man, it would've been 10 times better! Although it would be a copycat of Dracula, but in my opinion, it could work out that way and have the film become successful!I really wish I have given this 10 stars but it just left me displeased with it unfortunately so thats why Im giving it 4 stars. Again, it honestly needed to be better!

Filipe Neto This film tried to be an adaptation of two Anne Rice's books that portrayed the life of Lestat, the vampire. Thus, the film shows his birth to the world of vampires and his connection with the vampire queen Akasha, who awakens from a secular sleep.It is, in theory, the continuation of the movie "Interview with the Vampire", although there is no connection between these two productions (remember that Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt starred in these film, which was a huge success). So, who expects "Queen of the Damned" will also be great is going to have a big disappointment. In fact, it's the worst vampire movies I've ever seen, sacrificing the dramatic and psychological depth of the characters in favor of a pop-rock approach of the vampire world, which seems to have been thought to sell the film to the teen audiences and not to make it better.Directed by Michael Rymer, this film has an unfortunate and shameful script by Scott Abbott and stars the singer Aaliyah (deceased shortly after the shootings) and Stuart Townsend in the lead roles. Despite this stars, the film goes from the grotesque to the comic, depicting the teenagers like a bunch of mentally retarded with serious identity affirmation problems. Ah, of course: if you read Rice's books, forget them. This movie failed to portray the books or his essence. Basically, it's a different story whit characters with the same names of the Rice's books. A shame, a tragedy: the great victim of this film's vampires was Anne Rice's stories.

salderney-25728 The low score on here is not from a majority of 5/10 scores given by viewers after watching a borderline bad movie but much more a reflection of how passionately Anne Rice fans feel about somebody altering the content of their beloved Vampire Chronicles. This is no relation to Interview with a Vampire which was closely based on the book. Queen of the Damned is only loosely based on the original and there are some significant changes to the story and certain characters, even to the extreme of characters being left out completely.I myself am a huge fan of the books, but am also realistic enough to accept that the books contain such detail that they do not lend themselves easily to screen, except perhaps in the form of a film series such as The Lord of the Rings. So, as a stand alone vampire movie that is heavily influenced by the book, any grievances can be left outside.The film's story (spoilers!) in brief then, tells us about Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has been at rest for decades but stimulated by the sounds of the time he rises, soon becoming the front-man of a successful metal band. Publicly admitting that he is a vampire and revealing vampire secrets within his lyrics soon draws the attention of the authorities, both of the living and the un-dead. It even wakes up the original vampire Akasha (Aaliyah), a very different creature to the rest of them, with near god like powers and an insatiable blood lust.We learn of Lestat's past life and of his creator Marius (Vincent Perez). We also meet a few of the other Ancients, namely Maharet, as the aunt of another main character, the Talamaskan Jesse who develops a fascination with Lestat. Jesse is the link the ancients have to the living but she soon becomes caught in the middle of the action.Marius therefore is a change from the book where he is not Lestat's creator, and the changes don't end there, however he is a compelling character and is well played by Perez. The plot is far from complex and has holes, but then it was never intended on being taken too seriously. Accept it for what it is and not what it isn't. It is not an accurate adaptation of the book to film, but as a stand-alone vampire movie inspired by it, what's left is a decent and entertaining vampire movie.The soundtrack of the movie is from Jonathan Davis of Korn, and other famous names from the industry including Maralyn Manson feature so the movie gives a very credible musical contribution from what is ultimately a fictitious rock band. This aspect is worth consideration after all, as if it had not been good, this film could have stunk!