Queen of the Damned is a 2002 vampire horror film and a loose adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles series, The Queen of the Damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novel's predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. It stars Aaliyah as the vampire queen Akasha, and Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat. Queen of the Damned was released six months after Aaliyah's death and is dedicated to her memory. 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 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.
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| Release date: | January 10, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Michael Rymer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 101 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jorge Saralegui |
| Editor: | Dany Cooper |
| Music by: | Jonathan Davis, Richard Gibbs |
| Cinematography: | Ian Baker |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Petroni, Scott Abbott |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Queen of the Damned |
| Genre: | Fantasy |