Queen of the Damned

About Queen of the Damned

Vampire Lestat awakens from his slumber and becomes a rock star. But chaos strikes when his music awakens Akasha, the vampire queen, who may not rest until she makes Lestat her new king.

Queen of the Damned is a 2002 fantasy horror film directed by Michael Rymer. Aaliyah takes the lead as Akasha, Stuart Townsend as Lestat de Lioncourt, Marguerite Moreau as Jessica 'Jesse' Reeves, and Vincent Perez as Marius de Romanus.

It runs 101 minutes and was released in February 2002. Written by Michael Petroni and Scott Abbott. It was produced by NPV Entertainment. The film began as a novel.

Shelv files it under queen, rock star, secret society, and urban gothic. In the United States it streams on Howdy Amazon Channel. It scores 6.1 out of 10 from 1,218 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Interview with the Vampire, and Spectre make useful companions to Queen of the Damned, all filed under bite and vampire.