Queen Of The Damned (2002) 6/10

Starring : Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau, Aaliyah, Vincent Perez, Paul McGann, Lena Olin
Director : Michael Rymer
Running Time : 102 mins

The Vampire Lestat (Townsend) awakens from years of slumber and decides to set up a band in order to sate his thirst for blood by drinking from groupies. He is soon discovered for what he is by trainee vampire hunter Jesse Reeves (Moreau), and the two begin a strange relationship with each other until Akasha (Aaliyah), the Queen of the Damned, decides to take Lestat as her King.

Compared to Interview With The Vampire, which in itself was a little kitschy and camp, this feels like The Rocky Horror Show. Townsend looks like Keira Knightley with an Adams apple, and casting him as a rock star vampire is pretty perfect. The effects are pretty basic, and Aaliyah's acting is atrocious with an accent like a Jamaican Boris Karloff, but this movie still has something going for it with its tongue in cheek approach.

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