QUEEN OF THE DAMNED
Year: 2002
USA & UK: Warner Bros
Cast: Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Perez, Lena Olin, Claudia Black, Paul McGann, Christian Manon, Bruce Spence, Matthew Newton, Tiriel Mora, Megan Dorman, Johnathan Devoy, Robert Farnham, Conrad Standish, Richael Tanner, Christopher Kirby, Miguel Ayesa,, Joe Manning, Pip Mushin, Kat Rhodes, Christopher Connelly, Renee De Bondt, Renee Quast, Dan Zizys, Tayler Kane, Imogen Annesley, Daniel Schlusser, Rowland S Howard, Hugo Race, Robin Casinader, Aimee Nash, Nicole Fantl, Alyssa McClelland, Marnie Reece-Wilmore, Andrew L Urban, Jo Buckley, Dino Marnika, Kirsty Meares, Bruce Myles, Marg Downey, John Dicks, Fouad Harraka, Mandie Vieira, Bobby Bright, Darren Wilson, Russell Kiefel, Nandila Gaskell, Nalishebo Gaskell, Tamasin Ramsay, Michael Azria, Arroyn Lloyd, Antonios Greige, Nicki Paull, Peter Olsen, Franklyn Ajaye, Duncan Myers, Mark O'Halloran, Twapa Kapote, Ron Bingham, Strawberry Fields, Bob Halsall, Anthony Neate, Karoline Hohlweg, Rochelle Ward, Anni Finsterer, Alistair Reid, Suzi Dougherty, Humphrey Bower, Pia Miranda, Simon Wilton, Enrico Mammarella, Serena Altschul, Nick Gill, Becky Thomas, Jonathan H Davis
Director: Michael Rymer
Country: USA
UK: 101 mins
USA Rated: R for vampire violence
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, violence and horror
USA Release Date: 22 February 2002
UK Release Date: 12 April 2002
Synopsis
His thirst for life enchanted her.
His thirst for fame awoke her.
His thirst for power may kill us all.
Legendary Vampire Lestat de Lioncourt (Stuart Townsend) has risen from a decades-long slumber, determined to step out into the light. No longer content with being banished to the shadows, moving among mortals who never truly see him for what he is, Lestat has reinvented himself as the closest thing to a god on Earth: a rock star.
The intoxicating lure of his music has snaked its way around the globe, ultimately finding the ear of the slumbering ancient Queen Akasha (Aaliyah) in her crypt beneath the Arctic ice. Mother of all Vampires, Akasha has been resting for centuries, waiting for the right time to rise again and seize dominion over the world. Lestat's music is the revelation she has been waiting for, and she desires that he rule beside her.
But can Akasha be stopped? Her malevolent power may be too great for even the most ancient of the immortal Vampires to combat - she created them, and their survival depends on her own.
After all, Akasha is used to getting everything she wants... and all she wants is Hell on Earth.
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, a Material Production, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED. Produced by Jorge Saralegui with the screenplay by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni, QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is based on 'The Vampire Chronicles' by Anne Rice.