| | | The Mother Of All Vampires|The mother of all vampires.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Digital (5.1), English, French, Spanish, Subtitled, Documentary
After years of slumber, the legendary vampire has awakened and found acceptance in a tattooed, pierced and black-clad world. He's a rock star. And his awesome punk-chic sound has echoed around the globe… and stirred to life the fearsome Mother Of All Vampires.
"Aaliyah nails her part." Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
"Directed with goth pizzazz and brains by Michael Rymer" David Hunter, Hollywood Reporter
"The special effects are top-notch... keeps the heart pumping." Larry Ratliff, San Antonio Express-News
"Erotic, scary, gothic and exciting. Move over, Dracula. The Queen has arrived!" Mike Sargent, WBAI-FM, New York
Editor's Note
A deep, dark, stylistic adaptation of the book by Anne Rice from her hugely popular series of vampire novels, THE QUEEN OF THE DAMNED is like a Nine Inch Nails rock video. Undernourished goth club kids are the focus of the film and they all look great with piercings, net t-shirts, tattoos, dyed hair, and dour facial expressions. The film follows the celebrity rock star Vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend), who has emerged from 200 years of solitude to show his face--and his vampire powers--to the world. He has assembled a goth band, makes regular media appearances, and has enchanted the world with his otherworldly mystique. In addition, he has planned one of the most controversial publicity stunts of all eternity: he is holding a one-night rock concert in California's Death Valley, inviting all vampires young and old (along with his extensive fan-base of mortals) to join him. As a side bar to this activity, the mortal Jesse, a young woman who works for the Talamasca society studying paranormal occurrences, has found a secret portal to the vampire world: a London pub where vamps hang out. There she meets Lestat and is instantly smitten with him, insisting on travelling to Death Valley to see his concert. Also en route to the show is the sleek and sexy Egyptian mother of all vampires Queen Akasha (Aaliyah), who has recently arisen from a 2,000-year nap in order to unleash hell on earth. From a distance, a wise band of vampires watch telepathically as Akasha, Lestat, and Jesse converge in Death Valley. But what nobody knows is that the headstrong Lestat, who is the most impulsive and irresponsible of immortal beings but practically a god in the eyes of mortals, is the only one who can defeat Akasha and save the world.
| Features | Scene Access | | Audio: English & French Dolby Digital 5.1 | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Interactive Menus | | Extended "Slept So Long" And "Not Meant For Me" Concert Sequences | | Production Book Stills Gallery | | DVD-ROM Features | | Commentary By The Director, Producer And Composer | | Three Full-Length Lestat Music Videos: "Forsaken." "Reedemer" and "System" | | Static X "Cold" Music Video | | Documentary "The Music Of Lestat" | | 30 Minutes Of Spellbinding Additional Scenes | | Gag Reel | | Widescreen Version | | Documentary "Aaliyah Remembered" | | Documentary "Creating The Vampires" |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 9/26/2006 |
| Running Time: 101 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 22186 | | UPC: 00085392218622 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
| Cast & Crew | Aaliyah | | Lena Olin | | Marguerite Moreau | | Stuart Townsend | | Vincent Perez | | Anne Rice - Based On Novel By | | Michael Rymer - Director | | Ian Baker - Director of Photography | | Danny Cooper - Editor | | Bill Gerber - Executive Producer | | Bruce Berman - Executive Producer | | Andrew Mason - Executive Producer | | Su Armstrong - Executive Producer | | Jonathan Davis - Musical Score | | Richard Gibbs - Musical Score | | Jorge Saralegui - Producer | | Graham "Grace" Walker - Production Designer | | Scott Abbott - Screenplay | | Michael Petroni - Screenplay |
| Awards |
MTV Movie Award (2002) | | | Aaliyah, Nominee, Best Villain |
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| | Professional Reviews | Hollywood Reporter
"...Directed with Goth pizazz and brains by Michael Rymer....The widescreen production shows affection for the genre..." 02/12/2002 p.15-39Total Film
"...[Aaliyah is] genuinely appealing as the Vamp queen....The action receives an excitement injection every time she appears..." 05/01/2002 p.94 |
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