There are many special features on this dvd release, including commentary with director michael rymer, producer jorge saralegui, and composer. Rymer also introduces the queen early on, in a form of marbleencased hibernation, and jesse marguerite moreau, a student of the paranormal who meets lestat outside a. Complications arise when a young woman marguerite moreau falls for lestat too. Marguerite moreau, who played katie in the 2001 cult favorite wet hot american summer. Stuart townsend, aaliyah, marguerite moreau, vincent perez, lena olin mpaa rating.
Stuart townsend, aaliyah, lena olin, paul mcgann, vincent perez show embed code. The queen of the damned is the third of anne rices vampire chronicles. Miriam, seven months pregnant with jesse, was driving a car when she got into an accident. For that audience this movie is more or less perfect. Feb 22, 2002 queen of the damned feels like a vampires life. Marguerite moreau and stuart townsend in queen of the damned. Moreaus salary must also be grand considering her phenomenal performance on stages. Queen of the damned stuart townsend aaliyah marguerite moreau 2002 the vampire lestat stuart townsend awakens after 100 years, becomes a rock star and unites with a female counterpart aaliyah. Marguerite moreau was born on april 25, 1977, in riverside, california to parents steven charles moreau and anne moreau. Queen of the damned 28 movie clip you should be more. Queen of the damned 2002 marguerite moreau as jesse imdb. She is best known for her role as jesse reeves in the horror film queen of the damned. Akasha, queen of the damned is a vampiress who breaks through the noise bringing a silence with her.
Interview with a vampire, vampire lestat and the queen of the damned leatherbound classics by anne rice 1 jan 2009 4. Forsaken, redeemer, system and static xs cold, extended slept so long and not meant for me concert sequences, gag reel, production book. Jesse was born to miriam reeves, a seventeenyearold girl who was raped by an older unidentified male. There could have been more character development on the main female character, jesse reeves. Taking up as the leader of an undead band, lestat gains fame but exposes vampires, drawing the attention of vampire enthusiast jesse. Queen of the damned by paul goldman, michael rymer. 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. Stuart townsend, aaliyah, marguerite moreau, vincent perez, lena olin, matthew newton, michael rymer, scott abbott. In the meantime, lestat becomes an object of fascination for jesse reeves marguerite moreau, member of a secret order studying the supernatural called the talamasca, and a band of ancient vampires come together in an effort to stop akasha, even though her destruction could potentially cause their own deaths. This baby is basically a quickie interpretation of the queen of the damned book, with a dash. She is best known for her role as jesse reeves in the fantasy horror film queen of the damned, katie in the comedy wet hot american summer, and her role in the.
The vampire lestat a pale, pretty stuart townsend awakens after a centurylong nap and discovers flamboyant metal music. Jul 28, 2015, what about brian, parenthood and shameless, and acted in the movies queen of the damned and runaway jury. Marguerite has regular role as an english teacher in the abc show life as we know it. Marguerite moreau, member of a secret order studying the supernatural called the talamasca, and a band of ancient vampires come together in. I suppose it captures the spirit of anne rices bestselling vampire chronicles, at least in that sense. One must regard this not as a film in the truly artistic sense, but as a form of vampire porn. Aaliyah remembered, creating the vampires and the music of lestat, 4 music videos. With aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau, vincent perez.
The queen of the damned dvd, 2002, widescreen for sale. Queen of the damned is an english movie directed by michael rymer released in the year 2002. Queen of the damned 2002 marguerite moreau as jesse. On the appeal of the genre video on video detective. It chronicles the trials of a group of modernday vampires locked in struggle to save the mortal humans from the first vampire, akasha, who has awoken from sixthousand years of sleep with a plan to kill all the males on earth in order to usher in a reign of peace. The queen of the damned 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. I like how the movie intertwined the history of vampires with that of mortals heritage. Queen of the damned 2002 michael rymer, paul goldman. Vampires are always in pose mode, which tends to make vampire movies into comedies. There are three basic categories of people who will want to see this movie, anne rice fans, aaliyah fans and vampire movie fans. The late aaliyah costars as an ancient, malevolent vampire queen who is awakened from her centuries long slumber by lestats rock tunes the infamous vampire has reinvented himself as a rock star in contemporary america and decides to make him her king. Marguerite moreau net worth earnings and income from her. Queen of the damned is a 2002 fantasyhorror film directed by michael rymer. Queen of the damned by paul goldman, michael rymer aaliyah.
Costumes, makeup, and sets are flamboyantly gothic. Large and intriguing chunks of both novels had to be cut or compressed, but what remains is a fairly gripping yarn with just a few key characters, including marius, an ancient roman vampire played with. Fullscreen version, additional scenes, commentary by director michael rymer, producer jorge saralegui and composer richard gibbs, 3 documentaries. A lot of the dialogue is declamatory, and many sentences are versions of together, we will, can, must rule, change. Anne rice did not care for this film adaptation of her novel, queen of the damned but i remember seeing it as a young girl and absolutely loving it especially the films. Undernourished goth club kids are the focus of the film and they all look great with piercings, net tshirts, tattoos, dyed hair, and dour facial expressions. She has also made appearances on the popular television series smallville, lost, cupid and the o. She is best known for her role as katie in the comedy cult film wet hot american summer, and her role in the mighty ducks series of films. One must regard this not as a film in the truly artistic sense, but as a form of vampire porn, created for a very specific audience, intentionally or not. Anne rices vampire chronicle books and their respective movies were such a huge part of my teenage years. The stark horror of nosferatu has long since dribbled down into overwrought melodrama. Jessica miriam reeves or jesse reeves was a witch and later vampire who is part of maharets great family. As akasha, the queen of all who are damned to eternal night and grueling solitude and such, she enters a nightclub. Michael rymer starring aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau god, where to begin.
His music also awakens the queen of the damned, akasha the first vampire, who decides to make lestat her king. Based on the third installment of anne rices the vampire chronicles, it is a sequel of sorts to the 1994 film interview with the vampire. Michael rymer starring aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau. If you want to see a vampire struggling to survive immortality, and screwing it up. Stuart townsend, aaliyah, marguerite moreau, et al. Season 4 im a liver not a fighter gordon clapp as ben and marguerite moreau as. She is best known for her role as jesse reeves in the fantasy horror film queen of the damned, katie in the comedy wet hot american summer, and her role in the mighty ducks series of films.
Extensive flashbacks tell of lestats previous nascence as a vampire, and a serious love story unfolds between him and an admiring mortal marguerite moreau. It chronicles the trials of a group of modernday vampires locked in struggle to save the mortal humans from the first vampire, akasha, who has awoken from sixthousand years of sleep. The second and third novels in author anne rices popular book series the vampire chronicles provide the inspiration for this horror sequel starring illfated actress and recording artist aaliyah, who was killed in an airplane crash before the films release. But the real fun is watching lestat as a contemporary. Unlike its predecessor, though, this film plays very fast and loose with the events of the original novel the story begins when the vampire lestat stuart townsend. This movie had aaliyah, stuart townsend, marguerite moreau in the lead roles of the film premise no data available. Queen of the damned combines the plot elements from the two disappointing novels anne rice cranked out as the sequels to interview with the vampire and contrives to be better than the book it is named after, but not by much.
It helps that the script is an amalgam of queen of the damned and the vampire lestat, the much better book that preceded it in the series. Forsaken, redeemer, system and static xs cold, extended slept so long and not meant for me concert sequences, gag reel, production book stills. Marguerite moreau portrays her in the 2002 film, queen of the damned. The vampire thriller queen of the damned comes to dvd on warner home video with a 2. Well, no, at least not in michael rymers queen of the damned. Queen of the damned is a 2002 australianamerican horror film, and a loose adaptation of the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the latter novels predecessor, the vampire lestat. Here, rock and roll is seductive and evil, and leads only to damnation as if to suggest that. Queen of the damned is a 2002 horror film directed by michael rymer, loosely based on the third novel of anne rices the vampire chronicles series, the queen of the damned, although the film contains many plot elements from the novels predecessor the vampire lestat. Although interview with the vampire is one of anne rices most compelling novels and queen of the damned one of her most scattershot, this film adaptation of the latter still manages to be more entertaining by a factor of ten than neil jordans hit version of the earlier book. The most important book totv adaptations coming in 2020.