i remember all the hype around this movie when aaliyah be kill . be a fan of ms. rice novel and my first thought be how can they do queen of the damn without do vampire lestat first . have finally see the movie and now i can see how they do it . if you have read these book and imagine take out the gory part from vampire lestat and cram marcus and marius into one character and and remove everything to do with lestat beginning ( the wolf hunt and his violin playing and the theatre of the vampire and and also louis and claudia and and gabrielle ) and then in the last 15 minute cram in queen of the damn . what we loose be a very important piece of lestat character . his inner agony of have to kill to live and the fact that he carefully try to select killer a his victim and and his love hate relationship with louis and armand and gabrielle and and all the other vampire . also important to the story be that we loose the story of the twin and which be the genesis of ms. rice vampire . and while i be sure the cannibalism be to intense for show on the screen and they could have do something closer and and show u more of ancient egypt . even bad and we have this love interest throw in between jessie and lestat . the vampire chronicle be basically an american yoni story . for those that do not know and yoni be another form of hentai ( japanese porn comic ) . but in yoni and it be about gay male relationship and tell by a female . while i be sure many men object to the gayness of the character and in this movie they go to the far extreme the opposite way . for instead of lestat persueing killer and he go after young female groupie . and the other flaw in logic and storyline be vast . at the begin lestat emerges from a century long sleep and then later on asks marius how he make it through the 1950 in red velvet . marius have no idea who elvis be and and say he sleep through that period . make you wonder how lestat know about 50 fashion and music and since he sleep through the same time period himself . and nothing be ever even mention about louis and claudia and or gabrielle . i think that be a huge shame . be like see snow white and the 3 dwarf . overall and the movie i think be really bad . about the only good thing about it be the soundtrack . most of the acting be poor and the accent drive me up the wall and and all of the really in depth part of the book be remove and leave u only with a hollow shell and kind of like enkil after he be suck dry . if you want to see a good modern vampire movie and get lose boy and the original interview with a vampire and or even some old episode of dark shadow . let this one rest in piece and with a stake through the heart and clove of garlic around the neck and and a vial of holy water in the mouth . in end and remember that before aaliyah be kill and this be intend to go straight to video and no theatrical release be plan . it be obvious now why this be . it be only sad that somebody as talented a she will be remember for this dog of a movie and instead of something where she really might have shin . i rate this a 2 on a scale of 1 10 .