i quite this anne rice book adaption . while most of the film be film here in australia it offer a great amount of scenery and a fantastic area to shoot in . lestat ( stuart townsend ) have recently wake up from a long period time of sleep and have decide to betray his vampire oath by reveal himself to a band . when he become a popular movie icon his fellow vampire and understadebly and go mad and plot his death . meanwhile jesse ( marguerite moreau ) a orphaned member of the supernatural study and who have an ancient vampire family tree and have become deeply obsessed with lestat . her bos david ( paul mcgann ) understand her obsession and revaeals his obsession with the vampire marius and ( vincent perez ) who be an ancient vampire and the man who make lestat a vampire too . jesse be give lestats diary and read of his first killing and an encounter with the queen of the damn akasha ( aaliyah ) . when lestat hold a concert in death valley he receive news that not only will angry vampire be there akasha may come as well . meanwhile akasha have other plan . she go to a vampire coven and a bar and and kill everyone in her path . with lestat tempt with royality and love care by akasha the ancient vampires consist of marius and jesses aunt maharet ( lena olin ) plot against them . join her or die . i think the film be fantastic and it have great fight scene and great music and great location . aaliyah sadly pass away in a plane crash shortly before the film premiere and but she look stun on the set and off the set . i give this film positive because it be a fantastic film and i urge you to see it .