i be usually not inclined to write review about film i do not think deserve a mention . but and in the quest to grow a a writer and film critic and i feel it be important to express my thought when i dont like a film . queen of the damn be one of those film . anne rice popular horror story of lestat and a bisexual vampire and first take to the screen in 1994 in the successful an interview with a vampire . star two of hollywood big heavyweight in tom cruise and brad pitt and the film stylish aesthetic and gothic mise en scene capture the audience . while it may have be a case of style way over substance and there be something about it that work and despite it chessiness ( i have never be that enamour with the vampire genre in general ) . since that time brad pitt and tom cruise have go on to much big thing . it likely both would have roar with laughter when ask to appear in a sequel . they would have be laugh even hard when they saw the final outcome . queen of the damned typifies the type of crp hollywood be content to put out at a low cost with the hope of earn a quick buck thanks to an average soundtrack and big marketing campaign aim at 13 to 17 year old . needless to say this film be terrible from the start . lestat and now play by brit stuart townsend of shoot fish fame and awakens from his dark grave to the sound of . you guess it and nu metal . he freak out some confused punkish musician and join their band and under the proviso that he only appear at night and what with the sun burn his skin and all during the day . jesse ( marguerite moreau ) and a student study the paranormal ( vampire study 101 perhaps . ) and try to find out if lestat really be who he say he be . along the way she fall for him ( something to do with her odd past ) and but have a little competition in queen akasha ( aaliyah ) and a vampire demon queen who be return from the underworld to acquire lestat a her chosen king . the film be shamefully self indulgant and yet it campy tone leave some room for it depreciate humour . anybody who see this film for anything but a good laugh need to see more film in general . watch townsend be enjoyable . he know the role be utterly over the top and do his best to walk the tightrope between utter hamming and serious acting . the late aaliyah be and unfortunately and terrible in the title role . she have minimal screentime and and what she do have she do not use to the full . the poor makeup and special effect do not help while at time she sound like she talk through a voicebox . it be rumour that this film be head straight to video until aaliyah untimely death last year . with the possibility for people to see her final film and warner bros put this out to a general release . otherwise this would have be one of those movie you see on the shelf at video shop but avoid because you can tell it be go to be simply terrible . no doubt film like this will continue to be make . look at the spate of teen rom com rip off around or the spoofing of that genre itself with film like not another teen movie . if there be a market to exploit hollywood will do so . the big issue i have with this film be not the film itself . hollywood be about make money and so if there be a market for this film then they will pursue it . that business . but what concern me the most be that people will actively go out to the cinema and pay money to watch it . i guess that the big argument in the world of cinema represent be film art first and entertainment second and or be it the other way around . the only people who can decide that be the audience . if you like and be intrigue by good film and stay clear of this turkey .