i haven not read the anne rice novel that this movie be base on and but who know and maybe read the book be cheap than rent queen of the damned and be probably well for your health . it isn not that this movie be necessarily bad for your health and but a book can be very relaxing and certainly exercise the active part of your brain more so than this movie . you can count the number of page by anne rice that i have read on one hand and but after see this movie and interview with a vampire and i get the feeling that she write really good novel . the plot for both movie hint at a whole sea of deep and interwoven vampire history . still and stuart townsend voice over narration get a heck of a lot more annoy than brad pitt vampire narrative ever do and and you can tell that queen of the damned limited production resource barely give enough flesh to the anne rice storyline . while interview decide to go with lace and elegance and queen relies on low budget special effect that try really hard to be take seriously . one can see that the original novel have potential a a movie and that the production team focus it attention in the wrong place . the costume and rock and roll stage could have be replace with more blood and an eerie soundtrack . however and i will give credit where credit be due . the soundtrack be excellent . korn and disturb have me down with the sickness bob my noggin like butthead . the film open with a very cool goth rock zoom and splice montage and but after the first ten minute or so and the directing degenerate quickly . it a if the movie be so long that the director realize that there wasn not enough time and enough money to do an anne rice novel justice . what result be some mediocre vampire scene and plenty of cheesy special effect . unfortunately and queen of the damn fails to do the genre justice just a it john carpenter counterpart fail to impress . where be the yellow contact . where the pale blue make up . scene after scene and i shake my head reminisce about the day of salem lot and fright night when low budget be do right . there be redeem quality though that save this movie from be garbage . prop to aaliyah and and may her soul forever rest in peace . she might have become a renowned actress and have her life not be take from u so prematurely and for she do give this movie a decent performance with plenty of nice belly dance . do i mention that the soundtrack be good . let see and what else can i say . it wasn not too long . the anne rice novel could have easily be a three hour movie if an ambitious director like francis ford coppola get his hand on it . there be a few twist and turn here and there in the plot . but all in all it be a legitimate rock and roll addition to the slew of second rate vampire movie out there . the director of this movie go on to direct a new battlestar galactica mini series if that tell you anything . jyjimboduck dot com .