Seriously! I don't even really like these "look how sxc i am i walk slow nd am so pretty nd ohhh" But her acting isn't like that, it's like you said, a snake slithering. Man, she would have been huge...
Here's a fact the role that Christian Slater played was originally supposed to be played by the late river Phoenix but a month before shooting he tragically died in honor of river Christian gave a portion of the money to some of rivers favorite charities
Bruh, I thought it was just me. It literally feels like a story within a story. I was INVESTED inthe flashback so that I forgot what I was reading. Mekare was my favorite
I fully admit I learned about Anne Rice and her books thanks to Interview with the Vampire. Once I learned it was based on a book I went to my local library and hassled the librarians for all of Rice's books. I have a soft spot for Rice's vampire chronicles. Never cared much for Witches though lol
I was right there with you......and then I read "Blackwood Farm" and that was the segway for me to get into the witches. Still on team vampire, but at least it made the witches matter to me. Don't waste your time with her werewolf book. Its lame.
Aaliyahs brother did all Akasha's voicelines after she died, that is why her voice sounds ethereal. Another fun fact, Jonathan Davis is in the scene where they pick out the girls to go to Lestat. He portrays a ticket scalper.
Why do I get a weird feeling from this?? Her brother??? Granted, I don't think that I gave the movie much of a chance at the tune and certainly don't recall it being Aaliyah...but why? Why her brother? So many different options and a brother and sister don't particularly sound alike, especially during a role. It's really weird to me. Did it not turn out that way on screen and/or am I the only one that feels this? Lol
Both are good movies, and while Queen of the Damned butchers the book, it is still one of the best vampire movies out there. I have read the book multiple times and watched the movie over and over, and I can separate the two and enjoy them independently of each other.
I agree I love queen of the damned and I think if you never read the books or seen interview it’s a brilliant film but as a “sequel” it’s terrible I love the books there my favourite and go too reads I would love to see the series redone true to the books but I do love both films
In the deleted scene she says something like “lestat lestat, come out come out wherever you are” as she exits the burning bar and I hate it so freaking much that they deleted it.
The telepathic link between maker and child is only in the movies, in the books vampires are able to sense the presence and read the minds of other vampires, excepts their child's or maker, Armand warns Lestat that he will use the dark gift just for the company, but in the end he will always be alone due to the previous reason. In the book Lestat Turns his Mother Gabriell and Love interest Miki, and he was unable to feel or read them, like how he does other vampires, eventually Miki grew to hate him the moment he was turned, and his mother had completely different ideal (he wants to live with civilization while she was to avoid it)which is why she and Lestat eventually part ways. Not long after that he meets Marius.
Yes, accurate, except his lover the violinist is called Nicki (Nicolas) not Miki. He would not have a sire bond with Marius regardless, even if there was such a thing, because Marius did not sire him, he just mentored him.
For way of small correction The movie Queen of the Damned covered both The Vampire Lestat & The Queen of the Damned novels (poorly I might add as it leaves out several characters in each novel and fails to tell just whom the Children of the Millenia are ) as such the second novel in the the Vampire Chronicles was not skipped in the least. That said great video & I enjoy your channel.
Agreed. There was so much material in the "Vampire Lestat" that by itself probably required 2 movies at running time of 150 minutes. Then attempt to squish 2 novels into 1 movie. I had to look at the movie for what it is and it definitely had a killer sound track.
This comment is the understatement of the century. The stupid movie was so busy trying to cover both books that it nearly failed to cover either book. It didn't just leave characters out, it changed whole plots! Marius did not create Lestat! The vampires in Ann's universe aren't bats that hiss at one another. Leave that crap to the Blade trilogy LOL!! Suuuuuuch an awful movie.
Anne Rice is my favorite author and The Vampire Lestat my favorite book. They should have just said the movie Queen of the Damned was "loosely based" on the books. They changed so many components that it scarcely resembled the books' universe at all. In addition to the differences that others have stated, at one point Marius tells Lestat he could have found him at any time because he created him, whereas in the books the only vampires they COULDN'T telepathically connect with were the ones they created or were created by. I had to forget I ever read the books to be able to enjoy the movie and if it weren't for the awesome soundtrack and Stuart Townsend being hot I don't think I would have. Why did they all sound like Transylvanian Draculas? 😖
While I knew Interview was based off a book, I honestly didn't know Queen of the D*mned was a sequel to Interview. I honestly never connected the two. I enjoyed both movies. Both Lestat performances were fascinating
The old vampire clad in white is the creator of Marius btw, he was a vampire that was trapped in a giant oak and Marius was given as a sacrifice by the druids tending to the oak and the vampire inside believing the vampire to be a forest god. The vampire was badly burned due do an event that happened thousand of years ago where Akasha was exposed to sunlight in an attempt to kill her, this was done by Maharets twin sister. Maharet had her eyes plugged out before she was turned and her twin sister her tongue. (oh you explained this right after I wrote this xD) In the book Maharets sister is the one that drinks the last drop of blood from Akasha and absorbs her essence. Also Akasha is made from a demon summoning ritual (Amel) and she's inhabited by said demon (at least a part of it, this might've been retconned later on when Anne Rice started mixing God, Jesus and the Devil into the lore)
@@thejason755 I generally feel her writing went a bit down hill, but it is understandable. Her husband was sick at the time and eventually died, that's when it all took a shift and she became way more religious.
@@coganLollins My favorite is Blood and Gold. It is the story about Marius (he's in Queen of the Damned, but looks nothing like the books) He's such a compelling character and he's by far my favorite next to Lestat. The two are very opposite of each other.
the old vampire in white wasn't marius's maker, he is khayman who was the head steward in the court of akasha and enkil when they were human, and he was the first person they turned into a vampire, if i remember right marius's maker was mael a druid
“Antonio banderas who you might remember from spy kids,” God you guys are so young 👵🏾👵🏾 The twins don’t heal completely. Maharet steals eyes from her victims to gain sight and Mekare still does not speak
That made me laugh when I heard it. Spy Kids!? Really!? That's the height of Antonio Banderas' career? THAT is the movie we might remember him from!? 🤣
Reading this series got me through a tough jail bid. Was incredible how much I fell in love with the character Marius. Far as the movies go, it's been far too long since I've seen them, ill have to go back and re-watch them again after seeing this video. Think ill do that this weekend. Great Video!
Marius is a fantastic character, reading his story in Blood and Gold was fantastic. I actually made a video on his life and it was very interesting rediscovering his story
@@jonesy6116 hahaha, it was out mate was baby 💩 soft on there. I was just in my teens early 20s. Back when I couldn't be told shit. From what I understand though. Guys read anything in there these days. Harry Potter is even high on the buy list according to books a million the online site that we had to buy from in York Co.
This was done wonderfully!! I am an enormous Chronicles fan and your video here was really well done. PLEASE do one on just Akasha and that whole ancient situation.
The whole origins story of akasha is incredible, which is why the QOTD movie is so disappointing.. something that seems to be a big challenge is converting Anne’s work to the big screen, let’s hope AMC do the new series justices
Fellow Vampire lovers read *THE VAMPIRE LESTAT* It is almost a complete history of vampires from the Celtic 'god of the wood' to the very first 'mother and father' in Egypt It is not only my favorite depictions of vampires but is my favorite book of all time.
Tom Cruise nailed that role to the wall Lestat is one of my top favorite characters in fantasy horror (?) literature. The cast of "Interview with the vampire" was a damn hit! I love that movie!
I can't imagine the actor playing Lestat in the new TV series doing a better job. The whole movie was being held up by Tom Cruise and his performance. Even with Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas, i can't imagine their performances being able to hold up without him. Especially Pitt's Louis. He needed Cruise to bounce off of otherwise i think it would have been very 2D and boring.
Well I think Tom Cruise was dedicated to the character as he actually read the novels and he immersed himself being Lestat. Pitt couldn’t read more than a chapter he found it boring but I did think he was pretty good at playing Louis.
@@jazcc yes you're correct, but I don't think she thought it treated Enkil as such and as her equal. Enkil and Khayman were both the only that are first generations
It always bugged me that they never acknowledged Khayman in the movie for the big deal he actually is. In the book, when Akasha is traveling the world and burning all the lesser vampires, her power sweeps across him and is unable to burn him. It's a very badass scene for a character that's pretty low key, even in the books. They also never acknowledge that it was Khayman that turned Maharet and Mekare into vampires, thus granting them their chance at revenge. After QotD, Khayman is the oldest vampire in the world.
@@derek96720 exactly, afterwards he is only second in power to Mekare (since she took Akasha into herself). But he truly is a badass, that I think they should have had a lot more of in the movie and for me in the books too.
Thanks for uploading this. You did an awesome job. Yes, I’d be interested in you doing a video about Akasha, or any of the other characters from this series of books. I’m so saddened by Anne Rice death.
Yes ! I loved Being Human UK 😍. US version is ok though, but to me UK version is so much better (characters and stories...). And you which version did you prefer ?
Oh I loved the UK version. But I wish we'd have just one series where they don't portray vampires as essentially drug addicts when blood is their supposed only sustenance, ya know, it's their food. Why must they always be the bigger person and starve themselves? Just another take on it.
I've always been an Anne Rice fan since the 90's and when I finally read all of the vampire chronicles books it makes sense. They really turned down how crazy Akasha was from the books. She didn't want all humans dead she wanted Men dead. She hated them. I was also an Aaliyah fan since she started and was so excited to hear she was going to portray Akasha, then she died in 2001. The spirit Mael technically wasn't good or evil but he liked the taste of blood so Maharet and Maekre used him against Akasha but didn't know that she would die and the spirit would fuse with her.
So...I just saw an ad for a new Interview with the Vampire series, and just by what they showed on the ad I can see that they have completely changed story. Why do they feel the need to do things like this? It is an absolutely amazing story and there is enough there to fill up a series without changing every damn thing. If Anne was alive they NEVER would have gotten away with this!
I enjoyed the queen's viciousness in this movie but that's it. The movie changed and left sooo many things out. Marius was not La stat's maker, he was Armand's maker. Magnus was la stat's maker. The way they killed the queen was a lot more vicious in the book.
I liked both of these movies..but sad that we were unable to see more of Aaliyah's acting talent im sure she would went on to make more movies...Stake Land and Stake Land II were both pretty good Vampire movies. I think you will enjoy both
The Vampire Chronicles started me back reading for pleasure while in college......many moons ago....I read all of them.....and still have them on my book shelf. While I did enjoy both movies (Interview is one of my Favorite movies), the books are sooooooo AMAZING. To this day Queen of the Damned is probably my favorite book of ALL TIME! ❤
I love your channel, and I just wanted to share an interesting take on vampires from a Dutch book series that was never translated in English from the late 90's/early 2000s, the Valentina Hellebel books by the late author Eddy C. Bertin. It's age demographic is similar to R.L Stine's books and mixes Lovecraftian horror with folklore and witchcraft and bits of religious horror. The vampires of the story are the Delcruza family. Originally a human noble (aristocratic) family of Portuguese descent who were active in slave trade. Forced by a circumstances, they were forced to go back to Europe, buying a mansion in a village called Huyze Steenveld in 1859. However, this village was essentially cursed. The mansion they bought, was previously occupied by a wizard dabbling in the dark arts, Alphonsius Ghelai who had a background in astronomy and alchemy. To achieve immortality, he called upon the power of the comet that was linked to the astrological sign Scorpio, which is why the comet was given the name 'Ghelai Scorpio'. The comet was a cosmic force, a mother and her child. Her child fell down to earth and Alphonsius trapped it within the darkest form of magic, something called the Nightside. The Nightside are dimensions of pure evil, calling it 'hell' would be an understatement. He studied the cosmic child intently, and after realizing it needed blood to survive, started studying vampire legends. Only the child couldn't tolerate human blood, for the child wasn't human themselves. It thought it would starve, until Alphonsius sacrificed 15 people, one for each star in the Scorpio zodiac. He drank each of their blood, and having drank the blood of the child as well, transformed. Then, he started feeding the child his own blood and thus, a forced partnership was born. Alphonsius quickly grew tired of it, however. He didn't liked drinking blood, and made vampires out of his victims so the child could feed off of them instead. His immortality and power weren't his true desire, that was ultimate knowledge. In his search of it, he did started to understand things humans couldn't possibly fathom, but it also drove him insane. He committed suicide, but not before ordering his vampire slaves to make a magical machine that would keep the child trapped, for he hated the child after realizing he couldn't handle ultimate knowledge. His vampire slaves eventually left, and became the classical vampires as we know them. The Delcruza family, wasn't as lucky. Each of them were Scorpio, and you can only become a vampire if you're a Scorpio. Having no slaves to feed herself, the child turnt the family into her slaves (considering the Delcruzas were dealing in slave trade, one can say karma is a bitch). To lure in innocent victims, the Delcruza family are human by day. In their human forms, they have no memory of being vampires, being immortal or anything. The only way to get them to remember, is when they try to leave the village but they get sick the further they go. So they are doomed to go back and have their memories whiped. When night time approaches, they get sickly looking white spots on their faces, that seem to grow as darker as it gets outside, and seem to slowly become aware of their true nature. When its night, they vomit out all of their food, because they cannot process it. Their tongues grow, and resemble thick worms. Their eyes are generally white as well, as the Nightside's trademark colour is a sickly white and its territory can get a bit foggy (like Silent Hill). Whilst in this state they fully remember, but they do not feel remorse for their victims in their vampire state. In their human state, nearby the edges of town, they can be compassionate and try to get humans to escape before they become dinner. Their cruel nature as their vampire selves is likely the Nightside's influence, as it corrupts anyone, regardless of their nature as it also did with the child. They feast on anyone they can find, and when the Nightside's influence is at its strongest, the child manifests through Nightside servants called the Vampcats, who feed upon the vampires in return as the child still cannot consume human blood. The Vampcats, are as you can imagine, crossbreeds between a bat and a cat. Alphonsius, obsessed with the vampire myths, shaped the child's physical manifestation into a bat, but the child was actually fond of the cats walking around the village and wanted to take their shape instead, resulting into a crossbreed. By night, the Delcruza fear the Vampcats, and by day, they loathe them with their eldest, Nigel, hunting them often in his human state but he never managed to kill one. Because of the constant deaths, the village eventually grew abandoned, with the Delcruzas final contact with human society having seemingly ended around the 60s, as evidenced by Nigel being a huge Elvis Presley fan and not being aware he died decades ago as well as him and his little sister Paula wearing old fashioned jeans. Eventually, they are killed by the child when the comet was at the sky once again, and having tricked the heroine Valentina into the village, forced her to destroy Alphonsius' machine as the child is homesick and just wanted to go back to its mom. With their reunion came an end to the curse on the Huyze Steenveld village.
Thank you for your excellent reviews of the books turned into movies . It made me want to watch them again. I've read all the books and enjoyed most of them. Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas were what you would like vampires to look like. Aliyah was great too. So very sad that she died before the movie was out. RIP to her and Anne Rice.
I love the longer format that your videos are! I get why you want to make them shorter for the casual viewer but the long recaps are stuff I love to listen to while on long walk, so please don’t take them away. Also I think this was one of your best videos yet!
Working on a video creating some parallels between sex/relationships & Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Have been looking for some more Lore content to brush up on, so I definitely appreciate this from you. You always kill the vampire content.
I aspire to one day write supernatural lore interesting enough for you to make a video on it haha! Great video as always! Always love learning new lore from other franchises :)
In the book Armand describes the vampires Lestat made as "the silent ones" to him, and Lestat agrees because Lestat can read every mind except for the minds of his vampire children. however the children can reach each other's mind. Marius can know where Lestat is because he is 2000 years old. The movie fucks it up. In the book is Marius who introduces those who must be kept to Lestat, and Akasha tells Lestat her name, Lestat feels afraid and terrified but then Marius talks to him and explains stuff about them and Marius offers Akasha blood to him, but warns him, Akasha's blood is the purest blood it will make you stronger and if you are like that and you are burned you will live like a husk for centuries it is going to be painful, so be sure that what you want is true immortality. The Talamaska observes all supernatural creatures, not just vampires.
I believe the Talamasca also appears in the Mayfair Witches. I thought the observed all supernatural activities not just vampires. However it's literally been a couple decades since I've read the books. Lol
In the Queen of the Damned film there’s a end scene after Lestrat & Jessie walk away. Where Marius visits David the implication that he turns David and has a new companion. Or maybe they just have a lovely chat. I like to think either way their relationship is ambiguous platonic.
ill give the outfit department high marks for their clothing choices. to this day THAT shirt Lastat wore during the concert i stil want to know where i could get one similar to that ;)
Heath Ledger would have been a very intriguing choice for Lestat, i was ruined for Lestat by Tom Cruise, by far the best Lestat! Heath would have definitely brought a new dimension to the charaster. RIP Heath!
Aaliyah was perfect for this role. The only other interpretation I would've been interested in would have been Whitney Houston in 1991. However this film came out in 1998 in which Whitney was in no position physically or mentally to take on this role. Nonetheless great film and Aaliyah gave an incredible performance.
That's strange because Anne Rice said that Tom Cruise did the best job of bringing Lestat to life on the camera. She said something like she couldn't imagine anyone doing it better because it was so damn close to what she imagined. She even took out pages in the New York Times to praise him and apologise for slating him when he was first cast for the role.
Me too, I think Stuart was perfect as an alluring vampire, if he wanted to, he can look dangerous, but for other humans he just look mysterious, desirable etc. For me Tom was just creepy, which was great for Interview, but he wouldn't be the the 'rock star'...
@@paigeconnelly4244 From what I remember, she was mad that they put two books together, but the truth is that they didn't have time or money to make two movies separately, the time for having rights to the story was ending and making just Vampire Lestat, when it's so connected to Queen Of the Damned would be like making half movie. Also Lestat in the Interview with the Vampire and Lestat in the Queen of the Damned (both books and movies) is not the same. In the 'Interview...' we get to know him thought Louis eyes, it's his story, so the way Lestat was portraited by Tom was great, he was creepy, murderous, he didn't really care about others, he only said he did and he didn't do anything that wasn't actually for his enjoyment. Lestat from the other movie and other books is not like that, he was a brat, but he wasn't the complete monster. He was more complicated and he actually had feelings. I wish he would get the complete story with all characters, but money and time won.
Great film , Killer Soundtrack (definitely overplayed at parties) but so many missed opportunities in this movie (speaking as someone whos read the books quite a few times)
I believe you (and the movie) both glossed over the fact that Claudia was infected with plague when Lestat turned her into a vampire. She's angry that she doesn't get to age, but Lestat merely saved her from dying, and growing old was not an option for her. I enjoyed the video!
Great job. I have read mist of her books and some more than a few times. Her vampire lore is the most fleshed out than any other I've read or watched. I had a fun time reading her books in high school however I did not read them in order due to having to search different libraries to find them lol. I think I'll read them again now.
I love both movies. I really love Queen of the Dammed's music though. I'm a huge Korn fan and a huge fan of all the music played in the movie. I would definitely watch anything else done about these 2 movies and I would watch anything else put out for these books.
Aaliyahs portrayal of Akasha was, memorizing, she really did look like some ancient snake slithering around
To much. Yaba yaba
HELLO DAVID
She had an affinity for snakes.
Seriously! I don't even really like these "look how sxc i am i walk slow nd am so pretty nd ohhh"
But her acting isn't like that, it's like you said, a snake slithering. Man, she would have been huge...
You just like Aaliyah and I loved her,,,,, but u clearly never read the books !!!
Here's a fact the role that Christian Slater played was originally supposed to be played by the late river Phoenix but a month before shooting he tragically died in honor of river Christian gave a portion of the money to some of rivers favorite charities
Very true and very tragic
Do the vampires from dusk till dawn !
Yes I forgot to mention that thanks!
A lesson in why you don’t do drugs.
Mad yea he overdosed in Johnny Depp's club, sniffed H and took valium
I absolutely loved the performance of aaliyah in queen of the damned it's sad she died so young 💝💝😍😥😢😭
It was her own damn fault.
@@williamwinder5011 wasn't it a plane crash???
@@joedivision7148 it was… but I guess that her fault according to this guy
@@_LetsGoMe_ Don't bother.
She'll forever be young. Never aged, just like a vampire. Rest in peace sweet girl
"... Antonio Banderas, who you might remember from 'Spy Kids' ... "; You, sir, are a comedic genius! Hats off.
Right? And then the part when he mentions Heath ledger lol 😅 what a genuine soul
Yeah he disrespected Zoro like that wtf!
The Ancient Egypt portion of the book has always been my favorite! Would love a full video
Pandora was definitely my favorite of the books.
Bruh, I thought it was just me. It literally feels like a story within a story. I was INVESTED inthe flashback so that I forgot what I was reading. Mekare was my favorite
I fully admit I learned about Anne Rice and her books thanks to Interview with the Vampire. Once I learned it was based on a book I went to my local library and hassled the librarians for all of Rice's books.
I have a soft spot for Rice's vampire chronicles. Never cared much for Witches though lol
same here , i stopped after the first witches book. my favorite one is blood and gold btw !
I like the witches too esp the first book
I was right there with you......and then I read "Blackwood Farm" and that was the segway for me to get into the witches. Still on team vampire, but at least it made the witches matter to me. Don't waste your time with her werewolf book. Its lame.
I love the Mayfair witches. Long read but great book
Oh dear book lovers, will love to see an adaptation of Blood and gold !
Aaliyahs brother did all Akasha's voicelines after she died, that is why her voice sounds ethereal.
Another fun fact, Jonathan Davis is in the scene where they pick out the girls to go to Lestat.
He portrays a ticket scalper.
That’s really cool!
He's also the singing voice of Lestat in the film.
@@coganLollins loving your channel bro have you heard of the Werewolf movie called Ginger snaps?
i swear there was a dude in the movie that looked like peter or lemmy as well
Why do I get a weird feeling from this?? Her brother??? Granted, I don't think that I gave the movie much of a chance at the tune and certainly don't recall it being Aaliyah...but why? Why her brother? So many different options and a brother and sister don't particularly sound alike, especially during a role. It's really weird to me. Did it not turn out that way on screen and/or am I the only one that feels this? Lol
Definitely a video on Akasha. The ancient lore of Rice's vampire world always fascinated me.
Both are good movies, and while Queen of the Damned butchers the book, it is still one of the best vampire movies out there. I have read the book multiple times and watched the movie over and over, and I can separate the two and enjoy them independently of each other.
I totally agree! I loved the movie and then read the book.. I appreciate both on their own but there are some die hards on either side
It's extremely underrated
I agree I love queen of the damned and I think if you never read the books or seen interview it’s a brilliant film but as a “sequel” it’s terrible I love the books there my favourite and go too reads I would love to see the series redone true to the books but I do love both films
This
Loved the novels. Loved the first movie, hated the second. And for me, the best vampire movie is Near Dark. I have a thing for "Vasquez."
In the deleted scene she says something like “lestat lestat, come out come out wherever you are” as she exits the burning bar and I hate it so freaking much that they deleted it.
If you watch the uncut version, all the deleted scene are in the movie and she does say the “lestat lestat, come out come out wherever you are”
The other deleted scenes add more about who the other Vampires are too, that completely seemed random without them.
The telepathic link between maker and child is only in the movies, in the books vampires are able to sense the presence and read the minds of other vampires, excepts their child's or maker, Armand warns Lestat that he will use the dark gift just for the company, but in the end he will always be alone due to the previous reason. In the book Lestat Turns his Mother Gabriell and Love interest Miki, and he was unable to feel or read them, like how he does other vampires, eventually Miki grew to hate him the moment he was turned, and his mother had completely different ideal (he wants to live with civilization while she was to avoid it)which is why she and Lestat eventually part ways. Not long after that he meets Marius.
Yes, accurate, except his lover the violinist is called Nicki (Nicolas) not Miki.
He would not have a sire bond with Marius regardless, even if there was such a thing, because Marius did not sire him, he just mentored him.
Yeah he was so obsessed with his mother but in the end she saw being a vampire as starting a whole new life without him in it.
I love the world and ideas that Anne Rice gave us.
RIP Anne Rice.
Same I wish that I have a mind that is beautiful as her ❤️😭
For way of small correction The movie Queen of the Damned covered both The Vampire Lestat & The Queen of the Damned novels (poorly I might add as it leaves out several characters in each novel and fails to tell just whom the Children of the Millenia are ) as such the second novel in the the Vampire Chronicles was not skipped in the least. That said great video & I enjoy your channel.
Agreed. There was so much material in the "Vampire Lestat" that by itself probably required 2 movies at running time of 150 minutes. Then attempt to squish 2 novels into 1 movie. I had to look at the movie for what it is and it definitely had a killer sound track.
Thank you! 🙏
This comment is the understatement of the century. The stupid movie was so busy trying to cover both books that it nearly failed to cover either book. It didn't just leave characters out, it changed whole plots! Marius did not create Lestat! The vampires in Ann's universe aren't bats that hiss at one another. Leave that crap to the Blade trilogy LOL!! Suuuuuuch an awful movie.
Anne Rice is my favorite author and The Vampire Lestat my favorite book. They should have just said the movie Queen of the Damned was "loosely based" on the books. They changed so many components that it scarcely resembled the books' universe at all. In addition to the differences that others have stated, at one point Marius tells Lestat he could have found him at any time because he created him, whereas in the books the only vampires they COULDN'T telepathically connect with were the ones they created or were created by.
I had to forget I ever read the books to be able to enjoy the movie and if it weren't for the awesome soundtrack and Stuart Townsend being hot I don't think I would have. Why did they all sound like Transylvanian Draculas? 😖
And they changed things, like Lestat's maker.
While I knew Interview was based off a book, I honestly didn't know Queen of the D*mned was a sequel to Interview. I honestly never connected the two. I enjoyed both movies. Both Lestat performances were fascinating
The old vampire clad in white is the creator of Marius btw, he was a vampire that was trapped in a giant oak and Marius was given as a sacrifice by the druids tending to the oak and the vampire inside believing the vampire to be a forest god.
The vampire was badly burned due do an event that happened thousand of years ago where Akasha was exposed to sunlight in an attempt to kill her, this was done by Maharets twin sister.
Maharet had her eyes plugged out before she was turned and her twin sister her tongue. (oh you explained this right after I wrote this xD)
In the book Maharets sister is the one that drinks the last drop of blood from Akasha and absorbs her essence.
Also Akasha is made from a demon summoning ritual (Amel) and she's inhabited by said demon (at least a part of it, this might've been retconned later on when Anne Rice started mixing God, Jesus and the Devil into the lore)
I feel as though Rice adding angels and demons to the chronicles instead of walling it off in it’s own separate universe was a mistake.
@@thejason755 I generally feel her writing went a bit down hill, but it is understandable.
Her husband was sick at the time and eventually died, that's when it all took a shift and she became way more religious.
That’s really cool, I need to read the novels for sure!
@@coganLollins My favorite is Blood and Gold. It is the story about Marius (he's in Queen of the Damned, but looks nothing like the books)
He's such a compelling character and he's by far my favorite next to Lestat. The two are very opposite of each other.
the old vampire in white wasn't marius's maker, he is khayman who was the head steward in the court of akasha and enkil when they were human, and he was the first person they turned into a vampire, if i remember right marius's maker was mael a druid
Ah Queen of the Damned, every goth teenager’s sexual awakening in the 2000s
yes lmfao
Absolutely
That tub scene...holyyyyy
“Antonio banderas who you might remember from spy kids,”
God you guys are so young 👵🏾👵🏾
The twins don’t heal completely. Maharet steals eyes from her victims to gain sight and Mekare still does not speak
That made me laugh when I heard it. Spy Kids!? Really!? That's the height of Antonio Banderas' career? THAT is the movie we might remember him from!? 🤣
@@princevesperal lmao my thoughts exactly
Lol that cracked me up. Never mind that the man is still making movies today. Really good ones but in Spanish.
Desperado was one of my favorites
@@eboniclarke177 me too 🥰
I love the difference in vampires from show to show! Such a cool idea to cover them all in different videos. Makes it really easy to get an overview!
Reading this series got me through a tough jail bid. Was incredible how much I fell in love with the character Marius. Far as the movies go, it's been far too long since I've seen them, ill have to go back and re-watch them again after seeing this video. Think ill do that this weekend. Great Video!
Marius is a fantastic character, reading his story in Blood and Gold was fantastic. I actually made a video on his life and it was very interesting rediscovering his story
Wait! You read these books in jail? And you're still alive? Now, that is an accomplishment 👏
@@jonesy6116 hahaha, it was out mate was baby 💩 soft on there. I was just in my teens early 20s. Back when I couldn't be told shit.
From what I understand though. Guys read anything in there these days. Harry Potter is even high on the buy list according to books a million the online site that we had to buy from in York Co.
Song of ice and fire got through my jail bid
@@stevenjp911 funny how we all become connoisseurs of good literature, when we're forced to sit still.
You need not apologize for anything. You did an awesome job in this video. Yes, I would like an origin story of Arkasha.
You should also do a video on John Carpenter's Vampires.
Yessss this is one of my favorite series! Thank you so much for covering them. Queen of the Damned is definitely a guilty pleasure.
I hope the next video outlines their abilities in massive detail. Plus, I’d love for a detailed look at the Vampires of “Forever Knight.”
A whole video about the queen of the damned herself would be amazing man
Queen of the Damned was defo a guilty pleasure 😶👏🏽
This was done wonderfully!! I am an enormous Chronicles fan and your video here was really well done. PLEASE do one on just Akasha and that whole ancient situation.
The whole origins story of akasha is incredible, which is why the QOTD movie is so disappointing.. something that seems to be a big challenge is converting Anne’s work to the big screen, let’s hope AMC do the new series justices
Fellow Vampire lovers read *THE VAMPIRE LESTAT*
It is almost a complete history of vampires from the Celtic 'god of the wood' to the very first 'mother and father' in Egypt
It is not only my favorite depictions of vampires but is my favorite book of all time.
Tom Cruise nailed that role to the wall
Lestat is one of my top favorite characters in fantasy horror (?) literature.
The cast of "Interview with the vampire" was a damn hit!
I love that movie!
I can't imagine the actor playing Lestat in the new TV series doing a better job. The whole movie was being held up by Tom Cruise and his performance. Even with Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas, i can't imagine their performances being able to hold up without him. Especially Pitt's Louis. He needed Cruise to bounce off of otherwise i think it would have been very 2D and boring.
Well I think Tom Cruise was dedicated to the character as he actually read the novels and he immersed himself being Lestat. Pitt couldn’t read more than a chapter he found it boring but I did think he was pretty good at playing Louis.
i love the way she depicted vampires. She captured the elegance of it very well.
I wouldn’t mind a video on the queen, her story is pretty interesting.
Agree!
Totally. Can't tell her story without maharet and Mekare though
Yes please.
Agree ! I’d love that .
*SYMPATHY* for the Devil. Great video 🤘Thank you. (Definitely interested in a full Queen Akasha video)
Khayman was the first fledgling of Akasha who sired Mekare, who then sired Maharet.
Hmmm I thought the first was Enkil her husband and king. Then Khayman
@@jazcc yes you're correct, but I don't think she thought it treated Enkil as such and as her equal. Enkil and Khayman were both the only that are first generations
@@somerandom2343 Ah yeah makes sense as he was the King
It always bugged me that they never acknowledged Khayman in the movie for the big deal he actually is. In the book, when Akasha is traveling the world and burning all the lesser vampires, her power sweeps across him and is unable to burn him. It's a very badass scene for a character that's pretty low key, even in the books. They also never acknowledge that it was Khayman that turned Maharet and Mekare into vampires, thus granting them their chance at revenge. After QotD, Khayman is the oldest vampire in the world.
@@derek96720 exactly, afterwards he is only second in power to Mekare (since she took Akasha into herself). But he truly is a badass, that I think they should have had a lot more of in the movie and for me in the books too.
Thanks for uploading this. You did an awesome job. Yes, I’d be interested in you doing a video about Akasha, or any of the other characters from this series of books. I’m so saddened by Anne Rice death.
9:50 it was always heart breaking how skittish and afraid Lestat was at this reunion. the way he flinches thinking Louis came back to finish him off.
The 90’s and early 2000’s were such a vibe.
Aaliyahs perfomance top notch no one gives her credit
Under what stone have you slept for the past 20 years ?
Everyone that talks about this movie states that she was awesome and what talent she had !
@@_SatanLucifer_ I’m only 18 soo…
Literally everyone who has seen the movie gives her credit. Speaking out of ignorance is embarrassing. Stop it
Interview with the Vampire is one of my favorite movies
It will be amazing to see them all as a movie from the beginning
She played the queen beautifully I also love that it seems that if you drink enough or are strong enough the sun can’t hurt you
You should cover the Vampires in Being Human, both the UK and US versions.
Yes ! I loved Being Human UK 😍. US version is ok though, but to me UK version is so much better (characters and stories...). And you which version did you prefer ?
Oh I loved the UK version. But I wish we'd have just one series where they don't portray vampires as essentially drug addicts when blood is their supposed only sustenance, ya know, it's their food. Why must they always be the bigger person and starve themselves? Just another take on it.
Queen of the damned book gives so much background. Great video thanks for making!
I've always been an Anne Rice fan since the 90's and when I finally read all of the vampire chronicles books it makes sense. They really turned down how crazy Akasha was from the books. She didn't want all humans dead she wanted Men dead. She hated them. I was also an Aaliyah fan since she started and was so excited to hear she was going to portray Akasha, then she died in 2001. The spirit Mael technically wasn't good or evil but he liked the taste of blood so Maharet and Maekre used him against Akasha but didn't know that she would die and the spirit would fuse with her.
The soundtrack to this day is one of my favorite albums
Interview was just sooo good. It was a hard task for the damned to step up to that level
So...I just saw an ad for a new Interview with the Vampire series, and just by what they showed on the ad I can see that they have completely changed story. Why do they feel the need to do things like this? It is an absolutely amazing story and there is enough there to fill up a series without changing every damn thing. If Anne was alive they NEVER would have gotten away with this!
Santiago is Stephen Rea, he also played Jacob in Underworld:Awakening
The movie not only had amazing acting and visuals, but the music is spawned was also top tier.
I enjoyed the queen's viciousness in this movie but that's it.
The movie changed and left sooo many things out. Marius was not La stat's maker, he was Armand's maker. Magnus was la stat's maker. The way they killed the queen was a lot more vicious in the book.
I liked both of these movies..but sad that we were unable to see more of Aaliyah's acting talent im sure she would went on to make more movies...Stake Land and Stake Land II were both pretty good Vampire movies. I think you will enjoy both
Look up Romeo must die you would luv it
@@wildyolo1290 Saw it and you're right it was pretty good for a 2000 movie
I love both of these movies, best vampire lore used in popular media, no daylight resistance, hunger for blood, and just dark and depressing
The Vampire Chronicles started me back reading for pleasure while in college......many moons ago....I read all of them.....and still have them on my book shelf. While I did enjoy both movies (Interview is one of my Favorite movies), the books are sooooooo AMAZING. To this day Queen of the Damned is probably my favorite book of ALL TIME! ❤
I love your channel, and I just wanted to share an interesting take on vampires from a Dutch book series that was never translated in English from the late 90's/early 2000s, the Valentina Hellebel books by the late author Eddy C. Bertin. It's age demographic is similar to R.L Stine's books and mixes Lovecraftian horror with folklore and witchcraft and bits of religious horror.
The vampires of the story are the Delcruza family. Originally a human noble (aristocratic) family of Portuguese descent who were active in slave trade. Forced by a circumstances, they were forced to go back to Europe, buying a mansion in a village called Huyze Steenveld in 1859.
However, this village was essentially cursed.
The mansion they bought, was previously occupied by a wizard dabbling in the dark arts, Alphonsius Ghelai who had a background in astronomy and alchemy. To achieve immortality, he called upon the power of the comet that was linked to the astrological sign Scorpio, which is why the comet was given the name 'Ghelai Scorpio'. The comet was a cosmic force, a mother and her child. Her child fell down to earth and Alphonsius trapped it within the darkest form of magic, something called the Nightside. The Nightside are dimensions of pure evil, calling it 'hell' would be an understatement. He studied the cosmic child intently, and after realizing it needed blood to survive, started studying vampire legends. Only the child couldn't tolerate human blood, for the child wasn't human themselves. It thought it would starve, until Alphonsius sacrificed 15 people, one for each star in the Scorpio zodiac. He drank each of their blood, and having drank the blood of the child as well, transformed. Then, he started feeding the child his own blood and thus, a forced partnership was born. Alphonsius quickly grew tired of it, however. He didn't liked drinking blood, and made vampires out of his victims so the child could feed off of them instead. His immortality and power weren't his true desire, that was ultimate knowledge. In his search of it, he did started to understand things humans couldn't possibly fathom, but it also drove him insane. He committed suicide, but not before ordering his vampire slaves to make a magical machine that would keep the child trapped, for he hated the child after realizing he couldn't handle ultimate knowledge.
His vampire slaves eventually left, and became the classical vampires as we know them.
The Delcruza family, wasn't as lucky. Each of them were Scorpio, and you can only become a vampire if you're a Scorpio. Having no slaves to feed herself, the child turnt the family into her slaves (considering the Delcruzas were dealing in slave trade, one can say karma is a bitch).
To lure in innocent victims, the Delcruza family are human by day. In their human forms, they have no memory of being vampires, being immortal or anything. The only way to get them to remember, is when they try to leave the village but they get sick the further they go. So they are doomed to go back and have their memories whiped.
When night time approaches, they get sickly looking white spots on their faces, that seem to grow as darker as it gets outside, and seem to slowly become aware of their true nature. When its night, they vomit out all of their food, because they cannot process it. Their tongues grow, and resemble thick worms. Their eyes are generally white as well, as the Nightside's trademark colour is a sickly white and its territory can get a bit foggy (like Silent Hill). Whilst in this state they fully remember, but they do not feel remorse for their victims in their vampire state. In their human state, nearby the edges of town, they can be compassionate and try to get humans to escape before they become dinner. Their cruel nature as their vampire selves is likely the Nightside's influence, as it corrupts anyone, regardless of their nature as it also did with the child.
They feast on anyone they can find, and when the Nightside's influence is at its strongest, the child manifests through Nightside servants called the Vampcats, who feed upon the vampires in return as the child still cannot consume human blood.
The Vampcats, are as you can imagine, crossbreeds between a bat and a cat. Alphonsius, obsessed with the vampire myths, shaped the child's physical manifestation into a bat, but the child was actually fond of the cats walking around the village and wanted to take their shape instead, resulting into a crossbreed.
By night, the Delcruza fear the Vampcats, and by day, they loathe them with their eldest, Nigel, hunting them often in his human state but he never managed to kill one.
Because of the constant deaths, the village eventually grew abandoned, with the Delcruzas final contact with human society having seemingly ended around the 60s, as evidenced by Nigel being a huge Elvis Presley fan and not being aware he died decades ago as well as him and his little sister Paula wearing old fashioned jeans.
Eventually, they are killed by the child when the comet was at the sky once again, and having tricked the heroine Valentina into the village, forced her to destroy Alphonsius' machine as the child is homesick and just wanted to go back to its mom.
With their reunion came an end to the curse on the Huyze Steenveld village.
Interesting concept on Vampirism
One thing I thought was interesting when he met Marius again he asked how he lived through a certain time. In red velvet
I LOVE the style of clothes they wear. ..
lestats entrance to the mortal world in the queen of the damned was spine chilling.love the voice
Thank you for your excellent reviews of the books turned into movies . It made me want to watch them again. I've read all the books and enjoyed most of them. Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas were what you would like vampires to look like. Aliyah was great too. So very sad that she died before the movie was out.
RIP to her and Anne Rice.
She died before they finished so they used what they had she was supposed to have more scenes
@@blackqueen7226 also her brother had to come in and do some of the vocals for her scenes which is why it was able to have that sound
Love the way she walked into the bar
Yes more on these books please. Definitely the queens backstory
I love the longer format that your videos are! I get why you want to make them shorter for the casual viewer but the long recaps are stuff I love to listen to while on long walk, so please don’t take them away. Also I think this was one of your best videos yet!
Working on a video creating some parallels between sex/relationships & Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. Have been looking for some more Lore content to brush up on, so I definitely appreciate this from you. You always kill the vampire content.
You a real one for honoring the late Heath Ledger. The man was one hell of an actor 😢🖤
Thank you for the great videos as always cogan
I aspire to one day write supernatural lore interesting enough for you to make a video on it haha! Great video as always! Always love learning new lore from other franchises :)
In the book Armand describes the vampires Lestat made as "the silent ones" to him, and Lestat agrees because Lestat can read every mind except for the minds of his vampire children. however the children can reach each other's mind.
Marius can know where Lestat is because he is 2000 years old. The movie fucks it up.
In the book is Marius who introduces those who must be kept to Lestat, and Akasha tells Lestat her name, Lestat feels afraid and terrified but then Marius talks to him and explains stuff about them and Marius offers Akasha blood to him, but warns him, Akasha's blood is the purest blood it will make you stronger and if you are like that and you are burned you will live like a husk for centuries it is going to be painful, so be sure that what you want is true immortality.
The Talamaska observes all supernatural creatures, not just vampires.
YEEEESSSS we need a video of the queens origins !!!!
Been waiting for this one. Def want to see more on Akasha
I discovered this channel few days ago I love it I watched all the videos please do more
We would love a full video of just the queen of the damned! Please!
I believe the Talamasca also appears in the Mayfair Witches. I thought the observed all supernatural activities not just vampires. However it's literally been a couple decades since I've read the books. Lol
In the Queen of the Damned film there’s a end scene after Lestrat & Jessie walk away. Where Marius visits David the implication that he turns David and has a new companion. Or maybe they just have a lovely chat. I like to think either way their relationship is ambiguous platonic.
Anne Rice was and always will be a LEGEND. QOTD and IWAV are still two of my favorite movies ever.
100% would love a video on the history of Akasha! 🩸
They should have made a interview with Lestat from the same interview guy with the reporter recording him as a movie
Nice, @cogan lollins.
Thanks for the great episode!
Queen of the Damned would have been 10x better had Aaliyah never died.
Queen of the Damned one of the best but most underrated vampire movies ever great video
I loved both movies, and i hope they do movies on all her books, would be awesome!
I love the performance of Stuart Townsend I would love to see the background on how he met Jessie
The Santiago death fight was epic
I love both of these movies ty for covering them!
She is a very interesting character, I would love to see a video on her.
ill give the outfit department high marks for their clothing choices.
to this day THAT shirt Lastat wore during the concert i stil want to
know where i could get one similar to that ;)
Heath Ledger would have been a very intriguing choice for Lestat, i was ruined for Lestat by Tom Cruise, by far the best Lestat! Heath would have definitely brought a new dimension to the charaster. RIP Heath!
I’d be very interested to see your take on the “Interview with the Vampire” tv series now that it’s two seasons in!
Aaliyah was perfect for this role. The only other interpretation I would've been interested in would have been Whitney Houston in 1991. However this film came out in 1998 in which Whitney was in no position physically or mentally to take on this role. Nonetheless great film and Aaliyah gave an incredible performance.
Akasha in the book was whiter than white
How fitting of that line of the City of Angels so-called LA being" The City that feeds off of innocent blood" .
You need to do true blood what a series, brilliant and the gore was great the way the vamps just explode when staked a must watch.
Good information and great video! Thanks!
I find Lestat in queen of the damned much closer to Lestat from the books.
Definitely would love a full vid on the queen!!❤️
That's strange because Anne Rice said that Tom Cruise did the best job of bringing Lestat to life on the camera. She said something like she couldn't imagine anyone doing it better because it was so damn close to what she imagined. She even took out pages in the New York Times to praise him and apologise for slating him when he was first cast for the role.
Me too, I think Stuart was perfect as an alluring vampire, if he wanted to, he can look dangerous, but for other humans he just look mysterious, desirable etc. For me Tom was just creepy, which was great for Interview, but he wouldn't be the the 'rock star'...
@@paigeconnelly4244 From what I remember, she was mad that they put two books together, but the truth is that they didn't have time or money to make two movies separately, the time for having rights to the story was ending and making just Vampire Lestat, when it's so connected to Queen Of the Damned would be like making half movie. Also Lestat in the Interview with the Vampire and Lestat in the Queen of the Damned (both books and movies) is not the same. In the 'Interview...' we get to know him thought Louis eyes, it's his story, so the way Lestat was portraited by Tom was great, he was creepy, murderous, he didn't really care about others, he only said he did and he didn't do anything that wasn't actually for his enjoyment. Lestat from the other movie and other books is not like that, he was a brat, but he wasn't the complete monster. He was more complicated and he actually had feelings. I wish he would get the complete story with all characters, but money and time won.
Thanks again for this One! Haven't seen It Yet; Put plan to!
Great film , Killer Soundtrack (definitely overplayed at parties) but so many missed opportunities in this movie (speaking as someone whos read the books quite a few times)
TY! Great videos!! I love both films. Ive seen QOTD so many times. Love the music as well!
The vampires from "The Originals" tv show.
Rip beautiful lady ANN RICE ❤!!!! U taught me how to read !!!!! Thank u!!!!!! 😢❤
I believe you (and the movie) both glossed over the fact that Claudia was infected with plague when Lestat turned her into a vampire. She's angry that she doesn't get to age, but Lestat merely saved her from dying, and growing old was not an option for her. I enjoyed the video!
Claudia being afflicted with plague, before being bitten, is shown in the film.
Great job. I have read mist of her books and some more than a few times. Her vampire lore is the most fleshed out than any other I've read or watched. I had a fun time reading her books in high school however I did not read them in order due to having to search different libraries to find them lol. I think I'll read them again now.
Please do the Vampire in "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" Movie please!?!?!?!?!
And then do the vampire in lesbian vampire killers
I love both movies. I really love Queen of the Dammed's music though. I'm a huge Korn fan and a huge fan of all the music played in the movie. I would definitely watch anything else done about these 2 movies and I would watch anything else put out for these books.
“antonio banderas from spy kids” how american can you be
Would you prefer Desperado?
Lol right?
@noid1978 duh
Queen of the damned sound track was one of the best
Do the vampire from salem lot and american horror story hotel