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The Books:
The Vampire Chronicles:
Interview with the Vampire
The Vampire Lestat
The Queen of the Damned
Tale of the Body Thief
Memnoch the Devil
Pandora
The Vampire Armand
Merrick
Blood and Gold
Blackwood Farm
The Mayfair Witches:
The Witching Hour
Lasher
Taltos
The Sleeping Beauty Books and other Erotica
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Beauty's Punishment
Beauty's Release
Exit to Eden
Belinda
Others:
The Feast of All Saints
Cry to Heaven
The Mummy
The Servant of the Bones
Vittorio the Vampire
Read them as fast as you can get your hands on them.
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My review of Queen of the Damned:
Everyone speaks of this movie like it is a bastard child, I find it was one of the more entertaining movies I had seen the whole year of 2002, and I am still thinking of it a whole year later.
The fascinating thing about the movie was the performances, Stuart Townsend was magnificent as Lestat, even more so than Tom Cruise. Lena Olin was wonderful as Marahet and Vincent Perez was perfect as Marius, even though none of the aforementioned actors even resembled the characters of the book.
The story in nutshell form is about The Vampire Lestat, he is a popular rock star, loved the whole world over. His music is hated by the vampire community because he exposes them for what they are. His music awakes Akasha, who has been lying dormant for over 6,000 years. She claims Lestat for her consort and then plots to destroy the world. The plot is not the same as the book, Lestat doesn't fall in love with Jesse and David Talbot was not made a vampire by Marius. But I over looked it, since I am not a nazi about it.
The highlights of the movie was the soundtrack and the settings/costumes. The Soundtrack was amazing, I bought the soundtrack after I had seen the music and I haven't stop playing it since. Johnathan Davis of KoRn along with Richard Gibb did one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard, reminscent of The Crow soundtrack, in many ways. One thing I really loved about the soundtrack was the Hindu violin solos by Shankar, it gives it an otherworldly feel. The settings and costumes were absolutely beautiful, especially Aaliyah's who played the vampire queen Akasha. I would say that it was a visual eyecandy.
The only downfalls of this movie is that, it is too short and there was hardly no interaction from the Ancients, except for Marius and Marahet. A pair of actors from the band were horrible, when they spoke, it sounded so forced.
So I loved the Queen of the Damned. I know it is not Oscarworthy nor is it the movie of our time but I do think that it is a lot of fun and a great way to spend a couple of hours.
My final score: A-
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My Vampire Chronicles Casting List:
Since we are the topic of the movies, I sat down and composed a list of who I think could play the vampires wonderfully
The List:
Lestat- Stuart Townsend ( The one and only Lestat)
Louis- Brad Pitt
Claudia- Kirsten Dunst ( I know she is twenty but I seriously think that she was the only Claudia)
Armand- Leonardo DiCaprio
Daniel- Christian Slater
Gabrielle- Meryl Streep or Catherine McCormick
Nicolas- Johnny Depp
Marius- Mel Gibson or Joaquin Pheonix
Pandora- Catherine Zeta Jones
Jesse- Kirsten Dunst ( I know I said her for Claudia but imagine her with red hair), Neve Campbell
Marahet/Mekare- Anjelica Houston
Akasha- Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Salma Hayek, Cher
Enkil- Keanu Reeves
David Talbot- Anthony Stewart Head , Patrick Stewart or Sean Connery
Khayman- Gary Oldman
Mael- Tom Cruise ( I know..), Barry Pepper
Santino- Christopher Walken
If you want to talk about it or suggest someone, e-mail me.
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Well, I hoped you enjoyed my shrine and if you want to chat, just drop me an e-mail at my e-mail address
Blessed Be!
