![]() ![]() In Interview with the Vampire Cruise’s Lestat was everything I imagined that character would be charismatic, magnetic, and incredibly powerful. (Sound of everyone I know collapsing of shock at me complimenting Tom Cruise) This will be the only time (I can only imagine) that I will ever commit these words to a column with my name attached to them in any capacity. ![]() And I went to see Interview with the Vampire and Queen of the Damned because, though they may not be high brow I love Anne Rice books. I went to see Bram Stoker’s Dracula because I am a glutton for punishment. I went to see Shadow of a Vampire because John Malkovich is amazing. There are times when I’ll make exceptions. I tend to avoid them like the plague as my personal idea of a good time at the movies does not involve total cardiac arrest. Vampire movies in general scare me to death. Scene 3: Akasha points at vampire, vampire……) Scene 2: Akasha squints at vampire, vampire bursts into flame and dissolves into ash. ![]() (Scene 1: Vampire is hit by sunlight, bursts into flame and dissolves into ash. In Queen of the Damned every death scene is the same. In Interview, death scenes were handled with taste and delicacy. Queen of the Damned possesses none of the originality of Interview With the Vampire. A Review of Queen of the Damned (From the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice) ![]()
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