2002 · fantasy · horror · romance
Queen of the Damned
Directed by Michael Rymer1h 41m2002
Vampire Lestat awakens from his slumber and becomes a rock star. But chaos strikes when his music awakens Akasha, the vampire queen, who may not rest until she makes Lestat her new king.
Our read: Queen of the Damned (2002) reads as a neutral, steady, surreal fantasy · horror · romance entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, extreme fantasy / horror, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, tender.
- extreme
- surreal
- tender
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