![]() ![]() Directed by Neil Jordan, it was the 10th highest grossing movie of 1994, earning Warner Bros. The film adaptation of the same story was essentially produced due to overwhelming public demand. ![]() The immortal bloodsuckers of her Vampire Chronicles book series were provocative, dangerous, and boundary-shattering from the moment Interview with the Vampire was first published in 1976. The late Anne Rice reinvented vampires for a new generation on the page with her extensive series of novels. It earned its cinematic notoriety because it ignored its natural and unnatural resources. ![]() But 20 years on, the movie is most remembered as a famously flawed fright flick follow-up to one of the best vampire movies ever made–a rush job which doomed a promising franchise. The rising singer tragically died at age 22 during post-production, with the movie offering only a glimpse of her greater talent. The film is notable for the breakthrough performance of Aaliyah as the title character Queen Akasha. Michael Rymer’s Queen of the Damned (2002) celebrates its 20th anniversary next week. ![]()
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