---
title: 'Queen of the Damned (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Rymer'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Australia'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/queen-of-the-damned-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238546/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Queen of the Damned (2002)

2002 · 101 min · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · Australia, United States


## Synopsis

Queen of the Damned is a 2002 horror film directed by Michael Rymer from a screenplay by Scott Abbott and Michael Petroni. It is based on the 1988 novel The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, the third novel of the book series The Vampire Chronicles, although the film contains many plot elements from the novel's 1985 predecessor, The Vampire Lestat. A stand-alone sequel to Interview with the Vampire (1994), the film stars Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah in her final film, Marguerite Moreau, Vincent Pérez and Lena Olin. Townsend replaced Tom Cruise in the role of Lestat, while Matthew Newton replaced Antonio Banderas as Armand.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Rymer](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-rymer)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Petroni](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-petroni), [Scott Abbott](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-abbott)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jonathan Davis](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-davis), [Richard Gibbs](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-gibbs)
- **Producer:** [Jorge Saralegui](https://cinepixo.com/people/jorge-saralegui)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ian Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-baker)
- **Editor:** [Dany Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/dany-cooper)

## Cast

- [Bruce Spence](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-spence) as Khayman
- [Aaliyah](https://cinepixo.com/people/aaliyah) as Akasha
- [Claudia Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/claudia-black) as Pandora
- [Stuart Townsend](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-townsend) as Lestat de Lioncourt
- [Lena Olin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lena-olin) as Maharet
- [Marguerite Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-moreau) as Jesse Reeves
- [Paul McGann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mcgann) as David Talbot
- [Vincent Perez](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-perez) as Marius de Romanus

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Official site: http://queenofthedamned.warnerbros.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/queen-of-the-damned-2002
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