2002's Queen of the Damned: This is Terrible Movie but the Soundtrack Slaps

2002's Queen of the Damned: This is Terrible Movie but the Soundtrack Slaps

During the inter-season break, the vampire insiders are doing deep dives into the episodes, chatting about other kinds of creature media and in today's episode, we are looking hard at the 2002 film Queen of the Damned, which seems to have nothing to do with the source material except for the characters' names. From wikipedia:

The vampire Lestat is awakened from decades of slumber by the sound of a hard rock band, and proceeds to take over as their lead singer. Achieving international success, Lestat, having revealed the existence of vampires, taunts the others of his kind during an interview for promoting his first and only live concert.

Jesse Reeves, a researcher for the paranormal studies group Talamasca, is intrigued by Lestat's lyrics after hearing one of his songs play on TV and tells the rest of the group her theory that he really is a vampire. Her mentor, David Talbot, takes her aside and tells her they know what he is and that a vampire called Marius made him. David also shows her Lestat's journal. In the journal, Lestat recalls how he was turned into a vampire by Marius and how he awoke Akasha, the first vampire, with his music. Jesse tracks Lestat down to a London vampire club called The Admiral's Arms, where he saves her and confronts her about Marius.

In Los Angeles, Lestat is visited by Marius, who warns him that the other vampires will not tolerate his flamboyant public profile. He begs him to cancel his concert, which he refuses. Meanwhile, awakened Akasha, who is searching for Lestat, arrives at The Admiral's Arms. After the vampires reveal their plan to kill Lestat Akasha torches the club. Jesse arrives at Los Angeles and gives Lestat his journal and asks him to show her what being a vampire is like. Lestat scoffs at the idea, but Jesse convinces him to spend his last moments before the concert with her. Jesse later asks Lestat to turn her, telling him she wants to be with him and that she wants to know everything he does. Lestat angrily refuses, and shows her what it's like for a vampire to feed aggressively on a human.

While performing at his concert in Death Valley, a group of vampires attack Lestat. With Marius' help, they both fend off most of the vampires until Akasha bursts through the stage and takes Lestat with her. Akasha brings Lestat to her new home, where the two vampires have sexual intercourse, during which time Lestat becomes spellbound by Akasha and is forced to obey her, and Akasha proclaims Lestat her new king. After the concert, Jesse is taken to the home of her aunt, Maharet, who later reveals herself to be one of the Ancient Vampires. The Ancient Vampires discuss their plans to destroy the Queen by drinking from her and draining her of her blood. However, they believe that whoever drinks the Queen's last drop will not survive.

Empowered by Akasha's blood, Lestat and the Queen confront the Ancient Vampires. When they refuse to join her, Akasha then commands Lestat to kill Jesse, as The Queen sees her both as an enemy, due to being Maharet's descendant, and as food, with Akasha making an example out of her for those who dare disobey her command. After drinking Jesse's blood, Lestat comes to his senses and is released from Akasha's power. Lestat then turns on her and begins to drain Akasha's blood. With the help of the Ancients, Akasha's power diminishes. Maharet is the last to drink Akasha's blood, killing Akasha. Lestat goes to Jesse and, cradling her in his arms, gives her his blood as Maharet turns into a marble statue and "sleeps"; the new Queen of the Damned.

Lestat and Jesse visit David and return Lestat's journal. Jesse offers to turn David into a vampire to which he replies he's too old for immortality. Jesse then bids David goodbye and leaves with Lestat. A few moments later, David is greeted by Marius.

The film closes with Lestat and Jesse walking hand in hand, among mortals, into the night.

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AMC'S Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: Baby Now We've Got Bad Blood

AMC'S Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Episode 1 Recap: Baby Now We've Got Bad Blood

Welcome back savory inferiors!!  The Vampire Insiders are coming in hot to celebrate the long-awaited premiere of Season 2 of Interview with the Vampire.  In today’s episode Joann and Kristina dive deep into what’s going on with our Wayfaring duo Louis and Claudia as, five years on from where we left them at the end of last season, they undertake a chaotic pilgrimage through war-torn Eastern Europe looking for other vampires. Our structure remains the same as last season but we’ve enhanced the “standout” segment and have added a new segment that tracks the progress of “Dreamstat” the Lestat projection who Louis carries with him, to Claudia’s consternation.  Below are some links to follow on Twitter (you may call it X) that we reference in the episode.  Thanks for coming to listen to us each week and welcome to those of you who are new to the series and new to the podcast.   For Saturday’s superfan talk on Instagram please follow @blackgirltalkfangs, @gorrei_vc, or @kristinagenx  Please follow us on Twitter: @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx @blacktress’ remarks about the official AMC podcast: https://x.com/Blacktress/status/1789844472303341982 A great discussion about Romanian Vampire Folklore by @MrieMoses https://x.com/MrieMoses/status/1790061634313990615

17 Touko 20241h 45min

AMC'S Immortal Universe Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Reviews, Cast Interviews, and Clowning

AMC'S Immortal Universe Interview with the Vampire Season 2 Reviews, Cast Interviews, and Clowning

We are less than a week away from the May 12 premiere on AMC and we can't wait! In this episode we are reviewing the reviews, discussing the cast interviews that happened during the premiere festivities in NYC, and general fandom hysteria. !!SPOILERS!! The press has been pretty open with spoilery information in their reviews, so please be aware we are pulling those threads. If you do not want to hear those, please come back next week for our first episode review. In this episode we refer to and analyze the following things. Interviews: https://www.tvinsider.com/1134084/interview-with-the-vampire-fan-questions-video-jacob-anderson-sam-reid-season-2/ Lyvie Scott for Inverse: https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-review Kayleigh Donaldson for the Wrap https://www.thewrap.com/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-review-amc/ Meghan O'Keefe for Decider https://decider.com/2024/05/01/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2/

6 Touko 20241h 6min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Episode Titles and Our Guesses, What is Going on with the Gravel and What if Paul Didn't Die

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Episode Titles and Our Guesses, What is Going on with the Gravel and What if Paul Didn't Die

In this episode, the insiders are making guesses about what is going to happen in each episode, based on the newly released episode titles available on Rotten Tomatoes. We are also trying to figure out what is the deal with Louis in the gravel-filled coffin (??) and we speculate a bit on a theory: what if Paul never died? Thank you for coming to listen to us each week, and if you'd like more from us, please follow us on Twitter @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx. We appreciate you sticking with us as we change things up and we are looking forward to bringing you more great content this year. Link to trailer we discuss in this episode: https://youtu.be/4wT4QihIavo?si=yWaxgeUwSE6mGXnG

30 Huhti 20241h 1min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: The Jones Cut

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: The Jones Cut

The Vampire Insiders have finally returned, albeit with an empty host chair. On April 2, 2024 we lost Marc Snediker unexpectedly to a brief illness. We are heartbroken, and miss him very much, but know that he would want us to carry on with the podcast. So here we are. In this episode, the remaining insiders are talking about Marc, what to expect for future episodes, and finally the thing that has Twitter on fire: The Jones Cut (also called the London Cut). If you have not seen it yet, please follow the link below and beware -- your mind will be blown. Thank you for coming to listen to us each week, and if you'd like more from us, please follow us on Twitter @vampire_insider and @kristinagenx. We appreciate you sticking with us as we change things up and we are looking forward to bringing you more great content this year. Link to Jones Cut: https://youtu.be/gEmfMte3L4A?si=WkB5An9AJs6CrBHu

22 Huhti 202454min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Authorial Intent Part 2 with @Inkyblotposts

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Authorial Intent Part 2 with @Inkyblotposts

The Vampire Insiders are speaking with IWTV fan @inkyblotposts (Twitter and Tumbler) aka Jo in the second part of our authorial intent episode. With her background in literature we thought a chat about authorial intent and how that plays out in the multiple levels of original text and adapted screenplay was in order, and we weren't disappointed. We have about 2 hours of material to share so this is the first of a two-part episode. If you enjoy us and would like to learn more about us, please follow us on twitter @marceatspeach, @kristinagenx and @vampire_insider. We love interacting with listeners.

22 Tammi 202450min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Authorial Intent with @Inkyblotposts

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Authorial Intent with @Inkyblotposts

The Vampire Insiders are speaking with IWTV fan @inkyblotposts (Twitter and Tumbler) aka Jo in this episode. With her background in literature we thought a chat about authorial intent and how that plays out in the multiple levels of original text and adapted screenplay was in order, and we weren't disappointed. We have about 2 hours of material to share so this is the first of a two-part episode. We're also bringing back fanfiction and today Jo will be reading one of her favorite fics, from author Poet to None, titled Black, Soft, Unearthly. It is outstanding and you can find the entire piece here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43675447/chapters/109826500 Thanks for listening to us each week and if you want more of us please follow us on twitter @marceatspeach, @kristinagenx and @vampire_insider. We love interacting with listeners.

15 Tammi 202446min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Jacob Anderson in Entertainment Weekly

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Jacob Anderson in Entertainment Weekly

The Vampire Insiders are discussing an interview that Jacob Anderson gave to Entertainment Weekly (see link below). We thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about some of the crumbs of information that Jacob doles out in the conversation. We are nothing if not dedicated to analyzing any new kind of content we can locate. Find that interview here: https://ew.com/interview-with-the-vampire-season-2-jacob-anderson-interview-8417770 Thank you for coming to listen to us each week.  If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider.

8 Tammi 202445min

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Marketing and Fandom

AMC's Immortal Universe Hiatus Content: Marketing and Fandom

The Vampire Insiders are discussing an interview that Kim Granito gave to a podcast called the Current (see link below). We thought it would be a good opportunity to talk a little about how AMC goes about marketing IPs with dedicated fandoms, and to dive into the subject of a new Immortal Universe property "Talamasca", how the Talamasca has already been portrayed in the witches, and where Night Island might fit into the whole picture. Find that interview here: https://www.thecurrent.com/current-podcast-amc-network-kim-granito-marketing-streaming Thank you for coming to listen to us each week.  If you do like us, please share us with a friend and be sure to follow us on Twitter (x) @kristinagenx, @marceatspeach, and @vampire_insider and @vampire_insider on TikTok.

18 Joulu 202351min

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