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| Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) |
Based on a novel by Anne Rice that is beloved among Goths and the like, these two adaptations may be of interest to teens that like gorgeous vampires, but it is of little appeal to anyone else, especially fans of the real cinema of the macabre.
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Interview with the Vampire
Interview
with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Set in 20th
century San Francisco this is about beautiful vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac
(Brad Pitt) who gives an interview to Danie Molloy (Christian Slater) that
results in several flashbacks that go as far back as in time and place as 1791
Louisiana, exploring numerous blood-drinking situations.
This massive $60
million production by The Geffen Film Company was directed by Neil Jordan [The Company of Wolves (1984)] and is
featuring an outstanding cast of beautiful people (aside from the
aforementioned players it also includes Tom Cruise, Antonio Banderas, and
Kirsten Dunst). It was distributed by Warner Bros and became a box-office
phenomenon as it grossed $223.7 million. It was nominated for a couple of
Oscars too, because the Academy must have seen something in it that I don’t.
All I see is endless boredom beyond belief.
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Queen of the Damned (2002)
Queen
of the Damned (2002)
The well-known
ancient vampire Lestat (Stuart Townsend making a ridiculous Ville Valo
impersonation, but at least he is sexually appealing to alternative girls, I
imagine) makes a return to the modern world – in a Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) fashion, and we all know how that went –
in the form of rock star that is fronting an awful band that sounds like a
zombie version of Korn. And while it is said in the film that he has become
bigger than Elvis (despite hanging out in the usual small Goth clubs and bars)
he finds trouble in the form of the titular vampire (Aaliyah, who is also sexy
enough to appeal to male audiences, but nowhere near looking anything
exceptional enough to be certified as the leader of all vampires by any means).
Based on the
third novel in The Vampire Chronicles
series penned by Anne Rice, this loose sequel to the sleeper hit of the 1990s
gets the emo upgrade (do you remember them?) from director Michael Rymer
(better known for his television work) and is full of badly dated CGI and
equally awful music that includes terrible acts such as Disturbed and Static-X.
It didn’t do much at the box-office as it grossed a mere $45.5 million on a $35
million budget, but it resonated well with kids of that era’s style that still cherish
the film as something special, which is definitely not.
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