History Film / QueenOfTheDamned

* HeroesWantRedheads: [[spoiler: Lestat and Jesse]].

* PopStarComposer: Jonathan Davis of Music/{{Korn}} wrote the music and the words for Lestat's songs in the movie (the novel had blatantly vampire songs; the film had more ambigous ones). For contractual reasons, he couldn't sing the songs himself on the CD release(he does sing the in-film versions), so they were performed by other well-known singers (Wayne Static of Static-X, David Draiman of Music/{{Disturbed}}, Chester Bennington of Music/LinkinPark, Music/MarilynManson, and Jay Gordon of ''Orgy'').

* AdaptedOut: This film is much more liberal with the axe than its predecessor. Louis and Nicolas are both entirely absent, despite being Lestat's love interests and, especially in Nicolas' case, integral to the plot. (It was his violin Lestat played to wake Akasha.) Daniel is also dropped, leaving Armand DemotedToExtra as his plotline revolved mostly around Daniel. Mekare is also missing, apparently having become a CompositeCharacter with her sister Maharet, and while there was a character named Khayman much of the backstory involving him was dropped to focus on the modern plot. The Talamasca agent Aaron Lightner has also been removed from the film, with his role as Jessie's mentor being taken over by the CompositeCharacter David Talbot.

* RaceLift: Possibly both the King and Queen Of The Damned. While only Enkil's statue is seen in the film, he is quite clearly a white man. And while Akasha was the queen of Kemet (ancient Egypt) of six thousand years ago, the character was from Uruk before marrying into Enkil's throne. So she'd be middle eastern, but she's played by a black actress (Sub-Saharan descent). However, even the books are pretty vague about this, as Akasha's pale white skin has nothing to do with her race, but the fact that vampires lose their pigmentation the older they are. No matter what race or skin color they were in their human lives, they are both pale white as a statue now.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Akasha kills off numerous lesser vampires in various bloodthirsty ways (like ripping out one's heart and ''eating it''). Since they're all portrayed as bloodsucking monsters, no tears will be shed, it's just to establish Akasha as EvilerThanThou.

* OffscreenTeleportation: Used by the vampires, although here it seems to be literal teleporting with SuperSpeed as a second skill.. For instance, Lestat introduces himself to his rock band in the opening to prove his supernatural nature, and Akasha uses it on another vampire to seduce him... before ripping out his heart and eating it.

* RaceLift: Possibly both the King and Queen Of The Damned. While only Enkil's statue is seen in the film, he is quite clearly a white man. And while Akasha was the queen of Kemet (ancient Egypt) of six thousand years ago, the character was from Uruk before marrying into Enkil's throne. So she'd be middle eastern. However, even the book's are pretty vague about this, as Akasha's pale white skin has nothing to do with her race, but the fact that vampires lose their pigmentation the older they are. No matter what race or skin color they were in their human lives, they are both pale white as a statue now.

The story begins when the Vampire Lestat (Creator/StuartTownsend) awakens after decades of slumber, and decides to launch a career as the frontman of a NuMetal band. He soon achieves international stardom, but also earns the wrath of his vampire brethren, who despise him for flaunting his vampiric status, and fear the exposure of their secret world. Yet Lestat's music also awakens a far more potent threat -- the ancient Egyptian vampire queen [[MonsterProgenitor Akasha]] (Music/{{Aaliyah}}, in her second and final film appearance, as well as her only posthumous film appearance), who promptly embarks on a murderous rampage, mowing down humans and vampires alike in her ascent to power. She chooses Lestat as her new consort, and forces him to become an accomplice in her brutal massacre of humankind. It is down to a handful of [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire friendly-ish neighbourhood vampires]] -- including Lestat's maker, Marius (Creator/VincentPerez) -- and student of the paranormal, Jessica "Jesse" Reeves (Marguerite Moreau) to rescue Lestat -- and, you know, [[SavingTheWorld save the world]].