I was a big fan of the Interview with the Vampire movie and actually read the book Queen of the Damned before seeing the film. I think that the whole franchise is pretty good, but they didn't do a very good job with the film. Anne Rice does a good job of using Queen of the Damned to help continue the story of Lestat's life after Interview, but they went cheapo on the sequel and instead of hiring Tom Cruise had another actor play Lestat. There were also a lot of holes that never got filled in from the first movie. Overall, the movie was entertaining and a good way to spend 2 hours, but it really didn't have the same bite that the first one had.