Vampire Chronicles: The Life Of Akasha 'Queen Of The Damned'

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

It literally took over a week to re-read the book Queen Of The Damned, then 3 days to pick it apart to structure Akasha's life follwed by about 4 days of editing. I was so drained after making it that i took a week off from youtube lol. So to finally see this beginning to slowly grow, really means the world to me! Thank you for the continued support.

[@NostalgiaBrit]

Like I said in the comments of another of your *#VampireChronicles* videos, _take a break!_ Take some time off, to recharge & get yourself right! We, your fans, love you & are not going anywhere; we’ll be here, patiently waiting, when you're ready! 🙏🏻🥰❤️ You are seen, heard, valid, valued, appreciated & loved! 🙏🏻🥰❤️

[@tufavoritogringo8437]

Well it was worth it. I loved it. Keep it up.

[@paigelarson9279]

I appreciate you Dean

[@TheMightsparrow]

Rip Ann Rice

[@TexasISPDude]

you should do one of these videos for the videogame eternal darkness: sanity's requiem.

[@HugoFeunoyr91]

Akasha & Enkil deserve their own movie to me so many epic materials to work with.

[@GermanPrincess-pe8rl]

No one could play akasha

[@HugoFeunoyr91]

@@GermanPrincess-pe8rl I disagree lol

[@catherineoluyemi2775]

She gives me Klaus Michelson vibes

[@alexandrite1ocean]

​@ithinkDAfucknotUtrickassBITCH Akasha wasn't Egyptian. She was from Uruk - modern day Iraq. She travels to Egypt and marries Enkil.

[@kenW13]

@@HugoFeunoyr91who would u suggest?

[@nickmilian]

Aaliyah ate this role up and left no crumbs. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing Akasha. Thank you for the video! Very informative.

[@josephgrace5955]

“She is your mother… she is my mother. She is the Queen of all who are Damned” Some of the best lines in what was otherwise just an ok movie. Akasha was such a commanding and powerful persona in this film. And this is one of the rare occasions where I prefer the look of a character in a movie rather than the book description

[@sifilore]

Aaliyah would've liked this vid on her character. She will always b remembered as The Mother of Vampires and The Queen of the Damned. In a behind the scene she told us that she loved stories of vampires and Egypt since she was little.

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

She was a pretty girl, real shame she didn't live longer to expand upon her career. She doesnt really look Egyptian but her beauty in that costume made up for it, not to mention the movie had nothing to do with the books

[@C.kirk1287]

I definitely agree!! Great backstory video!

[@C.kirk1287]

@@TheNYCGoldenGlover most movies about Egyptians are played by people that look nothing like them which is a shame but Aaliyah was definitely a very beautiful woman who passed WAY TOO SOON

[@KiDCRuDi_]

She looks more "Egyptian" than Elizabeth Taylor!

[@TheNYCGoldenGlover]

@@KiDCRuDi_ not at all. A young Liz with her high cheekbones is in the vein of Nefratiti. The vast majority of Anglos in particular share the same haplotypic markers and direct lineage to Akhenaten

[@rickfromhell]

RIP Aaliyah. She did such a good job with this character.

[@CatLover-23]

Yes, She Did..... Others Noticed her Dope Skills as well. Awesome Performance indeed. 👍

[@curtiswood2013]

Yes she did, Aaliyah was a natural actress. If she had survived I believe she would have won Oscars for her performances in other movies. Aaliyah wasn't just a beautiful young woman, she was extremely talented and will always be missed by those of us who loved her talent for outstanding performances. God bless her family and may she Rest in peace.

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

She was amazing in that role. I can't imagine any re-make being able to equal her characterisation.

[@chynnavindiola58]

But Akasha isn't black? What if they had found someone who is from where she is born

[@daisymazie21]

Yup. I still miss her.

[@Moose40bob]

I think Anne Rice gave us the best version and origin of vampires.

[@aprilgosa5779]

but Anne praised Aaliyah's portrayal I got her name right for once I usually butcher the spelling of it sorry Sweet girl

[@kamikishin]

Only if you omit The Replimoids, Atlantis, and all of her other rediculous alien plot elements.

[@laughingvampire7555]

well, not really because in a way she is following the slavic myth, according to the slavic myth a vampire is made by a demon possessing a corpse. and that is almost what Anne Rice is giving us. So it isn't hers. second the story of Vampire: The Masquerade is better, Cain was the first vampire, cursed by God.

[@immortalinterlude]

White Wolf's World of Darkness is in my opinion has the best Vampire Origin and Lore.

[@leonieromanes7265]

It's basically Karen outrage simulator, Egyptian edition.

[@nomiwilliams6195]

Thank youuuu for this video... omggg. I read this book as a teenager, I was actually homeless and swatting in an basement storage unit of an apartment building, and I read this incredible book with a flood flashlight illuminated my little area. I got so caught up in this book that I forgot about my situation. I read all of Anne Rice Books during this time and this one blew my mind. Thank you for this it's outstanding.

[@laprincessa9787]

I really hope your doing better. 👋😄👍

[@nomiwilliams6195]

@James Sunderland My parents died

[@nomiwilliams6195]

@@laprincessa9787 I am thank youuuuu. Appreciate you.

[@laprincessa9787]

@@nomiwilliams6195 Wonderful! Have a great day!😌

[@anglfail]

​@Dantes230you are quite nosy

[@dejalations]

I spent half my childhood trying to do Aaliyah’s Akasha walk - shes the reason why some of us got waists wit no bones in em! We all wanted to be like Aaliyah, matter fact I still do!

[@jamessanders8895]

Aaliyah was amazing at everything she decided to do. How many artists can sing, dance, act, and then be kind to everyone? I believe that Aaliyah is in Heaven with Jesus Christ, and one day we will be able to see her again.

[@mediocremaiden8883]

If only the script didn't have to be reworked so drastically because the actor playing her, the successful musician and burgeoning actor, the multi talented *Aaliyah* , was killed in a plane crash in the Bahamas during filming one of her music videos (the music video for Rock The Boat...one of my favorites by her)

[@thaen9346]

You are thinking of The Matrix: Revolution

[@mediocremaiden8883]

She was scheduled to appear in that yes but no filming yet. Aaliyah had shot some footage they decided not to recast so they re-wrote a lot of scenes.

[@Userinterfaceexperience]

@@thaen9346incorrect

[@-sweyn-9559]

Aaliyah IS the only reason the movies worth watching. Read the book, It’s one of the best stories you’ll ever read, promise.

[@damien1781]

Wrong

[@-sweyn-9559]

@@damien1781 what, oh the soundtrack is great. With the horrible acting & how they dumbed down the intricate storyline to nothing is too much for folks that’ve read the book. Like I said except for Aaliyah, she killed it as Akasha.

[@sabir1208]

I rather enjoyed the entire movie. Jesse was the most annoying part but it's a great b movie classic

[@Williestyle-RobotechxMacross-x]

Aaliyah is definitely the reason to watch the movie, but as mentioned 'Queen of the Damned' has become appreciated as a solid classic "b movie". Can not even guess what the production and writing teams were trying to make, but some fans can tolerate watching it ( mainly because it is probably all we will see of that book on screen ). As you say, the book is more worthwhile.

[@dianeupshaw5337]

I disagree. She does not fit the description of Akasha in the books at all. Though Aaliyah was a gorgeous woman, Akasha was rigid and stauesque. A hard, rigid woman. Aaliyah did not fit the description.

[@jarkody]

Excellent job on this! Akasha was one hell of a villain! If I were to add one thing to this it would be how Akasha astral projected during her slumber and lived inside other people, living vicariously through them.

[@Elektrikkiss]

Wow that's crazy. so she essentially watched TV during her slumber

[@xymbolix]

​@@Elektrikkiss More or less 😂

[@Jasmine-tl6yr]

She woke when Lestat played the violin for her. And Enkil attacked him. Marius believed she killed him because she was done with him. Because he was jealous of Lestat. And one sister ate the heart and the other the brain. They weren't sure who the new queen was at first.

[@peanutbuttersandwich3412]

I thought so! The twins consumed the heart and brain (one each) just as they had ritualistically consumed their birth mother when she died at the beginning of the story- one ate her brain, the other her heart. It's been decades since I read Queen of the Damned so I'm glad for your comment. I remembered correctly. Thanks!

[@reenylynne8652]

I thought Mekare consumed both and became the Queen of the Damned. Then, I believe, Lestat consumed Mekare’s brain and heart to take in the spirit (can’t remember the name). Lestat becoming the one to host the spirit came in Rice’s later books (Prince Lestat and Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis).

[@RollsRoyce113]

@@peanutbuttersandwich3412the twins never actually ate their mother, they were attacked and taken by the soldiers.

[@ericgardner3140]

Interesting fact...Anne Rice started her career as an Erotic Fiction author. I'm so glad she decided to branch out. If you like these books, try Ramses the Damned or as it's sometimes called "The Mummy", also by Anne Rice. It's a GREAT read.

[@RubyRedWitch]

I've yet to find an erotic book/series that can touch the Sleeping Beauty Chronicles. If you found Fifty Shades of Gray way too vanilla & can handle heavy BDSM/$ex slavery, I HIGHLY recommend. Definitely, NOT for the easily offended. Those books are nearly too 🔥 to handle!

[@damien1781]

@@RubyRedWitch stop reading it and just do it wierdos

[@lauraporter6516]

@@RubyRedWitch I read them when my children were toddlers. I felt too dirty reading them with the kids around and would wait to read once they were asleep, lol. I just couldn't believe my favorite vampire author wrote those books.

[@serenatsukino999]

Go away

[@jazcc]

Have you read the Witching Hour? Omg so good. Anne Rice always knew how to tell a story and is a great erotica writer.

[@stephaniejordan9066]

I love how the narrator tells the Queen's Story hardly pausing for a breath.

[@shylapollard5165]

I like that they were statues instead of corpse in a coffin.

[@jessicajacobson8068]

RIP to THE Mother of ALL Vampires, Anne Rice

[@davhot4107]

Anne Rice vampires are so gay but I kinda look over that fact because I like her narrative.

[@harrytyler6324]

Akasha is actually a real deity. Sekhmet is her in Kemet. The blood drinker. Also she's a deity in India

[@midnightlotus7047]

In India she is Kali Durga/Kali maa

[@Ferro2155]

@@midnightlotus7047 hold on. In that old Indiana Jones film a guy pulls a person's heart out and shouts something like 'Kali Ma!' I have never realised that he might have actually been referring to a real deity. You've blown my mind 😂

[@Daron7181]

Yeah I can see that Sekhmet lioness ferocity and ruthlessness in her. Ra had to dye a lot of beer red in order to resemble blood so she’d get drunk just to stop killing everybody.

[@mead9]

People have to be careful what characters they play it may come back haunting you. These are no roles to be playing because they are deities not human

[@Sceniecutie]

@@mead9lol

[@angela-fl4gs]

She was so beautiful.😢

[@Kittinlil]

Awesome over view. but you did forget to mention one very vital point in the start. The one of the final actions of the twins in the court took that truly triggered Akasha's anger, when she hoped to prove their powers were lies was sending Amel to retrieve something of value that was familiar to Akasha, and he came back with a necklace, one that was worn by Akasha's mother in her death crypt this enraged her. In her anger the twins were ordered raped. You also left out that Maheret had been impregnated by Khayman, this was realized after her and Mekeres trek back home after their initial release. It was then Mekere curses the king and queen by invoking the spirit Amel again sending him back to set them insane. And the eventual turning.

[@TrueDawnstar]

Thank you so much for this comprehensive video. Very very good. I was in this movie as an extra at the concert scene. Such a great night and honour. Met Anne Rice twice too. I'm a bit of a fan...

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Thank you so much, it took such a long time to prepare so I’m delighted it’s been well received

[@CatLover-23]

Cool Read... 👍

[@sakurapablo671]

Aaliyah will forever be Akasha, no matter what, and she’ll be greatly happy about the discussion topic on the character she played. Even though the character or characters, was supposedly be light skin people, from what I remember of doing light research or details of the book, I was surprised that everyone will have their own interpretations of how the characters would have look within their heads/mind. I still like the choice of having Aaliyah as Akasha. In which, I don’t know if Anne Rice would have approved of Aaliyah, but I think she did in the end in a weird secret way.

[@-sweyn-9559]

Not white. Anne said Akasha is from Iraq. Aaliyah was one of the only thing’s Anne liked about the movie.

[@ShanyShannon]

Who is "LIGHT SKIN PEOPLE" 😂 Aaliyah was light skin black person, so please tell me who is light skin? Yes she did a wonderful job. White people have always been known as pale or fair skinned...Black people came up with word light skin for light skin black or mixed people.

[@ShanyShannon]

@Hazel E She was the best part of the movie for me as well. I did like the actor for Lestat as well. I didn't care for the rest 5oo much and I didn't like the casting choice for Jessie.

[@amarie_2]

@@ShanyShannon my fellow black folks’ definition of light skin always baffled me. Anything a hush shade from mahogany is “light skin”.

[@regina3192]

@@ShanyShannon right, its really nonblack people out here that think they're lightskin. Lightskinned is associated with nothing but blackness and thats it

[@char-leewiebe7199]

I could have sworn in the novel, Maharet and Mekare, one ate the heart and the other ate the brain of Akasha. Just like they did when they were human and their mother had died. After the human mother had died and was roasted one ate the heart and the other ate the brain before the rest of the village helped finish off their revered witch/healer mother. Then again it has been a few years since I read The Vampire Chronicles. Guess I better put that on my summertime To-Do list ;)

[@jazcc]

That is how I remember it too. It’s how the Vampire race was able to survive.

[@TruecrimeWithLeeLee]

Yep youre right. ❤

[@tyronefranklin2976]

That is how I remembered it when I read the book in the early 2000's, but when I listened to the audio. Mekare, eats the heart and brain both.

[@reenylynne8652]

I remember the twins work together to pull the heart and brain out, but then Mekare consumed both.

[@Dizzintegration]

I am completely obsessed with vampires and I just found out about this channel, this is my new favorite place on KZbin

[@enigma7784]

Khayman: "The curse, my Queen," he said, his voice rising sharply to fill the room. 6 thousand years ago Mekare " 'Let the spirits witness; for theirs is the knowledge of the future-both what it would be, and what I will! You are the Queen of the Damned, that's what you are! Your only destiny is evil, as well you know! But I shall stop you, if I must come back from the dead to do it. At the hour of your greatest menace it is I who will defeat you! It is I who will bring you down. Look well upon my face, for you will see me again!' loved the atmosphere that curse entailed through the lips of Khayman even Akasha is afraid

[@aqua_Laura]

I loved Aaliyah in this film so much i named my first born daughter Aliyah. Brilliant video 😊

[@MsMestrella]

I think I was infatuated with the brooding Louis all the way through the Vampire chronicles. BUT I came to adore Lestat in the Queen of the Damed. When we got to Blackwood Farm, I was so done with the vampires though. -- maybe one day I will crack open my old loves and start this journey again. **Subscribing--> I enjoyed your content**

[@lauraporter6516]

I loved her witch chronicles too!

[@Elfrida-ls2mo]

Many of Ann Rices other Stories books Characters are Great Reads however I can't remember if Ann Rice put all her Fiction books under The Vampire C ? Which was Stupid

[@teebroussard832]

Aaliyah played this role very well

[@lorenzomojicaschneider2833]

Read this book several times and thanks to you it freshens up Anne Rice 's greatness in story telling! Read all her books and was glad this movie was made though the finally wasn't what was written in the book!true ALLhyah played her greatest role and hats off ! Hope one day each vampires and witches from Anne Rices books come into films too! Once again thank you !!

[@DarthKhayman420]

The whole bloodlust lessens with more vampires isn't correct. That was what the twins guessed at first, it was just wrong. The more powerful the blood in the vampire is the less they thirst for it. Which is why vampires like Lestat didn't have much thirst when he was turned but onle like Louis has a great amount of thirst from the start. In the books it's even mentioned that because jessie was turned by maharet, she had absolutely no thirst.

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

I meant to say that the overwhelming power of the core lessened with the aking of more vampires. I incorrectly assumed that the blood lust came with the effects of holding the core within.

[@DarthKhayman420]

The only difference between Akasha and any other vampire is if you kill her all vampires die. It doesn't make her more powerful or give her any extra abilities. Maharet is actually more powerful than Akasha. For 2 reasons. 1st is thousands of vampires have drank from akasha over her lifetime. Meaning she had less blood in her to grow stronger over time. And 2nd. Her and enkil didnt drink from a human for somewhere around 2000 years. She couldn't grow stronger that way either. But Maharet has been awake for her entire 6000. Feeding the whole time.

[@kidayoon9923]

The only one holding me back from hating that boring movie is Aaliyah as Queen Akasha. She is the most beautiful vampire I've seen and great actress for the vampire character.

[@Alejojojo6]

There are several cool scenes in that movie. But yeah, in half of them Akasha is in it.

[@pworld119]

It sounds like something truly apart of history

[@Thedawntempest]

Great collection of lore, I've had some issues trying to read Queen of the Damned and this summed up her life nicely

[@karenlewis9114]

This is BEAUTIFUL & makes me want to read Queen of the Damned again for the 1st time❤️ This is my FAVORITE Anne Rice book ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DoraV1]

Thanks for this video. This used to be my favourite movie I watched it many times. Love all the extra info👌

[@JaynaeMarieXIV]

Awesome video. I love the breakdown of Rice's lore. I will admit, it was hard to follow when I started reading her books a decade+ ago. This video would've helped back then. 😁

[@_S.D._]

Thanks for the hard work it takes to make the videos. I'm so glad you used to book for this more so than the movie. The movie leaves soooo much out when it comes to Akasha and the twins. Something that literally just hit me: Are the twins ancestors of the Mayfair witches? It would account for them being able to breed with vampires. If I'm remembering right, both the Mayfairs and the twins have red hair. 🤔

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

The movie is the worst adaption from a book I’ve seen, it tries to merge the vampire lestat and queen of the damned

[@_S.D._]

@Vampire Folklore I actually wish I hadn't watched it 🤫 lol. If they had a different creative team and split it into a trilogy, they could've had an amazing franchise on their hands. The world and characters are so rich, and to boil Lestat down to just "the brat prince" is a travesty. At least that's how it came off to me. I found it hard to like or even empathize with him.

[@kataw0404]

I don't believe the Mayfair Witches are a part of Maharet's Great Family. They were not mentioned when the Great Family was discussed in Queen of the Damned and I do not believe Maharet's family was even referenced in the Mayfair books. It is possible but doubtful. However, Maharet only tracked the female line so it is possible they are connected through the male line somewhere in the distant past.

[@joelorlando2677]

What book did the witches and vampires breed?

[@jazcc]

@@joelorlando2677 Hmm I don’t recall Anne Rice’s vampires being able to breed since they can’t have sex. I know for sure something that wasn’t mentioned earlier in the video that one of the twins before being converted to a vampire had a child from Khayman and that’s her descendent. Jesse is one of her descendants from the huge family tree she kept.

[@LeeDfined]

I like the Narrators voice. His explanation fills in a lot of the blanks as I have never read the book...but loved Aaliyahs role in the movie. Now that he explained it, they should have made the movie longer instead of rushing through it.

[@darkangel4405]

Thank you 😊 I missed so much You are the first who put it all together, in an understandable way!😊

[@ladyassassin1082]

Definitely went back and listen to this book on Audible chapters are complicated to follow found it interesting how they never said anything in the movie about the twins or them even being assaulted or anyting about one of them losing a tongue and one of them losing their eyes the book is definitely quite different from the movie

[@damien1781]

Read these books at 12, it's not that hard

[@Dinker27]

From what I understand, the movie had a rocky development.

[@ladyassassin1082]

@@damien1781 nothing wrong with listening to an audiobook however you can certainly keep your sarcastic comments to yourself

[@ladyassassin1082]

@@Dinker27 that may have something to do with the late great Aaliyah's untimely death because she did die before the movie was even finished being filmed now that I think about it they actually had to have a male relative step in to do some of the voicing for her

[@Dinker27]

@@ladyassassin1082 Possibly.

[@NaturestoursTV]

Now a die hard fan of the vampire Chronicles and you did grate I truly appreciate it done right and with respect hope to see more

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Thank you very much, lots more VC to come

[@TheQueenOfShade]

Thank you soooo much for the study that you did, to bring us this video. This was extremely logical and informative. Thank You.

[@makeupboss3568]

After seeing Enkil’s video, I had to see this . This was rather interesting, and to think that there’s “ historical “ precedent surrounding both , was kind of cool . Thanks for the explanation and the upload. The movie was “ mediocre “ for me , but I’m more of a book and history fan. I think the highlight of the movie was Aaliyah , she had the glowing skin , and the effects were just point on ! She made the movie .

[@theblackrose7935]

Thank you so much for this channel.

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

You're very welcome! Glad you're enjoying it!

[@zarnell]

Very Cool Vid, thanks for your work I enjoyed it. I've only read as far into the Vampire Chronicles as Memnock the Devil. I think I'm gonna have to get back into this story again.

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

Great precis. Thanks. I've read the book, decades ago but this clarifies parts I'd forgotten about. Now I feel like re-reading it.

[@quanpantan5854]

Thankyou for breaking all this down!! 🙏🏻

[@jacklyv]

BRAVO 👏 great video dude!! Thank you for taking the time👍

[@reddogg8100]

Well done, VH…a great recapture of a series of novels I read many years ago. Simply thanks

[@lillyanna9429]

Anne Rice is one of my fave authors and this is one of my favorite books

[@CHICK-A-BOOM]

That was so freaking cool! I’m so glad I stumbled across your channel! 👍🏾

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@willatron420]

You should do Maharet and Mekare next!!

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

They’re coming soon

[@kataw0404]

I believe it was Mekare and not Maharet who told Akasha about Amel and how she and Enkil were changed. Maharet later in the conversation saw some stuff and spoke about her visions. As a result of Mekare speaking "blasphemous lies," her tongue was removed and for Maharet's "evil" visions, her eyes were removed.

[@freakbaby6981]

Yes!

[@nicholasshade1366]

I love Vampires.♥️ I love Enkil and Akasha.🤎 I love the story.💛

[@CallMeGarrek]

Loved this👏🏾 well done

[@joannemadden7449]

Books are always so much better but Townsend and Aaliyah definitely made the movie a good watch❤ rip Anne Rice

[@CC-eu2mm]

We need more movies like this!!!

[@shandagibbs2192]

This was awesome to watch. I know we are capable of reengineering our minds and achieving a higher state of consciousness. It starts with deprograming our current state of mind. Elevation is achievable.

[@keningall5404]

Awesome work I have found your presentations extremely informative and well done thank you for once again bringing these tales to life

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Glad you like them! Plenty more to come!

[@lisaharmon5619]

This showed up on my feed. Liked and subscribed!

[@Quintos.]

Aaliyah was one if the most beautiful women that has ever walked this planet in my opinion and what's crazy is she was as beautiful on the inside as on the outside. My coworker seen her at the Louisville airport and walked up to her just to say he was a fan and she ended up signing autographs letting them take pictures and even sat and talked to him and his family which was going so far above and beyond and he said she was so kind and genuine. Her talent was amazing she truly was blessed by god and he took his angel back home. RIP Aaliyah. Also im curious how in the hell is that metal breast plate staying up without any straps?

[@GarrickMerriweather]

Like you, Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles are my all time favorite Vampire lore and fiction. Not too many authors do a "Where we came from" story and Anne's is a #ChefsKiss. I remember reading *_TQOTD_* for the first time and it's one of the few novels I've read all the way through without putting it down.

[@rylinmariel6431]

This was very informative: it's been a very long time since I read the books, so I enjoyed that. I didn't particularly like the cartoonish pictures of Akasha and Enkil, which were especially inconsistent since you showed the film representations for other characters.

[@brianhonan7582]

well done dude, I've read the complete chronicles twice so far, best ever

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Thanks Brian, I put about 3 weeks work total into the video so I’m very grateful for the feedback

[@stephanieperri5012]

The Anne Rice vampire series were 1 of the 1st novels I ever read on my own for fun. The Queen of the damned would've definitely been the most difficult to cover in a video like this due to the fact that it jumps around so much...however you did a fangtastic job covering everything. It's been a long time since I've read this book but watching this video brought me right back to reading this series for the very 1st time. Well done!

[@robinpullman1488]

Amazing video!! Don't forget you creativity thrives when you follow your passion and while people don't like change, it is often worth it! I love your new videos!! ^___^

[@candicecarter581]

I enjoyed the video. Good work on the video.

[@sarahgirlisit]

Keep them coming.

[@keithMc35]

Great account mate, enjoyed listening 👍🏼😊👌🏼🔥🧛‍♂️

[@TXejas19]

Thanks for doing this. I didn't understand what was going on in that movie. I just know I liked it and I wish the ending was better.

[@Shawtydamnnnn]

you did a great job.!! thanks for sharing your work.!

[@ladyD2005]

Have a great weekend and keep the videos coming

[@deepbunk112]

Akashi being the most powerful vampire seems to be pretty bad at protecting herself and self defense. She was defeated so easily.

[@blackorchid2261]

Great composition and very informative. 🖼

[@VampireFolkloreVideos]

Thank you very much I really appreciate it.

[@DarthKhayman420]

Akasha isn't the oldest living being in existence. Shes been a vampire longer than any is all. Khayman, the 3rd ever vampire, turned about a year after akasha, was older than akasha as a human. So he's older than her all together.

[@ivyreid7]

This does not make any sense at all, I think it’s your wording...

[@DarthKhayman420]

@@ivyreid7 this isn't actually correct numbers but let me just give you an example. Let's say Akasha was 30 years old when she was turned 6000 years ago. Shed be 6030 years old. And let's say Khayman was 40 when he was turned about a year after Akasha. He'd be 6039. So Khayman is the older being even though Akasha has been a vampire a year longer.

[@evanjuleen]

You're right, the guy was born first, he's older then her and they both lived a long time because they're vampires... He's been alive longer

[@My_Lacrimosa]

She's the oldest living vampire As in she was a vampire longer. So the statement is correct. Akasha IS the oldest living being, because they are talking about vampire lifespans. She was a vampire for years before he was, so she is the older vampire

[@Userinterfaceexperience]

That’s not how it works

[@AilileFelina]

I just came across it. It's pretty good. =) Have you considered making a video of the very first vampire to grace literature -- Varney?

[@LittleHammer_]

So I had a similar view mostly. I had Blood n Gold as my fav, Armand as my 2nd n then Interview n Lestat followed by Queen. Both Marius n Armand stories were so emotionally moving and so beautiful in their description of the times. Merrick was definitely about 5-6, such a great story. Thanks for covering this fantastic series. Did you read the new vampire chronicles ie Pandora n Vittorio? Some great stuff there

[@brandonsalisbury7182]

I loved the film growing up! That being said a faithful tv series adaptation (done right) for the vampire chronicles would be awesome!

[@LaineyBug2020]

That ending was so much better!

[@AlextheHistorian]

Just wait till everyone finds out that the spirit Amel is actually the ghost of an alien robot created by owl creatures: 'Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis' by Anne Rice. I love Anne Rice's vampire chronicles, but that book undid so much of the solid world-building she had done over the decades.

[@theoblivionlord]

Yoo, fr?

[@arielslack7015]

Maybe she got tired of writing about vampires

[@AlextheHistorian]

@@arielslack7015 I don't think that's the reason. She was on an 11 year hiatus from writing about vampires and she started the Prince Lestat series because she wanted to get back into it

[@Sceniecutie]

I just pretend all those last books never happened. I’m happier that way.

[@Starfire_Kori1211]

Hmm..

[@tyrellrivera]

19:50 Akasha, standing between Lilith & Queen Jezebel.

[@Itsgonnabeok4]

I just find it highly ironic that they outlawed cannibalism and then sort of became the very thing they hated. I suppose what it’s trying to say is vampirism is a curse even at its origin and also of course, don’t f with witches

[@dominicbuck3744]

They really gaslit her in the queen of the damned. Made her look like the bad guy. She had good reason to kill everyone

[@Marcustheseer]

maybe the people that wronger her but not the rest,she was becoming to much of a psychopathic bloodlust monster,so no she didnt have good reason to kill everyone maybe a fuw but thats it.

[@bryndawdy3420]

She was the bad guy 🙄

[@Terry_Bell]

and she made alot of sense too. I mean look who runs the world and the way we're living. I hate Lestat for turning on Akasha right after he took alot of her power and strenght, like how are you gonna act like she's the bad guy when you part taken on the k*llings

[@RipleysSanatorium]

@@Terry_Bell yes, kill most of the world and the rest must worship her. Such a good hero.🙄

[@bryndawdy3420]

@@Terry_Bell she had two girls raped as punishment for having real gods that didn’t align with her fake religion, then cut out one’s tongue and the other’s eyes. She’s a self-centered and impudent child who got the power of a god. “Look at the world” yeah it’s full of humans who aren’t kept as cattle lmao grow up

[@tytybaby06]

She needs her own show!

[@xymbolix]

Outstanding! Thank you!

[@Gilraen15]

Great summary, could also do a video on the other vampire that takes Akasha’s place as Queen?

[@Cotten-]

I'm stoked! Can't wait!!

[@randalljameshamilton-zwing6914]

Thank you for your hard work my friend. Really enjoyed the video. There is an INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE show. I'm revisiting the Vampire Chronicles and your work helps a lot.

[@mckrackin5324]

I love all these books and have read them all over and over. I even liked the movies even though they didn't follow the books very well. The one thing I hated about this movie is that they portrayed Akasha and Enkil like statues. While it's true that when vampires become ancient, their skin gets so hard and white that they look like white marble, their hair turns a more vibrant color of what it was. Same with their eyes. And their clothes and jewelry certainly don't change. Their clothes would have just rotted away and so would their thrones. I wish the movies would have stuck with those kinds of details. Other things like ages bother me too. Like, Armand is forever 14 years old and I believe Claudia was only 6 when she turned.

[@jazcc]

I believe Claudia was four not six. I know Anne Rice daughter died at four and Claudia is based on her daughter

[@mckrackin5324]

@@jazcc I went back to check. She was actually 5. We had it surrounded. lol

[@jazcc]

@@mckrackin5324 lol so funny I was going to range it around that age too. These books are just amazing. I can’t help it but though I have seen different series of vampires with their own stories and lore I still find Anne Rice’s Vampires to be the best. Funny thing is I read that the actor who play Klaus Mickelson in the Originals actually took a lot of the personality from Lestat. He has said that those are his favorite novels as well and when I see him act as Klaus I do see a bit of Lestat trying to come out.

[@mckrackin5324]

@@jazcc The Vampire Chronicles are my favorite book series. Period. The Vampire Lestat, my favorite book. I was hooked from the intro... "I am the vampire, Lestat. I'm immortal, more or less".

[@susanmartin3762]

I loved her costume in this movie! It's so sad Aleaya was killed at such a young age. Her career was just taking off!! Such a tragic loss.

[@carltontaylor6500]

You’re a good storyteller 👍🏾

[@faze_buendia9514]

Great video! You've got a new sub here, can't wait to see more of your videos, keep up the good work!

[@jeneenr33]

Newly subscribed. This video was interesting

[@Beantownbaby925]

You forgot to mention that one of the twins before being taken, had had a child that was hidden, and that was how her family tree and bloodline continued. In the movie that was where Jesse descended from, and that was the tree on the wall in the back wall in the last scene, the ancestors that she had watched over over the centuries. If you noticed in the movie, the plaque that was Jesse started to bleed because that was the end of her bloodline.

[@lanacarter2715]

The books were amazing!

[@stephanieperri5012]

Well put my friend. I just stumbled on ur channel & immediately subscribed

[@NoOne-fo1di]

If you're just a casual reader then I HIGHLY suggest you get the audio book. I'm a very avid reader and aside from not wanting to sit the book down the only draw back is, like the narrator says, it's laid out differently from the way most stories are told and can disorient you if you don't have a good memory

[@mandalor-8315]

I LOVE AALIYAH but that movie suuuuucked guess I should read or listen too the audio book

[@angela-fl4gs]

Very interesting story. Thank you for sharing this with us. 👍

[@riverjordan1983]

I would have loved this movie to focus more on the origin of the vampires and the tale of the twins. They could have split this movie into part 1 and 2 and done so well.