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

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  • Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
  • Akasha, The Great Mother, The Queen of Kemet, The Queen Of All Vampires, The Queen Of The Damned. Akasha’s journey stems back 6000 years ago and she is without a doubt the oldest living being in existence by a long shot. She has an incredibly unique and interesting story and despite the prep for this video taking a seriously long time to do, the end product I hope, will deliver justice on this amazing character and main antagonist from the Queen Of The Damned novel.
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  • @VampireFolkloreVideos
    @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад +628

    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
      @NostalgiaBrit 2 года назад +15

      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
      @tufavoritogringo8437 2 года назад +11

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

    • @paigelarson9279
      @paigelarson9279 2 года назад +7

      I appreciate you Dean

    • @TheMightsparrow
      @TheMightsparrow 2 года назад +10

      Rip Ann Rice

    • @thomaskaiser2475
      @thomaskaiser2475 2 года назад +2

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

  • @-sweyn-9559
    @-sweyn-9559 2 года назад +1010

    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
      @damien1781 2 года назад +10

      Wrong

    • @-sweyn-9559
      @-sweyn-9559 2 года назад +91

      @@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
      @sabir1208 Год назад +32

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

    • @wills2140
      @wills2140 Год назад +20

      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
      @dianeupshaw5337 Год назад +13

      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.

  • @hugodeblois336
    @hugodeblois336 Год назад +554

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

    • @GermanPrincess-pe8rl
      @GermanPrincess-pe8rl Год назад +8

      No one could play akasha

    • @hugodeblois336
      @hugodeblois336 Год назад

      @@GermanPrincess-pe8rl I disagree lol

    • @catherineoluyemi2775
      @catherineoluyemi2775 Год назад +5

      She gives me Klaus Michelson vibes

    • @-ClearQuartzzz-
      @-ClearQuartzzz- Год назад

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

    • @kenW13
      @kenW13 9 месяцев назад

      @@hugodeblois336who would u suggest?

  • @Moose40Ron
    @Moose40Ron 2 года назад +1033

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

    • @aprilgosa5779
      @aprilgosa5779 2 года назад +36

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

    • @kamikishin
      @kamikishin 2 года назад +15

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

    • @laughingvampire7555
      @laughingvampire7555 2 года назад +24

      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
      @immortalinterlude 2 года назад +5

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

    • @leonieromanes7265
      @leonieromanes7265 2 года назад +11

      It's basically Karen outrage simulator, Egyptian edition.

  • @sifilore9462
    @sifilore9462 2 года назад +1025

    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.

    • @thegadflygang5381
      @thegadflygang5381 2 года назад +34

      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
      @C.kirk1287 2 года назад +6

      I definitely agree!! Great backstory video!

    • @C.kirk1287
      @C.kirk1287 2 года назад +47

      @@thegadflygang5381 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_
      @KiDCRuDi_ 2 года назад +87

      She looks more "Egyptian" than Elizabeth Taylor!

    • @thegadflygang5381
      @thegadflygang5381 2 года назад +10

      @@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
    @rickfromhell Год назад +186

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

    • @CatLover-23
      @CatLover-23 9 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @dejalations
    @dejalations Год назад +135

    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
      @jamessanders8895 2 месяца назад +5

      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.

  • @josephgrace5955
    @josephgrace5955 Год назад +207

    “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

  • @nickmilian
    @nickmilian 9 месяцев назад +125

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

  • @Jasmine-tl6yr
    @Jasmine-tl6yr Год назад +90

    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.

  • @mediocremaiden8883
    @mediocremaiden8883 2 года назад +153

    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
      @thaen9346 2 года назад +4

      You are thinking of The Matrix: Revolution

    • @mediocremaiden8883
      @mediocremaiden8883 2 года назад +20

      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.

  • @nomiwilliams6195
    @nomiwilliams6195 2 года назад +169

    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
      @laprincessa9787 Год назад +13

      I really hope your doing better. 👋😄👍

    • @nomiwilliams6195
      @nomiwilliams6195 Год назад +2

      @James Sunderland My parents died

    • @nomiwilliams6195
      @nomiwilliams6195 Год назад +11

      @@laprincessa9787 I am thank youuuuu. Appreciate you.

    • @laprincessa9787
      @laprincessa9787 Год назад +3

      @@nomiwilliams6195 Wonderful! Have a great day!😌

    • @anglfail
      @anglfail 11 месяцев назад +12

      ​@Dantes230you are quite nosy

  • @stephaniejordan9066
    @stephaniejordan9066 Год назад +67

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

  • @ericgardner3140
    @ericgardner3140 2 года назад +319

    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
      @RubyRedWitch 2 года назад +27

      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
      @damien1781 2 года назад +8

      @@RubyRedWitch stop reading it and just do it wierdos

    • @lauraporter6516
      @lauraporter6516 2 года назад +8

      @@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
      @serenatsukino999 2 года назад +2

      Go away

    • @jazcc
      @jazcc 2 года назад +14

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

  • @kidayoon9923
    @kidayoon9923 Год назад +32

    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.

  • @jarkody
    @jarkody 2 года назад +202

    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.

  • @teebroussard832
    @teebroussard832 2 года назад +56

    Aaliyah played this role very well

  • @shylapollard5165
    @shylapollard5165 2 года назад +28

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

  • @harrytyler6324
    @harrytyler6324 2 года назад +142

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

    • @midnightlotus7047
      @midnightlotus7047 2 года назад +23

      In India she is Kali Durga/Kali maa

    • @Ferro2155
      @Ferro2155 Год назад +11

      @@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
      @Daron7181 Год назад

      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
      @mead9 Год назад +5

      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
      @Sceniecutie Год назад +2

      @@mead9lol

  • @sakurapablo671
    @sakurapablo671 2 года назад +324

    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
      @-sweyn-9559 2 года назад +69

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

    • @ShanyShannon
      @ShanyShannon 2 года назад +33

      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
      @ShanyShannon 2 года назад +15

      @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
      @amarie_2 Год назад +7

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

    • @regina3192
      @regina3192 Год назад

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

  • @TheOnlyHBIC
    @TheOnlyHBIC Год назад +19

    The Actress Rip was so beautiful they picked the perfect Akasha!

  • @DarthKhayman420
    @DarthKhayman420 2 года назад +71

    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
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад

      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
      @DarthKhayman420 2 года назад +10

      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.

  • @enigma7784
    @enigma7784 2 месяца назад +6

    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

  • @Kittinlil
    @Kittinlil 11 месяцев назад +18

    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.

  • @angela-fl4gs
    @angela-fl4gs Год назад +17

    She was so beautiful.😢

  • @char-leewiebe7199
    @char-leewiebe7199 2 года назад +104

    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
      @jazcc 2 года назад +17

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

    • @LeeLee1985Official
      @LeeLee1985Official Год назад +7

      Yep youre right. ❤

    • @tyronefranklin2976
      @tyronefranklin2976 Год назад +1

      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
      @reenylynne8652 Год назад +1

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

  • @aqua_Laura
    @aqua_Laura 6 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @Letha-Mae
    @Letha-Mae 10 месяцев назад +15

    Akasha the 6,000+ year old God as she explains her plans for her to be the new God of the world and offers the vampires a chance to follow her as angels in her new world order. She planned to kill 90% of the world's HUMAN MEN and establish a new Eden in which WOMEN will worship Akasha as a goddess.... Aaliyah made this movie; she herself loved the book actually she loved all the books. She was a big fan of ANNE RICE.. she loved vampire's since she was little!! There couldn't be another remake of this movie bc she is gone she was made for this movie! Aaliyah's brother Rashad actually had to overdub some lines that were kinda difficult to understand bc of her accent that Aaliyah spent months learning.. Aaliyah had completed the film before she died in the crash but some of the Egyptian accent line's her character occasionally spoke was difficult to understand so Rashad who sound like his sister with the mellifluous voice re recorded a small portion of his sister's dialogue and they blended it in to make it seem like she had a sinister double sound but it was actually Rashad he was so proud to of helped his sister!! The beautiful Aaliyah just doesn't know how big of an icon she has become I truly believe if she would be alive she would be a major movie star!! She should of been called the Goddess of the Damned.. we love you Aaliyah rest in peace beautiful Queen 👑😓🤎🩸

  • @MsMestrella
    @MsMestrella 2 года назад +44

    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**

  • @joannemadden7449
    @joannemadden7449 Месяц назад +4

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

  • @jessicajacobson8068
    @jessicajacobson8068 2 года назад +63

    RIP to THE Mother of ALL Vampires, Anne Rice

    • @davhot4107
      @davhot4107 Год назад

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

  • @kataw0404
    @kataw0404 2 года назад +79

    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.

  • @pworld119
    @pworld119 2 года назад +15

    It sounds like something truly apart of history

  • @karenlewis9114
    @karenlewis9114 2 года назад +36

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

  • @thehelenafiles
    @thehelenafiles Год назад +3

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

  • @LeeDfined
    @LeeDfined Месяц назад +4

    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
    @darkangel4405 2 года назад +3

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

  • @DoraV1
    @DoraV1 2 года назад +7

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

  • @Thedawntempest
    @Thedawntempest Год назад +5

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

  • @dominicbuck3744
    @dominicbuck3744 2 года назад +94

    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
      @Marcustheseer 2 года назад +34

      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
      @bryndawdy3420 2 года назад +17

      She was the bad guy 🙄

    • @Terry_Bell
      @Terry_Bell 2 года назад +26

      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
      @RipleysSanatorium 2 года назад

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

    • @bryndawdy3420
      @bryndawdy3420 2 года назад

      @@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

  • @reddogg8100
    @reddogg8100 Год назад +1

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

  • @jacklyv
    @jacklyv 2 года назад +2

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

  • @TrueDawnstar
    @TrueDawnstar 2 года назад +21

    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
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад +4

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

    • @CatLover-23
      @CatLover-23 9 месяцев назад

      Cool Read... 👍

  • @mikemichael777
    @mikemichael777 2 года назад +30

    From what I read in the book, enkil lost his thirst for blood and after that so did akasha and they turned into marble like statues, lestats music woke her up and she killed enkil and went for lestat as her new king. there was no great battle until the end when makere killed akasha with one quick swip to her throat decapitating her . Your accurate with it just not in time-lines of the book also vampires tried several attempts to kill them but they couldn't they even fed on akasha but enkil would strike them off her

    • @bryndawdy3420
      @bryndawdy3420 2 года назад +7

      No, they were trapped by vampires and held so their blood could be stolen from them, they went catatonic and became statues

    • @mikemichael777
      @mikemichael777 2 года назад +2

      @@bryndawdy3420 read the book.....

    • @bryndawdy3420
      @bryndawdy3420 2 года назад +3

      @@mikemichael777 I did? Literally a month ago, cover to cover. And two more in the series since. Either you read it or you didn’t lmao

    • @mikemichael777
      @mikemichael777 2 года назад +2

      @@bryndawdy3420 I did too even years before the movie came or was a thought, maybe I forgot some details I apologize for that, either way good book and sort of movie

    • @joelorlando2677
      @joelorlando2677 2 года назад +8

      Also didn’t Lestat wake her once before and Marius loses it because he was never able to wake her and kicks Lestat out?

  • @ladyassassin1082
    @ladyassassin1082 2 года назад +34

    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
      @damien1781 2 года назад +1

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

    • @Dinker27
      @Dinker27 2 года назад +2

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

    • @ladyassassin1082
      @ladyassassin1082 2 года назад +8

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

    • @ladyassassin1082
      @ladyassassin1082 2 года назад +2

      @@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
      @Dinker27 2 года назад

      @@ladyassassin1082 Possibly.

  • @DarthKhayman420
    @DarthKhayman420 2 года назад +13

    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
      @ivyreid7 2 года назад +2

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

    • @DarthKhayman420
      @DarthKhayman420 2 года назад +3

      @@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
      @evanjuleen Год назад +1

      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

  • @quanpantan5854
    @quanpantan5854 2 года назад +3

    Thankyou for breaking all this down!! 🙏🏻

  • @zarnell
    @zarnell 2 года назад +3

    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.

  • @_S.D._
    @_S.D._ 2 года назад +64

    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
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад +16

      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._
      @_S.D._ 2 года назад +6

      @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
      @kataw0404 2 года назад

      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
      @joelorlando2677 2 года назад +2

      What book did the witches and vampires breed?

    • @jazcc
      @jazcc 2 года назад +2

      @@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.

  • @willatron420
    @willatron420 2 года назад +25

    You should do Maharet and Mekare next!!

  • @JaynaeMarieXIV
    @JaynaeMarieXIV Месяц назад +2

    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. 😁

  • @theblackrose7935
    @theblackrose7935 2 года назад +6

    Thank you so much for this channel.

  • @lisaharmon5619
    @lisaharmon5619 2 года назад +1

    This showed up on my feed. Liked and subscribed!

  • @NaturestoursTV
    @NaturestoursTV 2 года назад +9

    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

  • @faze_buendia9514
    @faze_buendia9514 2 года назад +1

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

  • @robinpullman1488
    @robinpullman1488 2 года назад +1

    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!! ^___^

  • @ronnieferguson9337
    @ronnieferguson9337 Месяц назад +1

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

  • @CallMeGarrek
    @CallMeGarrek 6 месяцев назад +1

    Loved this👏🏾 well done

  • @jassygemini1
    @jassygemini1 8 месяцев назад +6

    All the stuff you spoke about in Akasha’s story should have been in the movie

    • @thecutecat2561
      @thecutecat2561 Месяц назад +1

      The actress playing her died tragically in a plane crash before the movie was finished. Many parts had to be rewritten.

  • @keithMc35
    @keithMc35 Год назад +1

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

  • @brianhonan7582
    @brianhonan7582 Год назад

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

    • @VampireFolkloreVideos
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  Год назад +2

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

  • @ladyD2005
    @ladyD2005 2 года назад +3

    Have a great weekend and keep the videos coming

  • @candicecarter581
    @candicecarter581 Год назад +1

    I enjoyed the video. Good work on the video.

  • @keningall5404
    @keningall5404 2 года назад +4

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

  • @LaineyBug2020
    @LaineyBug2020 5 месяцев назад +3

    That ending was so much better!

  • @jeneenr33
    @jeneenr33 2 года назад +1

    Newly subscribed. This video was interesting

  • @easy6427
    @easy6427 6 месяцев назад +2

    I wish they had included Akasha in interview with a vampire. It feels like they would've covered her history better than Queen of the Damned did.

  • @lillyanna9429
    @lillyanna9429 2 года назад +7

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

  • @sarahgirlisit
    @sarahgirlisit 2 года назад +7

    Keep them coming.

  • @CC-eu2mm
    @CC-eu2mm 2 года назад +6

    We need more movies like this!!!

  • @janedyer2172
    @janedyer2172 2 года назад +1

    Excellent work.

  • @angela-fl4gs
    @angela-fl4gs Год назад

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

  • @makeupboss3568
    @makeupboss3568 7 месяцев назад +4

    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 .

  • @stephanieperri5012
    @stephanieperri5012 Год назад

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

  • @blackorchid2261
    @blackorchid2261 2 года назад +3

    Great composition and very informative. 🖼

  • @bevettecruz2110
    @bevettecruz2110 3 месяца назад

    TY for. A great representation!,very informative.

  • @AilileFelina
    @AilileFelina 2 года назад +5

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

  • @JermaineDemetrius
    @JermaineDemetrius 2 года назад

    Great video!

  • @bettamom7593
    @bettamom7593 Год назад

    Thanks! that was GREAT!

  • @kennethfox1586
    @kennethfox1586 Год назад +1

    Great video. Thanks

  • @tytybaby06
    @tytybaby06 5 месяцев назад +2

    She needs her own show!

  • @jaguarsky55
    @jaguarsky55 2 года назад +1

    Nicely done.

  • @AlextheHistorian
    @AlextheHistorian 2 года назад +9

    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.

    • @paradox920
      @paradox920 Год назад

      Yoo, fr?

    • @arielslack7015
      @arielslack7015 Год назад

      Maybe she got tired of writing about vampires

    • @AlextheHistorian
      @AlextheHistorian Год назад

      @@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
      @Sceniecutie Год назад +2

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

    • @Starfire_Kori1211
      @Starfire_Kori1211 8 месяцев назад

      Hmm..

  • @sticky2sweet2
    @sticky2sweet2 10 месяцев назад

    New subscriber, thank you!

  • @bandog6
    @bandog6 Год назад +2

    Good job!!!!👍🏾🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥🔥🔥

  • @shandagibbs2192
    @shandagibbs2192 5 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @paulbrown-bear1936
    @paulbrown-bear1936 2 года назад

    Yup, this video got u a new follower,, good work pimp!

    • @VampireFolkloreVideos
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад

      Thank you Paul! I can’t even tell you how much effort I put into structuring it. I really appreciate it!

  • @lanacarter2715
    @lanacarter2715 4 месяца назад +2

    The books were amazing!

  • @unanimous.verdict
    @unanimous.verdict 2 года назад +9

    Man, Aaliyah was perfect Akasha

  • @lpg8518
    @lpg8518 8 месяцев назад

    very interesting, glad I listened to it.

  • @TXejas19
    @TXejas19 Год назад

    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.

  • @nicholasshade1366
    @nicholasshade1366 Год назад +4

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

  • @rylinmariel6431
    @rylinmariel6431 8 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @brandonsalisbury7182
    @brandonsalisbury7182 Год назад +1

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

  • @stephanieperri5012
    @stephanieperri5012 9 месяцев назад +2

    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!

  • @mckrackin5324
    @mckrackin5324 2 года назад +10

    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
      @jazcc 2 года назад

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

    • @mckrackin5324
      @mckrackin5324 2 года назад +1

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

    • @jazcc
      @jazcc 2 года назад +1

      @@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
      @mckrackin5324 2 года назад +3

      @@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".

  • @johnguile1966
    @johnguile1966 2 года назад

    Nice work

  • @SweetLilWren
    @SweetLilWren 2 года назад

    This was great

  • @faze_buendia9514
    @faze_buendia9514 2 года назад +1

    Would love to see you do a video on the What We Do in the Shadows series lol the movie and the tv show; they're all on Hulu but you probably already knew that heh

  • @thegadflygang5381
    @thegadflygang5381 2 года назад +4

    Meant to subscribe last month. You put out good content, waiting for some Lost Boys action up on here. (KUDOS on the Anne Rice marathon. It took me a decade probably as I would intermittently read a books in between to not burn out)

    • @VampireFolkloreVideos
      @VampireFolkloreVideos  2 года назад

      Still plenty more Anne Rice to do.. I go through phases where I just want to make VC content but I have to spread it out lol. Thanks for the support!