Reviews

this is one of those movies that are so bad that they just start getting funny after awhile, the greatest moment of the movie was when the mommy ghost pulled a classic loony toons move (she was in front of Gellar's character, then Gellar backed up opened a closet, and the ghost popped out behind her) some of the effects were pretty good, like Yoko's ghost/zombie looked good and creepy, but the movie failed to give enough plot for the visuals to be able to be scary beyond the initial shock factor. I also liked how they did the one ghosts hair, but yet again, it's just good visuals. I like a movie that can give you a reason to be scared after it's over (i.e. The Exorcist) The Grudge was totally dependent on cheap shock horror, and left you with nothing after the credits started. It was mostly horror eye candy, there wasn't much to it. I'd give it a 4/10 just because I liked it visually.

This movie was a good book turned into a brain dead vampire movie aimed at teenagers. First of all it's based on half the story (the book before it in the series "The Vampire Lestat" ended with the beginning of "Queen of the Damned") They left out main characters, omitted the histories, and even changed how Lestat became a vampire, what was left out of "Interview With The Vampire" felt like they just needed to fit into some time constraints, what they did with "Queen of the Damned" was a hack and slash job. Even taking it separately from the book, it was at best mediocre. The characters were two dimensional, and bland, and the plot was boring and unconnected. This movie's only redeeming qualities were the mood the lighting and the sets added, and the costumes, which both were wonderful, but besides that, read the book instead.