CURRENT ISSUE 2/25/02 Front Page Weekly Features Advice from Strangers Ain't That America? To-Do List: Rosie O'Donnell Moth's Diary News from Travistan Movie Corner Info Archives Crap Shop Who's at Fault? Contact Us!	Probe Movie Review by Preston Fillagre   Queen of the Damned Horror films follow a sine curve. Originally, dark and imaginative masterpieces such as Herzog's Nosferatu and Lang's M artistically led us into nightmare worlds of disturbing proximity to our own. Then came parodies of the form that run from Abbot and Costello up to questionable features like Scream. Now we have Queen of the Damned. Is it to be taken seriously, as its richly detailed interiors and textured lighting in deep focus suggest, or is it tongue-in-cheek commentary on the purely fantastic as the over-the-top special effects and tissue-thin characterizations indicate? Director Rymer appears to have been unable to make any commitment cinematically with regard to this film's literature, and it comes out with confused visuals, muddy sound, and incoherent narrative. And who is this "Lestat" character, after all? Perhaps some background on him would have illuminated the shadowy corners of this set piece influenced by MTV.
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