Anne Rice fans: avoid this one
I could have forgiven the fact that the director obviously never read the books, and ignored important plot points, if the movie was decent on its own. Taken by itself, this movie is just bad. It's closer to a bad '80s horror flick than anything else. The only redeming qualities were the music, which was OK, and Aaliyah's portrail of Akasha was pretty good, even if she was young for the part.