Warning: This article should be reserved for informed audiences due to shocking passages.
Released in 2002, Queen is best known for the tragic fate of its lead actress, R’n’B singer Aaliyah, who died in a plane crash. But what’s less well known is that the vampire movie adapted from Anne Rice’s works has also sparked some scary news.
In 2003, Alan Menzies, a 23-year-old Scottish man, went on trial for the murder of his best friend, who was stabbed 42 times. The Guardian reports. In court, a young man who pleads insanity claims that he committed the crime after Akasha’s character. Queen of the Damned (played Aliyah) ordered to be killed in order to become a vampire and achieve immortality.
“Finally I knew I had to kill someone…”– says Alan Menzies, obsessed with movies Queen of the Damned which he has seen more than 100 times. “If I hadn’t killed someone, I wouldn’t have become a vampire.”
The killer was found dead in his cell
According to Alan Menzies, one of these criminals who was inspired by films or series to fuel their behavior, it was his best friend’s offensive remark about the film that “broke” him. After hitting the latter with several blows with a hammer, he beats him, drinks his blood, eats the skull and buries the body, which is found a few days later.
Alan Menzies, who was sentenced to life in prison with an 18-year security sentence, was found dead in his cell in 2003.
Excerpt from “Queen of the Damned”:
Source: Allocine
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