Subspecies (1991)

Director:

Ted Nicolaou

Writers:

Charles Band (idea)
Jackson Barr (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The night has fangs.

Plot:

The evil vampire villain Radu returns to his hometown of Prejnar, after spending years in exile. He...

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Cult Favorite | Castle | One Word Title | First Of Series

Cast

Angus Scrimm	...	King Vladislav
Anders Hove	...	Radu
Irina Movila	...	Mara
Laura Mae Tate	...	Michele
Michelle McBride	...	Lillian
Ivan J. Rado	...	Karl
Mara Grigore	...	Rosa
Adrian Vâlcu	...	Ian
Michael Watson	...	Stefan
Lili Dumitrescu	...	Old Crone
Ion Besoiu	...	Doctor

MPAA:

Rated R for vampire violence, and for nudity.

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | UK:18 | USA:R | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Bucharest, Romania

Company:

Full Moon Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Texas Chain Saw Massacre: The Shocking Truth (2000) (V)

It's great for a Vampire B-movie, but what I like the most was that it *WAS* a Vampire B-movie!!

To start off with I had a great back story. Two Vampire Brothers one, genuinely good, born of a Mortal woman(Stephan), and the Vampire king and the other, truly Evil, born of a evil witch and the vampire king(Radu).

*one side note* Radu(the Evil Brother in this movie) was also the name of Vald Dracula's Brothers!!!

I think this movie was great with the special effects. I didn't, and still don't know about the story line with the "Subspecies(the little demons)" Radu's Minions, but they were very well done. the primitive settings and tactile use of locals playing the towns people was great.

One thing I would have done different when filming in the dark of night, in the woods no less. I would try to make the light look more like moon light instead of a spotlight hidden behind a tree. but to one effect it gave a hauntingly glow to the trees!

Oh if you are like me and like to find mess-ups in movies here is one I'm sure you'll see... when the Funeral procession is taking place. On the cross is a name of the person that has died now later on when the towns people are performing the ritual with the white horse jumping over said grave look at the cross again the name is now in reverse the first and last names have switched places! ????go figure????

But anyway, all in all its a great movie the endings well,uh,... well you'll just have to see it