The first five minutes of Subspecies: Bloodstone is a masterful special effects extravaganza.
It picks up right where the original leaves off...but quickly makes a u-turn, when the evil vampire is revived from the dead by his little minions.
Upon reawakening, he murders his brother, and attempts to murder our protaganess- who is the same character as before, just played by a different actress...now with long hair. However, she is saved by the rays of the rising sun just in the nick of time.
This allows her to escape with the Bloodstone, but she ends up dying before her sister- who is a different character, played by the same short-haired actress from the original- arrives in Bucharest to help her.
Police are confounded when this, seemingly, dead woman gets up and walks out of the morgue.
So they agree to hand over the Bloodstone, and rest of her belongings, to her sister.
Without the Bloodstone, the vampire sister must find someone on which to feed.
But she's still averse to the idea of killing.
As she attempts to search for answers, her sister returns to the vampire's castle, with hopes she can learn more about what was going on there.
Leading the two sisters to cross paths, and exchange the Bloodstone.
However, the evil vampire follows them...and takes it back for himself...for it belongs to his beloved mother, the dark vampire queen.
The Bloodstone is so sought after because it drips the blood of saints, and never runs dry...making it the Holy Grail of the vampire realm.
Turns out the young vampiress ends up unwillingly forced into submission in a bonded marriage as a result of her situation.
So, it's up to her sister to try and save her.
But who will end up saving who in the end?
This film is noticeably darker than the first, and as a result the production quality seems better.
It's a nice continuation of the first storyline, that leaves one ready for the next chapter, despite the drastic turn of events at the beginning.
And the special effects are simply awesome.
Highly reminiscent of films like Evil Dead and Tales From The Crypt.
A great follow up to the first film.
7.5 out of 10.
It picks up right where the original leaves off...but quickly makes a u-turn, when the evil vampire is revived from the dead by his little minions.
Upon reawakening, he murders his brother, and attempts to murder our protaganess- who is the same character as before, just played by a different actress...now with long hair. However, she is saved by the rays of the rising sun just in the nick of time.
This allows her to escape with the Bloodstone, but she ends up dying before her sister- who is a different character, played by the same short-haired actress from the original- arrives in Bucharest to help her.
Police are confounded when this, seemingly, dead woman gets up and walks out of the morgue.
So they agree to hand over the Bloodstone, and rest of her belongings, to her sister.
Without the Bloodstone, the vampire sister must find someone on which to feed.
But she's still averse to the idea of killing.
As she attempts to search for answers, her sister returns to the vampire's castle, with hopes she can learn more about what was going on there.
Leading the two sisters to cross paths, and exchange the Bloodstone.
However, the evil vampire follows them...and takes it back for himself...for it belongs to his beloved mother, the dark vampire queen.
The Bloodstone is so sought after because it drips the blood of saints, and never runs dry...making it the Holy Grail of the vampire realm.
Turns out the young vampiress ends up unwillingly forced into submission in a bonded marriage as a result of her situation.
So, it's up to her sister to try and save her.
But who will end up saving who in the end?
This film is noticeably darker than the first, and as a result the production quality seems better.
It's a nice continuation of the first storyline, that leaves one ready for the next chapter, despite the drastic turn of events at the beginning.
And the special effects are simply awesome.
Highly reminiscent of films like Evil Dead and Tales From The Crypt.
A great follow up to the first film.
7.5 out of 10.