Okay, I need to start off by saying this is a pretty good vampire film. Full Moon Entertainment did a nice job. Scary vampires, cute little demonoids, and Angus Scrimm. The three babes in this film? Well, yes they are babes. It's just that...well, the leading lady as an American college student, and the good and handsome vampire are...well...they look like each other. When they suck face it is weird. Picture yourself kissing your image in the mirror...yuck. But! If you can look beyond that, 1991's "Subspecies," directed by Ted Nicolaou is a good take.
Okay, Angus Scrimm is a vampire king with two sons. The evil one, Radu (Anders Hove) is frightening and looks like Nosferatu on steroids. He also has little demonoids that accompany him everywhere. He murders his dad because his dad was going to give the bloodstone to the other brother, Stefan (Michael Watson). Now Stefan has the bloodstone...and this stone is...well...important. Enter a couple of American babes doing research on Transylvanian folklore. They come riding into town like a CIA-backed NGO. The giggly babes, Michelle (Laura MacTate) and Lillian (Michelle McBride) meet up with their friend, local Mara (Irina Movila). The trio are bent on learning about the local folklore but catch the attention of Radu... now he wants them. Stefan arrives, masquerading as a zoologist... American babes will believe anything! He falls in ,love with himself...I mean Michelle.
Okay, now Radu is determined to bite all three and deprive Stefan of the pleasure. Since he has the bloodstone, Radu is in a position of advantage. He grabs Mara, rips her clothes off, and chains her in a dungeon. In America there are clubs that do this in every college town. In Transylvania, this is anti-social behavior that cause the citizenry to take up torches and stakes. Stefan now must fight to protect himself...er, I mean Michelle. Lillian? Well, in Transylvania it does not pay to be the third wheel. We can see it a mile away, a duel to the death seems imminent between vampire brothers.
Atmospheric and melodramatic, the vampire and demonoid f/x are terrific. Will the American babes and Mara keep their humanity? Will either of the vampires make Michelle a vampire bride? A zoologist? How dumb are American coeds? This is a terrific franchise, written in part by Charles Band. For a nice vampire film, perhaps mis-cast in some places, see "Subspecies."
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