oliviu2009 This is the only Subspecies movie which has a flaw: when Radu is seen in an alley, Rebecca is not surprised by how he looks! That annoyed me and destroyed the suspense for a few seconds, but this is the only bad thing I can say about the entire series! Subspecies II is wonderful, haunting, true Gothic, creepy, all you ever wanted from a vampire movie. Don't miss it for the world. Any person who feels Gothic must see it. And the other movies in the series too, along with dark shadows 1991 and Nosferatu in Venice. This are all true to the lore. For I am a transylvanian, and so i do know a few things about vampires. And it all fits to the stories. Enjoy!

Paul Andrews Bloodstone: Subspecies II starts immediately after the events of the original Subspecies (1991) as the evil Vampire Radu's (Anders Hove) little monsters help reattach his head. Enraged by what has happened & that his brother Stefan & Michele (Denice Duff) have stolen the Bloodstone he seeks revenge, Radu kills his brother but impending sunlight saves Michelle. Waking up Michele realises that she is now a Vampire herself, distraught she run & travels to the city of Bucharest where she checks into Athene Palace hotel & calls her sister Rebecaa (Melanie Shatner) for help. Rebecca flies to Romania from the US but is told by the local police that Michele was involved in some strange accident, as Rebecca searches for her sister she discovers that Vampires are real & tries to help Michele as Radu wants both her & the Bloodstone...Written & directed by Ted Nicolaou who ended up directing all the Subspecies films to date so far I actually thought Bloodstone: Subspecies II was an improvement on the original, it wasn't a ground breaking leap forward but I did think it was a slightly better film on all counts. The plot this time definitely has a lot more to it & more going on, the fact that Michele has become a Vampire, her sisters search for her, the police investigation, Radu's search for the Bloodstone & his deal with Mummy add up to a film with more depth, not a lot more depth but more depth all the same. The gore levels have improved considerably which helps & that awkward broken English dialogue isn't here. The pace is good, at only just over 80 odd minutes it's short enough not to outstay it's welcome & overall it's a better film than I was expecting. On the negative side Radu's little monsters only make a brief cameo at the start, in the original Subspecies Vampires didn't mind the sunlight but here they do, there's nothing that original or gripping here & it is kind of forgettable. It's OK to watch while it's on but you really won't have taken much from it when it's finished, or at least I didn't anyway.Bloodstone: Subspecies II was mad around the time when Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment had a deal with Paramount for theatrical distribution but that fell through & this went straight-to-video which is a shame because it's a fairly handsome film & certainly could have played cinemas. There's strong use of light & shadow, the period Romanian locations add considerable atmosphere to the film & there's some nice imagery here to like Radu's living shadow or the fact that Michele sleeps in an elegant glass top coffin during the day. There's more gore here, the graphic reattaching of Radu's head at the start is a neat effect, a Vampire is staked & decomposes, there's a fair amount of blood splatter & neck biting & there's this woman zombie thing as well who Radu calls Mummy for some reason.Shot back to back with the next Subspecies film Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994) on location in Romania, this is quite a nice looking film with good production values & was probably one of Full Moon's higher budgeted films. The acting is alright, Anders Hove returns as the evil Radu (how does he do anything with those long fingernails?), playing Michele this time around Denice Duff replaced Laura Mae Tate while Rebecca was played by Melanie Shatner who just happens to be the daughter of Captain Kirk himself William Shatner.Bloodstone: Subspecies II is a decent enough horror film, it has a bit of atmosphere, a bit of gore, a bit of style & an OK plot but it's nothing amazing & it won't really last long in the memory. Followed by Bloodlust: Subspecies III & Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm while Vampire Journals (1997) was a spin-off film.

barnthebarn Straight-forward sequel to Subspecies, this time Michelle - now a fully fledged vampire - attempts to escape the evil Radu who wants her as his very own love mate. Thus she steals the ancient bloodstone and forces Radu to pursue her for both reasons. Meanwhile her obsessive sister Rebecca (Melanie Shatner, William Shatener's daughter) travels to Rome enlisting the help of a local Police lieutenant.Denice Duff in her debut as Michelle is exceptional, a grand actress and attractive too. The casting generally is very effective and Anders Hove as Radu - though perhaps less sinister than in the first film - is fitting more comfortably in to the character. Another fine effort from Ted Nicolaou and as riveting as fans might expect. Fine.

trashgang As I regular search the flea markets after some OOP's or obscure horrors I became aware of this one due to his cover. At home I did my research and came up with the fact that this is a trilogy and this one is part 2. Okay, never seen part 1 and 3 I plugged it in and watched it. First thing I noticed was the fact that you don't need part 1 to understand part 2. Second thing I noticed was the fact that they used stop/motion. I thought, this can't be good. Not that I have anything against stop/motion but mostly it becomes childish except for Evil Dead. And it was made in the nineties so why use old effects. But it became clear, it's a Full Moon Production, well known for Demonic toys and other stop/motion flicks. Luckely it was only in the first minutes they used it, why, I don't know, maybe they used it in part 1. Anyway, it is not a bad movie. The red stuff flows on a regular base. But it is never frightening. Even thou the vampire is believable, it's the mummy mother that makes it a bit Tales From The Crypt. A vampire that have a mummy as mum, a mistake. The editing is okay, it made you watch without boredom. The storyline is okay. Although there aren't popular actors in the film they all are okay. The vampire itself is well-done. The use of light and shadows made me think of the old black and white movies "Schatten" and "Nosferatu", even the hands made me think of Nosferatu. Overall, good movie if your in for a familyreunion and have a chill now and then. Or if your children would like to see a vampire flick not too gory.