Review: Bloodstone: Subspecies 2 (1993)
By William Pattison
This time I’m reviewing the sequel to Ted Nicolaou’s
Subspiecies…
Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman
who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks
her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone,
and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to
save her soul. It might be to late....
This is an excellent sequel. It starts right after the end
of Subspecies. Michelle, now played by Denice Duff, is making the charge to a
vampire after being bit by Radu and after his brother Stephan.
Denice Duff is a vast improvement over the actress who
played Michelle. Her scenes with Radu are fantastic because of her range. Also,
we can’t forgetAnders Hove as the horrifying, blood slobbering, Radu. He out
does his performance in the first film. This film also has the additons of
Melany Shatner (yes, William Shatner’s daughter) as Michelle’s sister Rebbeca, kevin
spirits as CIA agent Mel, Ion Haidue as Chief of Police Marin, and Pamela
Gordon as Radu’s Mummy, which I think is a fantastic edition to the story.
This film features a lot more FX and a lot more vampire
action. One of my personal favorites is Nicolaou using shadows for a mease of
transport for the vampires. Also once again they use the Subspecies very well
in this film.
All in all this film does exactly what a good sequel does,
it expands upon the original, much like Bride of Frankenstein did. I highly
recommend this film…
