Subspecies

Subspecies is a series of four horror movies directed by Ted Nicolau, produced by Full Moon Pictures and starring Anders Hove as vampire Radu Vladislas.

The series consists of


 * Subspecies (1991)
 * Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
 * Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994)
 * Bloodstorm: Subspecies IV (1998)

It had a spinoff, made in 1997, called The Vampire Journals.

The story involves young Michelle, who came to Romania with her friend Lilian to study its folklore and ends up involved in a war between ancient vampires for the possession of the Blood Stone, a stone which drips the blood of saints.


 * The Artifact: The titular Subspecies... do next to nothing in the series. They're really only there because Full Moon productions always have at least one stop-motion element (usually so they can sell models and action figures of them).
 * Artifact Title: The 'Subspecies' title in Bloodstorm, the only movie not to have the little creatures.
 * Back For The Undead:  comes back as a vampire in Bloodstorm after apparently having been killed in Bloodlust
 * Back From the Dead: Ash, villain of The Vampire Journals, is killed off pretty decisively at the end of that film. He returns with no explanation to be Radu's Dragon in Bloodstorm.
 * Bloody Hilarious: Radu seems to think  is this in Bloodstone.   in Bloodlust fit the bill better.
 * Contrived Coincidence: In Bloodstone, the theater Michelle hides in has a glass coffin backstage. Why? Is this theater a hostel for vampires?
 * Creepy Long Fingers: Radu.
 * Dhampyr: Both Stefan and Radu; Stefan is half-human, while Radu is the result of his father being magically seduced by a hag (of the D&D nonhuman variety).
 * Downer Ending:.
 * Dull Surprise: Radu.
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Radu.  in Bloodlust when he.
 * Expy: Maria, the leading girl in Bloodstorm seems to be one for Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
 * Looks Like Orlok: Radu, increasingly so with each movie.
 * Love Makes You Dumb: Radu, oh so very much.
 * MacGuffin: The Blood Stone, even in the sequel named after it.
 * Negative Continuity: The vampires' ability to walk in the sunlight appears only in the first movie.
 * Neutral Female: Michelle is mostly this in the sequels. She does  in Bloodstone, but as for the rest of the time...
 * Not Quite Dead: Radu is seemingly killed several times, only to somehow survive. In the last
 * Once an Episode: Radu kills a family member of his and a man helping the main character(s) dies in each of the first three movies.
 * Our Vampires Are Different: In the first movie, the vampires walk in plain sunlight.
 * Non-evil vampires can walk in sunlight such as Stefan, it also why he looks the most human unlike Radu who follows the path of evil and looks deformed.
 * The Other Darrin: Michelle is played by Laura Tate in the first film and by Denice Duff in the following movies.
 * Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome:  in Bloodstone,   in Bloodlust,   in Bloodstorm.
 * Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Bob from Bloodstone is one for the custodian from the first movie.
 * Too Dumb to Live: Michelle, Lt. Marin and Radu.
 * The Unfavourite: Radu. By both parents.