the audience applauded

Just what I expected

A Major Disappointment

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

The evil Radu returns with a vengeance after his subspecies minions help put him back together. After taking care of his brother, the dastardly One finds that Michelle, his brother's love interest/newly turned vampire (also newly Denice Duff, replacing Laura Tate who lijkely balked at doing the nudity) has run off with the precious Bloodstone.This one being filmed back-to-back with part 3 should clue you in that you shouldn't expect any real semblance of an ending to part 2. So if you're not fully prepared to set aside around 3 hours to watch both together, you'll likely be disappointed by a fairly large cliff-hanger.That gripe aside, I enjoyed Subspecies 2 as much, if not more, than the first. It has more action and meat to the story.Eye Candy: Denice Duff provides a full-frontal

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.

This film picks up right where the first film left off. Brand new vampire Michelle must flee Castle Vladislas after the eternally slobbering Radu kills her lover, the Good Vampire Stefan (no great loss, really). Michelle has not gone away empty handed however; the life-giving Bloodstone is now in her possession, and Radu wants it back. Finding Michelle is no problem, but killing her (as he had originally intended) proves much more difficult as the hideous Radu decides he wants both the Bloodstone and Michelle for his own.Denice Duff is quite good as the new Michelle here, stalking victims in humid European nightclubs with a seductive coldness, while at the same time desperately trying to deny the murderous impulses which disgust her. She is heartbroken without being whiny, tragic and lost but refusing to be anything other than what she has become. Her scene in the hotel is one of the best in the film, as she cries herself to sleep and then wakes up screaming as the full light of morning comes burning through her window, forcing her into the cold refuge of the shower stall where she is later discovered, presumed dead and carried off in a body bag, only to awaken at dusk in full panic once more. New characters include Michelle's sister from America, responding to Michelle's desolate and panicked phone call. Joining her later are a young police detective and a Van Helsing-ish man who leads them to Castle Vladislas. Radu's "Mummy" is here as well, a cackling lawn gnome of a woman who is in desperate need of some Oil Of Olay. But Michelle and Radu always remain central, Radu disgusting in his cruelty and yet almost pathetic in his newfound love for the pretty Michelle; Michelle horrified and yet drawn to the ancient vampire who was responsible for making her what she is. Their relationship is most unique, a true Beauty and the Beast pair.While not as Gothically creepy as the first Subspecies, Bloodstone is still a strong entry in the series, visually compelling and with a good, strong storyline to boot. All the actors are earnest and believable simply because (with the exception of the Immortal Michelle and her icy-white radiance) they are approachable looking, attractive without being blindingly so. And then there's Radu... Radu is the main reason I am as big a fan of these films as I am. He is gross, manicure-impaired, ugly as all hell (literally!), and yet he's also aristocratic and cunning with a wicked sense of humor and an intelligence that has escaped most new vampires. He's not ashamed of who or what he is. He enjoys his cruelty, and his bloodlust and his eagerness to show Michelle the ropes is like the worlds most perverted Hallmark card. It's great! I said it before and I will say it again: Radu is what a vampire should be, and his presence makes these films totally enjoyable. 8 stars out of 10 for this one.

Picking up right where the first left off, a woman runs for her life after vampire Radu (Anders Hove) turns her into a vamp. She has a bloodstone of his and he seeks her out for both the bloodstone and as a love interest. Some humor and a few original effects make this a fun outing, but this series needs a new leading man, because Anders Hove as Radu is just terrible and his accent is laughable.Rated R; Brief Nudity, Profanity, Graphic Violence.