Thursday, October 21, 2010

Subspecies: The Case of the Teething Vampire

It's almost Halloween. We all know what that means. Now is the time to watch as many cheesy (a.k.a. B-movie) horror flicks. What an interesting genre. You get so much from so little.

Some of the movies I have watched this Halloween season include: Warlock, Fright Night, Phantasm, and Subspecies.

Subspecies is about a couple of vampire brothers. One is really evil looking and drools constantly. The other is half human and cannot believe his older, nasty looking brother killed their father for what is called a bloodstone.

Interestingly enough, the plot lot isn't bad. The bloodstone is a constant flow of blood from saints (don't ask). This way they didn't have to feed from humans. The setting is awesome, shot within ancient Romanian castles. Yes, they are really in Romania. The older brother gets hooked on the bloodstone like it's crack. And he wants more so he goes out and starts to feed on three visiting, female doctoral students. Naturally.

You will enjoy the silly ending as the demons, created from the older brothers Nosforatu fingertips (again...don't ask), take the head (still alive) of the older brother away. Gee, I wonder what is going to happen next. You guessed it. Subspecies Two. You gotta love it. Right?