Subspecies I-IV - 1991, 1993, 1994, 1998 {Super Maxi Post}

I remember seeing this movie when I was probably twelve or thirteen years old and not being able to wait for the sequels as they arrived. It was the golden age of Full Moon, AKA the best time for bad horror movies ever, and I think these trailers elucidate that point quite nicely.



It appears to be a pretty straightforward vampire movie, shot in Bucharest, about some girls who get turned into vampires by the evil Radu, who ends up battling his brother, also a vampire, for the life of one of the women with whom he's fallen in love. But since it's Full Moon it's also full of weird little claymation demons for no reason.



Oh man, Subspecies II just amps it up a little more. Now it's suddenly about using this bloodstone to become immortal (I know, he's already immortal, but whatever) and there's a bunch of vampire magic and that chick from the first one's sister is looking for her and totally in danger of being turned into a vampire too! Oh noes!



Yes, yes, Bloodlust! The terror continues this Halloween, '93! Keep it coming, Charles Band. There's no stopping this freight train of awesome now!



So these people just can not fucking die! I think when the actress utters the phrase 'please kill me' she's genuinely asking someone on set to end the franchise. Of course, this was four years after the third, which perhaps implies someone's career didn't go quite as expected. How is it that they keep coming? Every movie ends with Radu dying, then the next movie starts with some crazy ritual to bring him back to life, all so he can go after the same girl? Just get a new one, man! They're all over and you're a crazy monster with super powers! I think this was the point where Full Moon started taking a downward turn, but I fully expect them to shoot a fifth installment someday, revamping the series for a new generation...

Eh, who am I kidding? The only people who will watch the fifth one will be Full Moon losers like myself who saw the originals at the time of release.

And, just because it exists, someone's Subspecies II music video with moody gothic bullshit from Moonspell, who, by the way, look like this:

Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm - 1998

From master of shit-schlock Ted Nicolau comes the fourth (and not yet the last) of the Subspecies films - a quintet of Full Moon vampire tales featuring the immortal Radu, Nosferatu-like creep who kills his brother and turns a sexy Full Moon nymphette into a vampiress who then attempts to kill him many times over. Everything revolves around some kind of Bloodstone, which keeps everyone happy. Ted Nicolau is also the beautiful mind behind Dungeonmaster, AKA Ragewar. Here's the cover, to aid in your horror:

Let the Right One In-2008

"...tells the story of a lonely twelve year-old boy and his friendship with a young girl, who appears to be a vampire"
-Comingsoon.net

30 Days of Night-2007

One of my favorites from last year that totally did not get the credit it deserved. The vampires in this movie are seriously on crack. They don't even try to hide the fact that they're killing people. Actually, now that I think about it, they don't even wipe their mouths after they've smothered themselves in a ripped open neck . That's about as real as it gets.

Waxwork II: Lost in Time {Ultra Mega-Blast Retaliation Effort} - 1992

This trailer should shove another nail in the challenge coffin. This movie is basically an excuse to use a trunk full of costumes and make fun of horror films. Before Scary Movie 3, there was Waxwork II. Double points for getting the first Bruce Campbell movie onto the blog (I think).