Full Moon’s Subspecies franchise returns with brand new fifth installment Subspecies V: Bloodrise, a glossy, high-quality prequel that’s now streaming exclusively on Screambox and Full Moon Features!
The movie – which tells the origin story of the immortal bloodsucker Radu – will be streaming alongside all four former Full Moon classics, including 1991’s Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993), Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994), and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998). Click on over to Screambox to start streaming!
Nat Brehmer raves in his review of the new movie, “This isn’t simply a great Subspecies movie for modern day Full Moon, it’s a great Subspecies movie.” Nat continues, “All I asked of Subspecies V was to rekindle at least some of that feeling I had, watching these movies for the very first time. It does that, and then some. Subspecies V isn’t just a worthy entry in the series, it is absolutely in the running for best Subspecies movie,...
The movie – which tells the origin story of the immortal bloodsucker Radu – will be streaming alongside all four former Full Moon classics, including 1991’s Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993), Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994), and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998). Click on over to Screambox to start streaming!
Nat Brehmer raves in his review of the new movie, “This isn’t simply a great Subspecies movie for modern day Full Moon, it’s a great Subspecies movie.” Nat continues, “All I asked of Subspecies V was to rekindle at least some of that feeling I had, watching these movies for the very first time. It does that, and then some. Subspecies V isn’t just a worthy entry in the series, it is absolutely in the running for best Subspecies movie,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
As a fan, I cannot believe that Subspecies V: Bloodrise has finally arrived after twenty-five years. The movie was first promised only a few years after the release of Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm. I remember being a preteen on the Internet, on Full Moon’s original website, when the announcement of a new Subspecies, a prequel that would tell Radu’s origin down through the centuries, first hit. I hadn’t even seen any of the sequels yet, and I was still absolutely thrilled. Then nothing came of it. Full Moon became a smaller and smaller company, spending much of the early 2000s as Shadow Entertainment, the smallest scale era of the studio to date, before bouncing back by the end of the decade. But the budgets over time have still been much, much smaller than they had been in the ‘90s, when those first four Subspecies films were made. Given...
- 6/2/2023
- by Nat Brehmer
- bloody-disgusting.com
After Puppet Master, Subspecies is undoubtedly Full Moon’s most successful franchise. The two are similar in that they both have an intricate central mythology that is expanded upon over time, and while both have their share of quirky humor, the films are much more serious in tone than other notable Full Moon franchises like Gingerdead Man or Evil Bong. The two series, however, also have their share of stark differences. For one thing, the Puppet Master series has spawned 15 films to date: 13 official entries from the home studio, plus a crossover by the Sci-Fi Channel and a remake. They also play it fast and loose in terms of continuity. Many different screenwriters have come and gone, adding to and contradicting the established mythology—sometimes in equal doses.
Subspecies, meanwhile, is only just now seeing the release of its fifth entry after a twenty-five year gap since the last sequel,...
Subspecies, meanwhile, is only just now seeing the release of its fifth entry after a twenty-five year gap since the last sequel,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Nat Brehmer
- bloody-disgusting.com
With Memorial Day behind us, summer is on its way, and this summer is going to be absolutely loaded with new horror movies. We’re calling it the Summer of Screams for a reason!
But first, this week is all about Stephen King and Subspecies…
Here’s all the new horror releasing May 30 – June 4, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
From Bayview Entertainment, this week’s new releases kick off with Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi’sMy Cherry Pie, an indie slasher that’s now available on VOD outlets.
The film is said to be a “gory slice of retro horror.”
In My Cherry Pie, “On the run, three criminals find themselves holed up at a notorious old hospital that happens to be the hunting ground of a masked killer.”
Glenn Maynard, Trudi Ranik, and Sotiris Tzelios star.
After a successful festival run, Sylvia Caminer...
But first, this week is all about Stephen King and Subspecies…
Here’s all the new horror releasing May 30 – June 4, 2023!
For daily reminders about new horror releases, be sure to follow @HorrorCalendar.
From Bayview Entertainment, this week’s new releases kick off with Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi’sMy Cherry Pie, an indie slasher that’s now available on VOD outlets.
The film is said to be a “gory slice of retro horror.”
In My Cherry Pie, “On the run, three criminals find themselves holed up at a notorious old hospital that happens to be the hunting ground of a masked killer.”
Glenn Maynard, Trudi Ranik, and Sotiris Tzelios star.
After a successful festival run, Sylvia Caminer...
- 5/30/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Full Moon’s Subspecies franchise returns with brand new fifth installment Subspecies V: Bloodrise, a glossy, high-quality prequel with a worldwide co-streaming premiere now set for June 2nd exclusively on Screambox and Full Moon Features!
The movie – which tells the origin story of the immortal bloodsucker Radu – will be streaming on both services (Screambox and Full Moon Features) alongside all four previous Full Moon classics, including 1991’s Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993), Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994), and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998).
Nat Brehmer raves in his review of the new movie, “This isn’t simply a great Subspecies movie for modern day Full Moon, it’s a great Subspecies movie.” Nat continues, “All I asked of Subspecies V was to rekindle at least some of that feeling I had, watching these movies for the very first time. It does that, and then some. Subspecies V isn’t just a worthy entry in the series,...
The movie – which tells the origin story of the immortal bloodsucker Radu – will be streaming on both services (Screambox and Full Moon Features) alongside all four previous Full Moon classics, including 1991’s Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993), Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994), and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998).
Nat Brehmer raves in his review of the new movie, “This isn’t simply a great Subspecies movie for modern day Full Moon, it’s a great Subspecies movie.” Nat continues, “All I asked of Subspecies V was to rekindle at least some of that feeling I had, watching these movies for the very first time. It does that, and then some. Subspecies V isn’t just a worthy entry in the series,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema should offer a special brew spiked with drippings from the Bloodstone to celebrate their newest infernal partnership. After 25 years of dormancy, Full Moon Features is pulling the Sword of Laertes out from the chests of the vampires of Subspecies for a limited theatrical release of its newest open wound. And make no mistake about it, director Ted Nicolaou’s prequel Subspecies V: Bloodrise is a must-watch for Subspecies fans, and a should-see for horror fans in general.
Beginning with Subspecies (1991) and running through Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998), this movie series remained unique, without having to veil its most overt influence—which is all the most classic portrayals of the legendary creature on film or page, particularly by way of eastern European castles. Vampire origins are honored respectfully and malevolently mistreated in equal measure. The films are love letters to Romania, and all its most hidden occult secrets and superstitions,...
Beginning with Subspecies (1991) and running through Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998), this movie series remained unique, without having to veil its most overt influence—which is all the most classic portrayals of the legendary creature on film or page, particularly by way of eastern European castles. Vampire origins are honored respectfully and malevolently mistreated in equal measure. The films are love letters to Romania, and all its most hidden occult secrets and superstitions,...
- 5/15/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Writer/director Ted Nicolaou was really pumping out entries in the Full Moon vampire series Subspecies back in the ’90s. The first Subspecies was released in 1991, Bloodstone: Subspecies II in 1993, Bloodlust: Subspecies III in 1994, the Subspecies-adjacent film Vampire Journals in 1997, and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm in 1998. And he was fully prepared to keep the series rolling. During an interview with Pop Horror, he confirmed that he originally wrote the screenplay for Subspecies V: Blood Rise – which will receive a one-night theatrical release in thirty to forty cities, courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse, on May 15th – more than twenty years ago!
Nicolaou told Pop Horror, “We basically thought that Subspecies the first one, back in 1990 actually when we were shooting around eight months after the (Romanian) revolution that toppled Ceaușescu, we thought it was a one-off film and that would be it. It wasn’t until we screened it finally for Paramount – because...
Nicolaou told Pop Horror, “We basically thought that Subspecies the first one, back in 1990 actually when we were shooting around eight months after the (Romanian) revolution that toppled Ceaușescu, we thought it was a one-off film and that would be it. It wasn’t until we screened it finally for Paramount – because...
- 5/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
With Halloween right around the corner, boatloads of horror flicks are getting set to hit DVD, and we've got the lowdown and artwork on several top shelf releases! Get ready to break your piggy banks!
Blue Sunshine
Street Date: September 20
Srp (U.S.): $24.95
35th Anniversary DVD Release from Flatiron Film Company. For horror fans or those who haven’t forgotten their last bad trip, Flatiron re-releases Jeff Lieberman’s 1978 classic, Blue Sunshine. At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry (Red Shoe Diaries’ Zalman King) is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth…people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be a drug called “Blue Sunshine” that all the murderers took a decade before. By the director of Squirm,...
Blue Sunshine
Street Date: September 20
Srp (U.S.): $24.95
35th Anniversary DVD Release from Flatiron Film Company. For horror fans or those who haven’t forgotten their last bad trip, Flatiron re-releases Jeff Lieberman’s 1978 classic, Blue Sunshine. At a party, someone goes insane and murders three women. Falsely accused of the brutal killings, Jerry (Red Shoe Diaries’ Zalman King) is on the run. More bizarre killings continue with alarming frequency all over town. Trying to clear his name, Jerry discovers the shocking truth…people are losing their hair and turning into violent psychopaths and the connection may be a drug called “Blue Sunshine” that all the murderers took a decade before. By the director of Squirm,...
- 8/18/2011
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Are you bored of the same old TV shows? Tired of the mainstream? Then check out this round-up of alternative movies and series showing on UK television tonight…
8.00pm Haunted (Horror Channel)
Following the abduction of his son, Frank Taylor (Lost’s Matthew Fox) is sent to investigate another case of child abduction and is seriously injured whilst trying to apprehend the suspect. On recovering, he discovers that he can receive messages from kindly spirits, but the malevolent presence of the dead suspect plagues him. Season One, episode 13.
9.00pm Jake 2.0 (CBS Action)
Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty) is Jake Foley, a very ordinary technician who becomes a superhero when a ‘computer virus’ infects him. Do not miss one of my favourite sci-fi adventure shows of recent years. Season One, episode 12.
10.00pm Bloodlust: Subspecies III (Horror Channel)
Fang-filled third installment of the Subspecies saga. Radu’s mother revives him from beyond the grave,...
8.00pm Haunted (Horror Channel)
Following the abduction of his son, Frank Taylor (Lost’s Matthew Fox) is sent to investigate another case of child abduction and is seriously injured whilst trying to apprehend the suspect. On recovering, he discovers that he can receive messages from kindly spirits, but the malevolent presence of the dead suspect plagues him. Season One, episode 13.
9.00pm Jake 2.0 (CBS Action)
Christopher Gorham (Ugly Betty) is Jake Foley, a very ordinary technician who becomes a superhero when a ‘computer virus’ infects him. Do not miss one of my favourite sci-fi adventure shows of recent years. Season One, episode 12.
10.00pm Bloodlust: Subspecies III (Horror Channel)
Fang-filled third installment of the Subspecies saga. Radu’s mother revives him from beyond the grave,...
- 4/8/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Today sees the UK based satellite chanel Zone Horror re-brand itself back to the Horror Channel. As part of the celebratory proceedings the channel are airing a special Vampire Week, featuring fourteen(!) vampire movies And the Horror Channel premiere of Blade: The Series starring rapper Sticky Fingaz as the titular hero.
Why am I telling you this you may ask? Well airing as part of Vampire Week are, in my opinion, four of the Best vampire movies ever made – the Subspecies quadrilogy. As well as the not-as-good-as-the-originals Subspecies spin-off Vampire Journals. For those of you who have never heard of Subspecies, the films are a direct-to-video series produced by Full Moon Studios (Puppetmaster, Demonic Toys), which were released between 1991 to 1998, and followed the exploits of vampire Radu Vladislas, portrayed by actor Anders Hove, and his efforts to turn Michelle Morgan into his fledgling.
The Subspecies series are airing in double-bills on April 7th/8th,...
Why am I telling you this you may ask? Well airing as part of Vampire Week are, in my opinion, four of the Best vampire movies ever made – the Subspecies quadrilogy. As well as the not-as-good-as-the-originals Subspecies spin-off Vampire Journals. For those of you who have never heard of Subspecies, the films are a direct-to-video series produced by Full Moon Studios (Puppetmaster, Demonic Toys), which were released between 1991 to 1998, and followed the exploits of vampire Radu Vladislas, portrayed by actor Anders Hove, and his efforts to turn Michelle Morgan into his fledgling.
The Subspecies series are airing in double-bills on April 7th/8th,...
- 4/5/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Ben Cross has joined the crew on the Starship Enterprise.
The British actor has been cast as Spock's father in the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek feature for Paramount.
Cross will play the father of Zachary Quinto, who has been cast as the young Spock, and husband to the human Amanda (Winona Ryder). Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role, also will be a part of the film.
The movie, which began filming this month, revolves around the early days of the Enterprise crew.
Cross, best known for his role as the Jewish Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in 1981's Chariots of Fire, stars opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in the upcoming Hero, Wanted. Other upcoming credits include War, Inc., in which he stars opposite John Cusack, and "Species 4" for Sony.
He is repped by Jeff Goldberg Management.
The British actor has been cast as Spock's father in the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek feature for Paramount.
Cross will play the father of Zachary Quinto, who has been cast as the young Spock, and husband to the human Amanda (Winona Ryder). Leonard Nimoy, who originated the role, also will be a part of the film.
The movie, which began filming this month, revolves around the early days of the Enterprise crew.
Cross, best known for his role as the Jewish Olympic athlete Harold Abrahams in 1981's Chariots of Fire, stars opposite Cuba Gooding Jr. in the upcoming Hero, Wanted. Other upcoming credits include War, Inc., in which he stars opposite John Cusack, and "Species 4" for Sony.
He is repped by Jeff Goldberg Management.
- 11/20/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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