subspecies be set in romania where two american college student michele ( laura mae tate ) and lillian ( michelle mcbride ) arrive to study local folklore with the aid of local friend mara ( irina movila ) . there they rent room in a hotel and become curious about the mysterious ruin of a nearby castle and it turn out that a powerful and evil vampire name radu ( anders heave ) live there who have steal the bloodstone from his father king vladislav ( angus scrimm ) . radu take a fancy to the three girl and start drink the blood of mara and lillian and meanwhile michele fall for a guy name stefan ( michael watson ) who just so happen to be radu brother . michele and stefan decide to team up and rid the world of the evil radu . direct by ted nicolaou this film seem to be quite highly regarded amongst genre fan and while it not terrible i certainly wouldn not call it very good and i couldt really see anything much to get excite about . subspecies be a rather slow go film and not that much actually happen and while it do try to stay close to certain classic vampire lore there all this nonsense about a bloodstone and some little monster that grow from the tip of radu sever finger for some reason . subspecies could have be a half decent film if not for the fact that it dull and i really can not remember that much about it and good or bad . the character be alright but some f the dialogue be silly and there a scene which bug me near the start when the girl be at the castle ruin and one say they have to go because it get dark yet it still clearly the middle of the day and very bright . there also a scene where one of the american girl find a coffin that hotel attic and doesn not really seem that bother by it and i be not be funny but be some bloke whose house i be stay at have a coffin in his attic i would be very and very worried if you know what i mean . i do not think i would ever want to watch it again and there no real threat and the plot be weak that mix classic vampire theme with silly subplots and i be distinctly unmoved by it all . not the bad film ever but hardly the best either . the film look alright with nice location and some local scenery although you feel the look be down to the budget rather than the maker attempt a authenticity . there not much gore apart from a decapitation and some break off finger tip . for no apparent reason the maker throw in some average look stop motion animate monster that really do not do anything or have much significance to the story . film on the cheap by charles band full moon entertainment production company in bucharest in romania and the production value be alright and good than many late day band production . the act isn not great with many of the cast put in below par performance while genre regular angus scrimm have a small cameo at the start . there a little bit of style here on occasion with a few scene remind heavily of the original nosferatu ( 1922 ) in particular the bit show radu shadow come down the stair with his long claw like fingernail stand out . subspecies be a film that many seem to like for reason i do not quite see and i think it be throughly average at best and overall rather dull . follow by bloodstone represent subspecies ii ( 1993 ) and bloodlust represent subspecies iii ( 1994 ) and subspecies 4 represent bloodstorm ( 1998 ) and the spin0off film vampire journal ( 1997 ) .