i watch this on sky tv late one night and a i be a vampire fan . i must admit i half expect it to be a b movie disaster but i be pleasantly wrong . subspecies be about a family of vampire . when a vampire lord die and his two son and the handsome and noble stefan and and his brother and the evil and hideous radu start a war with each other over their birth right and the bloodstone . the bloodstone be a holy grail of sort for vampire and it bleed the blood of saint and which give the vampire who drink it an ultimate high . the fight for the bloodstone take an unexpected turn when 3 college student turn up in the brother territory on a school trip and stefan have to protect them from his brother lust . like and i say and i go into this film not expect much at all but it be one of the best low budget movie i have ever see . the set and location ( romania i think and be a while since i have see it ) be very nice and the music score do the film justice . most of the acting be adequate and but it anders heave a the evil radu that steal the movie ( and all the subsequent sequel ) . heave performance a the twisted vamp be truly breathtaking and bump the film simply from okay and to pretty d @ mn good .