Bloodlust: Subspecies 3 starts with a wrap-up of the
events of the last movie, which is more of an excuse to help pad the running
time than anything. Rebecca (Melanie
Shatner) is still trying to rescue her sister Michelle (Denice Duff) from the
clutches of Radu (Anders Hove) and his decrepit Mummy (Pamela Gordon). While Radu tries to complete Michelle’s
transformation into a full-fledged vampire, Rebecca gathers together a small
team of cops and soldiers to storm Radu’s castle.
Bloodlust: Subspecies 3 was shot back-to-back with Part
2 and it seems like they saved all the good stuff for that picture. There’s even more filler in this installment,
which leads me to believe this started out as one movie and producer Charles
Band made director Ted Nicolaou split it up into two sequels in order to save
money. Once again, the scenes with
Rebecca teaming up with a cop (played by Kevin Blair from Friday the 13th
Part 7: A New Blood) are deadly
dull. Whenever these characters are on
screen (which is most of the running time unfortunately), the film comes to a
dead halt.
The
subplot where Radu tries to complete Michelle’s vampire training works slightly
better. That’s mostly because of Duff,
who gives far and away the most engaging performance of the film. Despite her efforts, Bloodlust never once
comes to life. I mean for a plot that’s
been strung out for three movies, there’s not a lot to recommend here and the
finale is awfully weak. What’s worse,
the little Subspecies dudes are reduced to nothing more than a last-second
cameo, which is really disappointing.
The
special effects are particularly lacking this time around. There are no showstopping effects
sequences. Also, most of the effects for
Radu’s shadow are done via animation now.
The results look pretty cheap and aren’t nearly as effective as the
Nosferatu-inspired effects of the last movie.
AKA: Subspecies:
In the Twilight 3. AKA: Subspecies 3:
Bloodlust.
this one was OK
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