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Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Best movie ever!

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

After escaping from the vampire lair, a woman continues the search for the deadly vampire and his bride in her sister with the help of her friend only to have the local authorities disbelieving in their story which complicates matters until they finally are forced together to stop them.This was an enjoyable if somewhat flawed entry. Once again, this one manages to get plenty of mileage out of its Gothic trappings, which are kept to a high majority of the time throughout here. The opening resurrection ceremony, featuring the demonic hag performing the ritual on the girl by slicing her arm and using the blood to reanimate the other vampire or the discovery of the bloodied and mangled bodies from the previous encounter gives this a great start, and the use of them flying away out from under the investigators eyes is a solid and engaging ploy. Keeping the vampire and his mummified mother on-screen for a large portion of this section as he attempts to teach her the ways of the vampire like she wanted gives this a kind of enjoyable entrance into the whole affair. Those training sessions offer some rather fine moments being held in the candlelit room which adds to the atmosphere of him training her before eventually forcing her to drink from the city girl he captured for her. That also leads nicely into the final half where it really manages to let loose with some fine action in the assault on the impenetrable lair high inside the castle walls with their initial scaling of the walls and the resultant firefight with the mummy before having the tables turned and leading into the fun of the vampires being awakened which gives way to them being captured and tortured by the two. Even without the frantic actions and confrontations throughout here, the violence and gore manages to hold off enough to really work quite a lot to really like here. It does have a few rather noticeable flaws throughout here though. The main issue holding this one down is the fact that there's not a whole lot of real vampire action in here unlike the others in the series. The middle portion of the film descends into an endless series of either investigation scenes with the two trying to look into the history of the vampires in the area while avoiding the authorities or scenes of him trying to teach her how to be a vampire. While there's some fun to be had with the idea of her out stalking those around the city and upsetting the community which in turn leads into their distrust of the investigation, that this is what the movie descends into leaves it not all that exciting for a large portion of the running time which is somewhat frustrating. As well, the film manages to spend a great deal of time worrying over the grave seriousness of finale but it just drags it all out to endless degrees which severely reduces their impact as it features a ton of elements that pad this one out quite heartily, from their turning on each other to the escape attempt and finally leading into the actual way out of the castle which is far longer than necessary. Otherwise, there's not much to dislike here.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity and Language.

Bloodlust: Subspecies III starts where the previous film Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1994) finished with Rebecca (Melanie Shatner) running off to find help while her poor sister Michelle (Denice Duff) is kidnapped by Radu (Anders Hove) & his zombie Witch Mother (Pamela Gordon) who whisks them back to Radu's castle. The police are called & Popescu's (Michael Denish) body is found in the crypt but no Michelle, Witches or Vampires. Together with Mel (Kevin Spirtas) Rebecca sets out to find her sister Michelle (again) while Radu tries to convince her to love him (again)...Written & directed by Ted Nicolaou who ended up directing all the Subspecies films thus far I have to say that out of the first three Bloodlust: Subspecies III is the worst. By low budget horror film standards it's not too bad I suppose but after a fairly decent original & a surprisingly good second Subspecies film this definitely felt like one Subspecies film too many. The story is slow & Radu the evil Vampire is getting less & less to do with each film, here he spends almost the whole running time in his castle trying to convince Michelle to love him for reasons never explained, I mean why he is so infatuated with her anyway? Then there's Rebecca's attempts to find her sister which wastes more minutes until the inevitable showdown at the end. This is fairly forgettable stuff to be honest, the romance tinged plot is standard fare in Vampire films & nothing else really happens besides. It's alright & it's watchable enough but I am glad I saw it on TV for free rather than spend any money on it. Not one I will be adding to my collection anytime soon.Bloodlust: Subspecies III was actually shot back-to-back with Bloodstone: Subspecies II, I would imagine that the same thing that happened with Puppet Master 4 (1993) & Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994) made around the same time as this also befell this in that Full Moon Entertainment had a deal with Paramount going to theatrically release some of their films but when that fell through the planned films (both a Puppet Master & Subspecies one) were split into two films each & made at the same time with the same cast's & crew. Certainly Bloodstone: Subspecies II & Bloodlust: Subspecies III feel like they could have been edited down into one film & as it is both feel a little incomplete & empty, especially this one. The film looks alright but no different than the previous film & there's a distinct lack of gore too. The little stop-motion animated monsters from the original make a brief appearance at the end to set up yet another sequel.Shot in Bucharest in Romania the location work is the best thing about Bloodlust: Subspecies III to be honest, the production values are OK & it looks nice enough but it's just all a bit dull really. Most of the cast from Bloodstone: Subspecies II feature here & are alright.Bloodlust: Subspecies III is definitely my least favourite Subspecies film so far although I still haven't seen the final one to date Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm (1998) although I will have within the next week or so. This is an OK Vampire film but forgettable & not as good as the previous two, difficult to recommend to anyone other than die hard Subspecies fans.

Poor Radu. He's been stabbed and staked by his fledgling Michelle and her sister Becky and left for dead in the bottom of a dusty crypt in a Bucharest cemetery. But Radu's mummy comes to the rescue, recapturing Michelle almost instantly and healing her much abused son before the next moon rises. Upon awakening, Michelle is horrified to realize that Radu is not dead, nor has he released his hold on her. The bizarre threesome flee the cemetery and head back to Castle Vladislas. Michelle, disgusted by her vampiric urges, nevertheless demands that Radu show her the ropes. Radu, pathetically in love with the beautiful Michelle, alternatively tries to win her affections and force her into submission. Mummy resents the new fledgling and urges her son to destroy her. And Becky has not yet given up on the idea of a rescue, and she's brought plenty of back up this time.This third entry in the Subspecies series is every bit as fun as the first two, allowing its cast of characters to grow and evolve. Anders Hove as Radu becomes an object of pity here, revealing Radu not as evil incarnate, but as a lonely, miserable wretch who has never been loved...not even by his mummy. Michelle's continued rejection of her hideous Master is heartbreaking to watch. Time and again she professes her hatred for Radu, and Radu accepts it in silence and takes her back without a word against her, protecting her no matter what the cost. His love for her is genuinely pathetic and one can't help but feel some pity for him at last. Denise Duff as Michelle is very good once again, expressing sorrow and pain but also satisfaction and enthusiasm in her new found powers. Highlights include an emotional scene between Radu and Michelle atop the battlements of Castle Vladislas, and a brief but very funny sequence involving Becky, Radu and a gun loaded with silver bullets. Fans of the first two should not miss this third installment. Followed by a fourth film (Bloodstorm: Subspecies 4) which, sadly, is nowhere near as good as the first three Subspecies films.

Though not quite as great as "Subspecies 2," and with an unsatisfying ending, it was still better than the original.It picks up where the last one left off, with babe Michelle in the vampiric clutches of Radu and his shrivelled, cackling mother, and the forces of good attempting to save her. There were some great and legitimate moments of tension, mostly due to characterization, and that's always welcome. Anders Hove does a fantastic job as the pitiful, all-too-human vampire, Radu, in love with Michelle who can only hate him. It was well-written, although a lot slower-moving than "Subspecies 2," but definitely worth a look.