And a fine greetings to you all as we
are back for Day 3 of Vampires Reborn. Hey, remember that Radu guy
coming back from what appeared to be his final death? Well... he
might just have been put back together yet again. Seriously, has no
one learned to burn his body to ash and then scatter the ash to the
four winds? Or dousing his ashes in holy water making a consecrated
ash pie and tossing globs of Radu to the walls of the Vatican?
Maybe keep the ashes in your impromptu Satanic knick knack shelf.
Whatever the case of lack of forethought, the master has risen once
again to torment Romania, claim his fledgling Michelle and cut a
bloody swath through the lands. This is Bloodstorm: Subspecies IV
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| Bloody Robert Smith of the Cure stole my look. |
Fleeing from the castle via Mercedes
after bundling Michelle into a body bag our young heroes attempt
another escape from this ancient evil only to it all in tears. The
car has maybe made about 8 klicks from the castle (4.9 miles
for the rest of of the American civvies) before crashing into
a tree killing Mel, Rebecca and the poor abducted girl from the
village leaving Michelle still in the boot (Trunk for the yanks
again) via body bag.
Good samaritan and doctor Ana Lazar
(Ioana Abur of Sherlock, Hellraiser: Deader, Offset, Pu-239,
Ghouls and Mirrors) finds the wreck and proceeds to
investigate finding the occupants to be dead with the exception of
Michelle and brings her to a nearby clinic ran by a colleague and
mentor Dr. Niculescu (Mihai Dinvale of Return from Hell,
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords, Dark Angel: The Ascent, Trancers 5:
Sudden Deth and Vampire Journals). The good creeper er um
doctor immediately recognizes Michelle as a child of the night and
embarks on finding out about her sire. With an extremely burnt Radu
attempting to heal up from the direct sunlight, our favorite
sadist/dribbler and all around baddie has risen again, healed by his
blood golems/gnomes/creatures that reside in him via magic as he
looks for his fledgling, carrying with him the relic Bloodstone.
Best to check in with a few of the kids he has made over the years...
and by years I mean centuries.
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| Cold grave!! |
Leaving Castle Vladislav, Radu makes
his way to Bucharest to lay claim to the holdings and wealth that his
former fledglings Ash (Jonathon Morris of The Prisoner of
Zenda, The Practice, Bread, The Fantasticks, Vampire Journals and
Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm), a being of some centuries old and
used to being the master of his town, getting his way and ruling his
power base. Radu has now kicked in his door metaphorically and
demands sanctuary.
Dr. Niculescu is also a vampire using
his scientific knowledge to cure himself of vampirism but the blood
thirst is still within him hoping that Michelle can lead him to the
Bloodstone that might be the key to finishing his work. Ana still
concerned where Niculescu's intentions lie, she checks in on Michelle
as Radu has figured where his "child" has gone off to due
to their psychic connection.
Will Niculescu be able to fend Radu
off? Can the Bloodstone be the cure all it appears to be? Will
Michelle ever be free of Radu??
My only real complaint to this film is
the interlinking of Vampire Journals and Subspecies 4 given a
continuity error. Ash had claimed the Sword of Laertes from Zachary
via Vampire Journals when after capture he dispatched Ash and got the
blade back...so Ash has his unlife holding the blade and Radu lays
claim to it. Very minor nitpick because it actually blends well the
rest of the series.
Kevin Spirtas and Melanie Shatner were
both unavailable to come back for this sequel as this was continued 6
years later but again director Ted Nicolaou pulled it off.
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| Sloppy eater? What do you mean? |
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