Review of Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1994) by Tim S — 04 Nov 2012

Bloodlust: Subspecies III picks up right where Bloodstone: Subspecies II leaves off, unfortunately. The same actors are back, including the whiney lead and her expressionless sister, but there's an additional cast member or two in there.

Nothing's really changed all that much from the previous film, which was boring at times and didn't really have much of an ending, at least compared to the first film. I would say that this third film is only slightly better than the previous one, for a couple of reasons.

First of all, the lead is not quite so whiney, and she somewhat embraces her destiny instead of weeping about it all the time. Next, there's a slight bit of comic relief from the police chief character, but he's also a bit more interesting in a character sense than the leads.

Third, Kevin Spirtas is back and he's not a doubting Thomas this time around, which got annoying. Fourh, and last, the film has a proper ending. Now all of these things doesn't mean that the film is much better than the last, only slightly.

It's still boring and seems to be going in the wrong direction. Personally, I would much rather have seen a couple of films about Radu versus his brother, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.

The positives are still there, but overall, it just feels like retread. At least they continued to film in Transylvania. That's always a good thing, but not everything is.