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Subspecies

Play trailer Poster for Subspecies R,  1991,  1h 30m,  Horror/ Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 75% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 52% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
75% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
American coeds must be saved from a Transylvania vampire (Anders Hove) and his Mohawk-hairdo offspring.

Critics Reviews

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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Oct 23, 2026
2.5/5
In Full Moon fashion, "Subspecies" promises something cooler than it can provide. But atmosphere, location filming and the old tropes can go a long way. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy May 13, 2026
2.5/4
The decision to shoot this vampire flick in Transylvania provides a significant boost to one of the most popular franchise starters from Full Moon Features. Go to Full Review
Stefan Birgir Stefans sbs.is Sep 8, 2023
4/5
The film has some great effects (mixed with some bad green screening), it looks great, is highly enjoyable and should be classified with other alternative vampire flicks, like The Lost Boys (1987) and Near Dark (1987). Go to Full Review
C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore May 1, 2019
3/5
Rather than go for a tired vampire story, Nicolaou gives audiences an old school-feeling flick that carves out its own strange vampire niche in the horror genre. Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed May 11, 2012
3/4
It's definitely a Full Moon gem. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 21, 2005
3/5
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Audience Reviews

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Finn G Jan 5, 2019 Before I start bashing this movie, let me start with the actual Blu-ray 20th anniversary edition quality. It's terrible! It's not even 1080p, The picture quality is comparable to a DVD. The so-called special features aren't exactly all that special. Having six movie trailors do not count as special, certainly not in my book. And what's with that video Zone first subspecies. Not exactly special either. You would think that full moon would at least go the extra mile when it comes to special features especially if they're going to release it as a 20th anniversary Blu-ray. And that includes a better digital transfer. Now that I got that out of the way, let's get to this cheesy movie. And that's what it is a Cheesy low-budget movie with so-called special effects if that's what you want to call it. The evil vampire is obviously a cheap knockoff of the old silent movie Nosferatu. The movie, The acting, the story and the effects had me rolling my eyes so far back in my head I ended up with a headache. And I've seen plenty of low budget movies, like Flash Gordon and even Plan 9 from Outer Space. But at least those movies were so bad they were good. Subspecies went right past good and went right back to bad. How this movie got an 80% from Rotten Tomatoes is beyond me. But, then again, people have been known to rush to theaters to see other crap like Batman versus Superman, and don't even get me started on that! See more
Rey S Apr 18, 2018 Can't figure out why anyone likes this - horrible animation (what passed for special effects then), poor acting, etc
Finn S Apr 24, 2015 Subspecies holds a great setting, but has a slow moving, boring plot that is missing some key pieces to make it whole.
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Movie Info

Synopsis American coeds must be saved from a Transylvania vampire (Anders Hove) and his Mohawk-hairdo offspring.
Director
Ted Nicolaou
Producer
Ion Ionescu
Screenwriter
Jackson Barr, David Pabian
Production Co
Full Moon Entertainment, Castel Film Studio
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
Sound Mix
Surround
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