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The long-awaited Full Moon release Subspecies V: Blood Rise will be streaming on two different services in June
The Full Moon production Subspecies V: Blood Rise received a one-night theatrical release in thirty to forty cities, courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse, on May 15th. The movie will be available on both SCREAMBOX and Full Moon’s own streaming service Full Moon Features as of June 2nd. The movie will be available to watch on both SCREAMBOX and Full Moon’s own streaming service Full Moon Features as of June 2nd.
Written and directed by Ted Nicolaou, who was also at the helm of the previous films (Subspecies, Bloodstone: Subspecies II, Bloodlust: Subspecies III, the Subspecies-adjacent Vampire Journals, and Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm), Subspecies V: Blood Rise has the following synopsis: Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth, he has no knowledge of his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. The Sword of Laertes is a monster-slaying sword that was trained and exploited to kill all enemies of the Church. One night, fate brings him to the castle of father to destroy Vladislas, and reclaim the holy relic, The Bloodstone. The events of that fateful night transform Radu from a nobleman into a vampire without a master. He embarks on a centuries long quest for sustenance and companionship for the treacherous person who stole him from sunlight, and the Bloodstone which he hopes will bring peace. Spanning 500 years in the life of the vampire Radu Vladislas, this long-anticipated prequel to the Subspecies series chronicles Radu’s descent from a noble warrior for the Church to a depraved creature of the night.
Anders Hove reprises the role of Radu and is joined in the cast by Denice Duff and Kevin Spirtas, both of whom have been in previous Subspecies movies. Duff, who played Michelle in the previous sequels of Subspecies, plays a new character called Helena. Spirtas played a character named Mel in his other Subspecies appearances, but here his character is Vladislas. Also in the cast are Stasa Nikolic as Ariel, Marko Filipovic as Ash, Petar Arsic as Marius, Yulia Graut as Circe, Olivera Perunicic as Diana, and Jakov Marjanovic as Stefan.
Ash may be the character who took the lead in Vampire Journals.
Full Moon founder Charles Band has said, “It took twenty-six years to be able to afford to make this film. We are always working on cash flow, so I thought that one day, when we could afford it, we should make an amazingSubspecies film. This is a prequel, and we shot it here in Serbia. We are really proud of it. Nicolaou confirmed that he wrote the first script twenty years earlier. Please leave a comment to let us know. If you saw the film at its Alamo Drafthouse premiere, please let us know your thoughts!
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