make-up effects—specifically the staking of Stefan, the reattachment of Radu's head by the subspecies creatures, the look of Mummy—as well as the visual effects of Radu's shadow stalking Michelle through town, which gave Scheib a sense of Nosferatu. Another criticism from Scheib was with the replacement of Laura Tate with Denice Duff; Scheib characterizes Duff as "internalized and afraid", as opposed to the addition of Melanie Shatner's character, Rebecca Morgan, who he classifies as "alert and intelligent". DVDschlock wrote that the film series "manage to give an edge of bad-assitude to its vampires", and that "each entertains in its own right and furthers the Subspecies tale one more step beyond the last one... until finally being beaten over the head by a shovel with the stinky Vampire Journals". In a review by LaserDisc, it was felt that one consistency through the series was Radu, whose villainy is "effectively embodied" by Anders Hove. LaserDisc also believed that the sequels sustained the entertainment value through their intelligent use of eroticism, gore and on-location setting. Future A fifth film for the main story, entitled Subspecies V: Blood Rise, was announced in April 2019, as part of Full Moon's "Deadly Ten" initiative with Hove and Duff reprising their roles as Radu Vladislas and Michelle Morgan, respectively. Filming was to begin in July 2020 in Albania but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming was rescheduled for Spring 2022. Other media In 1991, Full Moon teamed with Eternity Comics to produce comic books series for a handful of Full Moon's titles. Among these comics was a Subspecies series that served as a prequel to the first film. The title ran as a four-issue mini-series. In 2021, the character Radu became a playable character in the multiplayer horror game "Horror Legends". See also Decadent Evil Vampire film References External links Film series introduced in 1991 Direct-to-video film series Romanian horror films Horror film series Films set in Romania Films shot in Romania Direct-to-video horror films Vampire film series 1991 direct-to-video films 1991 films 1993 direct-to-video films 1994 direct-to-video films 1994 films 1997 direct-to-video films 1997 films 1998 direct-to-video films 1998 films Films directed by Ted Nicolaou Films using stop-motion animation Full Moon Features films American supernatural horror films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films