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*EvenBetterSequel:''Bloodstone: Subspecies 2'' is considered by many to be not only better then the first movie, but the best in the series.
**Subspecies V: Blood Rise has a much better recpetion with fans then ''Bloodstorm'' or Vampire Journals. Some go as far as saying it is on the same level as ''Bloodstone: Subspecies 2''
*HilariousInHindsight: In ''Bloodlust'' when Mel is reading to Rebecca about King Vladislas history, Rebecca makes a comment of him sounding like a monster to which Mel responds "Actually he was the good guy". This becomes funny in Subspecies 5, where Kevin Blair who played Mel, would play King Vladislas.

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* CompleteMonster: [[AristocratsAreEvil Ash]] the "[[WickedCultured music lover]]", from ''The Vampire Journals'' and ''Subspecies IV: Bloodstorm'', is the progeny of Radu Vladislas and considerably crueler than his former master. Ash runs a casino and brothel where willing consorts are brought in for the vampires to feed upon, though they are considered expendable and replaceable, often killed by either the vampires or unruly customers. Ash himself frequently traverses the night to kill innocents in defiance of King Vladislas's own edicts. Upon becoming enraptured with the pianist Sofia, Ash painfully bends her to his will with repeated feedings and promises of suffering should she resist. Just as much a cruel tyrant to his own family, Ash murders his fledgling Anton after forcing Anton to kill his only friend for the crime of holding money back. When the vampire Zachary tries to save Sofia, Ash honors his vow to let Zachary "see" Sofia by exposing Zachary's true nature to the girl, just before he tries to go back on their deal and see Zachary murdered as he sleeps.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In ''Vampire Journals'': was Iris calling Ash on being StupidEvil for [[spoiler:killing Anton]] really about worrying that he'd bring the police to the club doorstep, or did she actually think he went too far? She looks disgusted with Ash as he does the deed and later [[spoiler:sells him out to Zachery]], so it seems entirely possible that she was just trying to talk to him from a pragmatic point of view.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In ''Vampire Journals'': was Iris calling scolding Ash on for being StupidEvil for [[spoiler:killing Anton]] really about worrying that he'd bring the police to the club doorstep, or did she actually think he went too far? She looks disgusted with Ash as he does the deed and later [[spoiler:sells him out to Zachery]], so it seems entirely possible that she was just trying to talk to him from a pragmatic point of view.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In ''Vampire Journals'': was Iris calling Ash on being StupidEvil for [[spoiler:killing Anton]] really about worrying that he'd bring the police to the club doorstep, or did she actually think he went too far? She looks disgusted with Ash as he does the deed and later [[spoiler:sells him out to Zachery]], so it seems entirely possible that she was just trying to talk to him from a pragmatic point of view.
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** Radu himself is a JerkassWoobie, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.

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** Radu himself is a JerkassWoobie, JerkassWoobie as of ''Bloodlust'', once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.

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* TearJerker: Radu doesn't exactly seem overjoyed about [[spoiler:killing his mother.]] Afterwards, he spends a moment to lament his evil nature.

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* TearJerker: Radu doesn't exactly seem overjoyed about [[spoiler:killing his mother.]] Afterwards, he spends a moment to lament his evil nature.nature, and a single tear can be seen falling from his eye.



* CompleteMonster: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Radu]] is a demonic vampire who allies with the enemies of the Vladislas family, happily killing his own peasants and having them torn apart by his demonic subspecies ForTheEvulz. Murdering an innocent Romani man and seeking to rape his daughter before she is rescued by Radu's good-hearted younger half-brother Stefan, Radu launches an attack on Kronescu, intending on massacring everyone in the area and the castle before [[BadBoss draining his loyal commander of blood]] just to have the strength to [[CainAndAbel fight Stefan]] at an advantage. Radu later has the woman Stefan loves, Mariah, savaged fatally by his Subspecies, [[CardCarryingVillain relishing in his vampiric nature]] and mocking Stefan for thinking he can be a moral figure.

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* CompleteMonster: [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Radu]] is a demonic vampire who allies with the enemies of the Vladislas family, happily killing his own peasants and having them torn apart by his demonic subspecies ForTheEvulz. Murdering an innocent Romani man and seeking to rape his daughter before she is rescued by Radu's good-hearted younger half-brother Stefan, Radu launches an attack on Kronescu, intending on massacring everyone in the area and the castle before [[BadBoss draining his loyal commander of blood]] just to have the strength to [[CainAndAbel fight Stefan]] at an advantage. Radu later has the woman Stefan loves, Mariah, savaged fatally by his Subspecies, [[CardCarryingVillain relishing in his vampiric nature]] and mocking Stefan for thinking he can be a moral figure.figure.
* {{Narm}}: This:
-->'''Mariah:''' Don't cry for me ... Stefan. Holy water will ... burn you. And what can be ... more holy ... than tears shed ... for the loss ... of a love ...
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* TearJerker: Radu doesn't exactly seem overjoyed about [[spoiler:killing his mother.]] Afterwards, he spends a moment to reflect on how monstrous he really is.

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* TearJerker: Radu doesn't exactly seem overjoyed about [[spoiler:killing his mother.]] Afterwards, he spends a moment to reflect on how monstrous he really is.lament his evil nature.

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* TearJerker: Radu seems genuinely saddened [[spoiler:when he kills his mother.]]

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* TearJerker: Radu seems genuinely saddened [[spoiler:when he kills doesn't exactly seem overjoyed about [[spoiler:killing his mother.]]]] Afterwards, he spends a moment to reflect on how monstrous he really is.
-->'''Radu:''' There is not enough forgiveness in the universe for all that I've done.
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* TearJerker: Radu seems genuinely saddened [[spoiler:when he kills his mother.]]
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* DracoInLeatherPants: Radu has quite a few fangirls who like to ship him and Michelle, focusing solely on his sympathetic qualities. Never mind that he's a textbook stalker who tries to corrupt Michelle and turn her against her family and friends.
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* CultClassic: The films are regarded as cult classic in some circles for filming in Romania and establishing the proper creepy atmosphere that is often found lacking in vampire films.

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* CultClassic: The films are regarded as a cult classic in some circles for filming in Romania (a first for an American production) and establishing the proper creepy atmosphere that is often found lacking in vampire films.



* {{Sequelitis}}: Maybe not ''Bloodstone'' or ''Bloodlust'', but ''Bloodstorm'' definitely fits the bill.

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* {{Sequelitis}}: Maybe not ''Bloodstone'' or ''Bloodlust'', but ''Bloodstorm'' definitely fits the bill.''Bloodstorm''.
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* CompleteMonster: [[OurVampireAreDifferent Radu]] is a demonic vampire who allies with the enemies of the Vladislas family, happily killing his own peasants and having them torn apart by his demonic subspecies ForTheEvulz. Murdering an innocent Romani man and seeking to rape his daughter before she is rescued by Radu's good-hearted younger half-brother Stefan, Radu launches an attack on Kronescu, intending on massacring everyone in the area and the castle before [[BadBoss draining his loyal commander of blood]] just to have the strength to [[CainAndAbel fight Stefan]] at an advantage. Radu later has the woman Stefan loves, Mariah, savaged fatally by his Subspecies, [[CardCarryingVillain relishing in his vampiric nature]] and mocking Stefan for thinking he can be a moral figure.

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* CompleteMonster: [[OurVampireAreDifferent [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Radu]] is a demonic vampire who allies with the enemies of the Vladislas family, happily killing his own peasants and having them torn apart by his demonic subspecies ForTheEvulz. Murdering an innocent Romani man and seeking to rape his daughter before she is rescued by Radu's good-hearted younger half-brother Stefan, Radu launches an attack on Kronescu, intending on massacring everyone in the area and the castle before [[BadBoss draining his loyal commander of blood]] just to have the strength to [[CainAndAbel fight Stefan]] at an advantage. Radu later has the woman Stefan loves, Mariah, savaged fatally by his Subspecies, [[CardCarryingVillain relishing in his vampiric nature]] and mocking Stefan for thinking he can be a moral figure.
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** Radu himself is a JerkassWoobie, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.

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** Radu himself is a JerkassWoobie, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.is.

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*CompleteMonster: [[OurVampireAreDifferent Radu]] is a demonic vampire who allies with the enemies of the Vladislas family, happily killing his own peasants and having them torn apart by his demonic subspecies ForTheEvulz. Murdering an innocent Romani man and seeking to rape his daughter before she is rescued by Radu's good-hearted younger half-brother Stefan, Radu launches an attack on Kronescu, intending on massacring everyone in the area and the castle before [[BadBoss draining his loyal commander of blood]] just to have the strength to [[CainAndAbel fight Stefan]] at an advantage. Radu later has the woman Stefan loves, Mariah, savaged fatally by his Subspecies, [[CardCarryingVillain relishing in his vampiric nature]] and mocking Stefan for thinking he can be a moral figure.
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* BadassDecay: Not that he was that much of a badass to begin with, but Radu becomes more and more ridiculous as the movies go on.

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* BadassDecay: Not that he was that much of a badass to begin with, but Radu becomes more and more ridiculous as the movies go on. From the terrifying lord of darkness in the first movie to getting his ass kicked by scared young women.
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** [[JerkassWoobie Radu]] himself, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.

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** [[JerkassWoobie Radu]] himself, Radu himself is a JerkassWoobie, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.
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* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].way]].
* TheWoobie:
** Michelle. All her friends are dead, she has to flee an insane vampire who is obsessed with her, and almost ''always'' finds herself in some form of danger. Oh, and she struggles with retaining her humanity and not giving into her thirst.
** All {{wangst}} aside, Zachery. He may be whiny and melodramatic, but there's no denying that the dude has had it rough.
** [[JerkassWoobie Radu]] himself, once you get a grasp of just how lonely and utterly reviled he is.
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* {{Wangst}}: Zachery in ''Vampire Journals'' often whines about his unlife.

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* {{Wangst}}: Zachery in ''Vampire Journals'' often whines about his unlife.being a vampire ''ad nauseam.''
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* {{Wangst}}: Zachery in ''Vampire Journals'' often whines about his unlife.
--> '''Zachery:''' I am God's most desolate creature: a vampire with a mortal's heart. A predator cursed to feel pity for his prey. I destroyed the one who spawned me. I swear I will destroy his entire bloodline, the ones who stole me from the warmth of the sun. For me, there is no comfort, no peace.

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* MemeticMutation: Thanks to ObscurusLupa, "Oh, ''dammeet!"''
** And "Oh Meeeeechellle..."

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Thanks to ObscurusLupa, WebVideo/ObscurusLupa, "Oh, ''dammeet!"''
** And "Oh Meeeeechellle..."
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* CultClassic: The films are regarded as cult classic in some circles for filming in Romania and establishing the proper creepy atmosphere that is often found lacking in vampire films.
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** And "Oh Meeeeechellle..."
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* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Seriously]]) doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].

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* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Seriously]]) doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].
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* TheyJustDidntCare: ''Bloodstorm'' ''runs'' on this.
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* MemeticMutation: Thanks to ObscurusLupa, "Oh, ''dammeet!"''
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* BadassDecay: Not that he was that much of a badass to begin with, but Radu becomes more and more ridiculous as the movies go on.
* {{Sequelitis}}: Maybe not ''Bloodstone'' or ''Bloodlust'', but ''Bloodstorm'' definitely fits the bill.
* WhatAnIdiot: Bob The CIA Guy ([[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Seriously]]) doesn't know ''anything'' about vampires, and it ends up [[spoiler: getting him killed in the most hilarious way]].

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