Full Moon’s Subspecies franchise returns with brand new fifth installment Subspecies V: Bloodrise, a prequel that’s getting a one-night-only theatrical release on May 15.
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and Full Moon Features have announced the limited theatrical premiere of the fifth frightening entry in the venerable Full Moon film franchise.
The movie – which tells the origin story of the immortal bloodsucker Radu – will play at 26 Alamo Drafthouse locations for a special engagement on Monday, May 15th, 2023 as part of the company’s fabled Graveyard Shift series. The special Graveyard Shift presentation will include an exclusive introduction and pre-recorded post-screening Q&A with members of the cast and director, Ted Nicolaou.
Nat Brehmer raves in his review of the new movie, “This isn’t simply a great Subspecies movie for modern day Full Moon, it’s a great Subspecies movie.” Nat continues, “All I asked of Subspecies V was to rekindle at least some of that feeling I had, watching these movies for the very first time. It does that, and then some. Subspecies V isn’t just a worthy entry in the series, it is absolutely in the running for best Subspecies movie, full stop.”
Tickets are available now at drafthouse.com for the following locations.
Austin, TXSlaughter LaneVillage
Central VirginiaCharlottesville
Chicago, ILWrigleyville
Washington D.C.Crystal CityDC Bryant Street
Denver, COWestminsterSloans LakeLittleton
El Paso, TXMontecilloEast El Paso
Houston, TXLaCenterra
Los Angeles, CADTLA
Lubbock, TXNew York City, NYBrooklynLower ManhattanStaten IslandYonkers
Northern VirginiaLoudounWoodbridge
Raleigh, NC
San Antonio, TXStone OakPark North
San Francisco, CANew Mission
Springfield, MO
St. Louis, MOCity Foundry
“We couldn’t be more excited about this partnership,” says Charles Band, Full Moon Features founder and Subspecies V: Bloodrise producer. “This is a rich, Gothic, visually striking horror movie and I’m thrilled that our fans will have the chance to see it on the big screen, where it belongs!”
“It’s a real honor to be able to present a theatrical screening of this new Full Moon Features film”, says Robert Saucedo, Alamo Drafthouse programmer. “Horror hounds have a real love of Charles Band, Full Moon and the Subspecies series. I’m very excited that we will help give fans the chance to see the newest entry in the franchise on the big screen, where it deserves to be seen.”
Subspecies V: Bloodrise follows the descent of Radu (once more played by series regular Anders Hove) from a noble warrior of the Church to a depraved, blood-hungry creature of the night. Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth from his demon mother and vampire father, Radu grows up with no knowledge of his monstrous bloodline. Trained and exploited by a brotherhood of mystic monks to slay all enemies of the church, fate brings him back one night to his father’s castle, armed with the monster-slaying Sword of Laertes, to destroy the vampire Vladislas and reclaim a holy relic, the Bloodstone.
Filmed in Serbia, in and around historical castles and ruins, and co-starring original series star Denice Duff in a surprising role, this sensual, violent, and operatic exploration of evil marks a stunning return for one of the screen’s most beloved monsters.
The Subspecies franchise began with Full Moon’s original movie back in 1991, followed by Bloodstone in 1993, Bloodlust in 1994, Vampire Journals in 1997 and Bloodstorm in 1998.
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