Did I miss the article in Variety heralding the arrival of the good vampire/bad vampire genre? Well, if this and SUNDOWN are any indication of the quality control going on, it'll thankfully be over before it starts.

Three female doctoral researchers (only one of whom seems to do any work) arrive in Transylvania where they are preparing papers on folklore. After finding the ruins of an ancient castle that isn't mentioned in the town's tourist literature (booga, booga!), one of the chicks hurts her arm... and having never seen a horror film in their lives they decide to take a "shortcut through the woods" in order to reach town before sundown.

The rest of the flick is a battle between the two vampire brothers (one is good because he's part human) for the neck of the short-haired brunette. Yawn... and in case you were wondering, she has the eyes of the good vampire's mother.

Since this is a Full Moon Entertainment (sic) release, I fully expect a sequel (please note that I didn't use the word "anticipate"). In case you were wondering, the "subspecies" of the title are Ragu: The Evil Vampire's tiny, muscle-bound hench-things.

[Editor's Notes: Yes, we were right -- there were actually several sequels in the series, some of them actually watchable! Go figure. Once the concept had played itself out for these characters, director Ted Nicolau and Charles band were back with VAMPIRE JOURNALS. PHANTASM fans take note -- that's Angus "The Tall Man" Scrimm in the bad wig as King Vladislav.]