Killers of vampires hunt a particularly bad one with a folklore scholar and her sister, back in Transylvania.
Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be to late....—Jason Mechalek
NOTE: Sequel to Subspecies (1991).
The subspecies return Radu's head to his body and remove the stakefrom his heart. Radu [Anders Hove] is resurrected. His first deed is to open Stefan'scoffin and destroy him. Before he can perform his second deed -- stakeMichelle Morgan -- the sun comes up and he must take immediate refuge in hiscoffin. The next evening, Michelle [Denice Duff] wakes first, finds Stefan in ashes,grabs the bloodstone and hops a train to Bucuresti (Bucharest) where shegets a room at the Hotel Bucharest, makes a transcontinental call to hersister Becky [Melanie Shatner], and begs her to come to Bucharest and help her.
Michelle then falls asleep in the bathtub where the cleaning ladiesfind her the next day and, assuming her dead, call the police. On the wayto the morgue, however, Michelle awakens and escapes. She runs to theAthene Palace and takes shelter in the wardrobe/prop room. Radu, who hasfollowed Michelle to Bucharest, visits his Mummy [Pamela Gordon] in her tomb. Mummyadvises Radu to return immediately to the castle, burn all the bodies andremain there until the next full moon. Radu obeys.
Becky arrives in Bucharest the next day. She goes to the Hotellooking for Michelle but is informed by Mel Thompson [Kevin Spirtas] of the U.S. Embassyand Lt. Marin [Ion Haiduc] of the Bucharest Politia about Michelle's mistaken death andflight. Becky takes possession of Michelle's belongings, including thebloodstone. Becky and Mel contact Professor Nicolai Popescu [Michael Denish] of the FolkArt Museum to obtain information about Michelle's research. Popescu offersto accompany them to Pledmar. When they arrive at the Fortress, it is empty, so they go on toCastle Vladislav. Thinking the castle uninhabited, they enter. But Radu,who has just awakened, asks them to leave. They return to Bucharest.
Meanwhile, Michelle is getting hungry. She has so far resisted the urge todrink from humans, and she now watches the Hotel hoping to catch a glimpseof Becky. When they see each other, Michelle flees but Becky follows.Becky gives Michelle the bloodstone while Radu watches. Michelle runs awayand drinks from the bloodstone. Radu follows, confesses his love for hisfledgling Michelle and makes her give him the bloodstone.
The next day, Becky tells Mel and Lt. Marin about seeing Michelle.They visit Popescu who has located The Book of Vladislav, the Vampire andreads to them about the legend of King Vladislav and the bloodstone.Michelle wakes up hungry that night and takes her first victim, after whichshe immediately pukes. Radu attempts to drink from Becky, but the ringingtelephone interrupts him. It is Michelle, begging Becky to help her. Theymeet behind the Athene Palace, and Michelle finally tells Becky aboutbecoming vampire.
Radu shows up and forces Michelle into Mummy's tomb because it is tooclose to sunrise. Mel doesn't believe Michelle when she relates herexperience to him and Popescu. Only Popescu accompanies her to the tombbut, as he attempts to stake Radu, he is himself staked by Mummy. As Raduprepares to drink from Becky, Michelle attacks him with a knife, stabbinghim repeatedly. Becky and Michelle run from the tomb until Michellerealizes that she cannot leave until the sun goes down. Becky promises towait for dark, but Mummy drags Michelle deep into the tomb while Beckylistens to the screams. [Original Synopsis by BJ Kuehl.]
