Subspecies V: Blood Rise (2023) movie poster

Subspecies V: Blood Rise

2023 ·1h 20m · ★ 4.8 (23)

Stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth, Radu (Anders Hove) has no knowledge of his bloodline: his mother is a demon; his father is a vampire. Trained and exploited by a brotherhood of mystic monks to slay all enemies of the church, fate brings him back one night to the castle of his father, armed with the monster-slaying Sword of Laertes, to destroy the vampire Vladislas and reclaim a holy relic: The Bloodstone. The events of that night turn Radu from a noble man into a vampire with no master, setting him on a centuries-long quest for sustenance, and companionship, for the treacherous one who stole him from the sun, and for the Bloodstone he hopes will bring him peace.

Why it matters
11 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
71
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
43
Supernatural
80
Creature
55
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
33
Cerebral
0
Survival
66
Vampire

Content Warnings

Body HorrorDehumanization

Phobia triggers

TMDB Keywords

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