While "Vampire Journals" definitely is an enjoyable and watchable vampire movie, then it was just lacking that special ingredient that we had in the "Subspecies" movies. Yeah, while the movie is set within the same universe as the "Subspecies" movies, then the movie was suffering from not having Radu in it.
The storyline in "Vampire Journals" was straight forward, and actually interesting and fun enough to watch. Just a shame that it was so predictable and generic. There were no surprises thrown at us as an audience at any time throughout the course of the movie, which made the movie slip into a mediocre gutter, even with director and writer Ted Nicolaou at the helm.
The characters in the movie were adequate, but again very generic and unimaginative, which made me feel like they could just as easily be replaced with any other characters in other similar vampire movies. They just weren't as memorable or recognizable as Radu, and that was a suffering blow for the movie.
As for the acting in the movie, well I must admit that they had some good actors and actresses to fill out the various roles and portray the various characters, just a shame that the performers were hindered by generic and mundane characters and a monotonous script.
All in all, "Vampire Journals" is well worth a watch if you enjoyed the "Subspecies" movies, which I did. But as a stand alone movie, then it wasn't particularly memorable or outstanding. Watch if sort of if you want to expand upon your knowledge of the established world within the "Subspecies" movies, if for nothing else.
The storyline in "Vampire Journals" was straight forward, and actually interesting and fun enough to watch. Just a shame that it was so predictable and generic. There were no surprises thrown at us as an audience at any time throughout the course of the movie, which made the movie slip into a mediocre gutter, even with director and writer Ted Nicolaou at the helm.
The characters in the movie were adequate, but again very generic and unimaginative, which made me feel like they could just as easily be replaced with any other characters in other similar vampire movies. They just weren't as memorable or recognizable as Radu, and that was a suffering blow for the movie.
As for the acting in the movie, well I must admit that they had some good actors and actresses to fill out the various roles and portray the various characters, just a shame that the performers were hindered by generic and mundane characters and a monotonous script.
All in all, "Vampire Journals" is well worth a watch if you enjoyed the "Subspecies" movies, which I did. But as a stand alone movie, then it wasn't particularly memorable or outstanding. Watch if sort of if you want to expand upon your knowledge of the established world within the "Subspecies" movies, if for nothing else.