“Subspecies V: Bloodrise” (*1/2 out of four) was a junky horror thriller which should win an award for most unnecessary sequel of the year; in ancient times, the creature Radu (Anders Hove) is stolen by crusaders on the night of his birth and has no knowledge of his bloodline and is trained by a brotherhood of murderous monks to reclaim the holy relic of The Bloodstone which leads him to trying to find his true origins and place in the world. Fifth entry in this series is inexplicably the first entry in over 25 years and is allegedly a prequel to the original but it’s full of shoddy effects and sets and is for hard-core fans of the series ONLY (whoever those are).