EP#114 Anders Hove

Kevin Lane's Spill Your Guts

Vampire Radu Vladislas Talks Horror, Character and The 2023 Release of Subspecies: Bloodrise

Every generation has their monsters and while the 70’s and 80’s saw the monsters moving away from the gothic castles of Transylvania to the suburbs, there is one monster from the 90’s that reigns supreme in the mold of the classic vampires going all the way back to Max Schreck’s iconic performance as Orlok in F.W. Murnau’s masterwork Nosferatu.

Produced in 1991 by genre royalty Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment and directed by Full Moon veteran Ted Nicolau, Subspecies has become a beloved franchise spawning multiple excellent sequels including series highlight Bloodstone: Subspecies 2 which may be Full Moon’s best film.

There’s a lot about Subspecies to admire from Nicolau’s assured direction to the stunning location shooting in Romania and the rock-solid performances from Denice Duff and Kevin Spirtas as the heroes but the star of the show is unquestionably the series antagonist, Radu.

A centuries old vampire, Radu is grotesque and vile, usually gore dripping from his fanged maw while he speaks in a rasping, decrepit voice. This is not the romantic vampire of Hammer films but a force of evil that will stop at nothing to reclaim his birthright, the bloodstone. He’s one of SYG host Kevin Lane’s favorite monsters.

Radu is played by Anders Hove.

A Danish actor, Ander’s deftly manages the balance of keeping Radu sinister and menacing but also imbues the character with an unexpected empathy and a haunting past. It’s a truly remarkable transformation when you find that Anders himself is a lowkey, kind, thoughtful man.

Anders and Kevin Lane talk about his years growing up in Greenland as well as his father’s significant political impact, why he thinks there’s far more important things to life than being an actor, the challenges of shooting in Romania and how important it is to find the humanity when playing a monster.

SYG will have more interviews with the folks behind the Subspecies saga, including Charles Band, Ted Nicolau, Denice Duff and Kevin Spirtas as we all prepare for the much anticipated Subspecies: Bloodrise, which sees the gang all returning after a more than 20-year gap since the last film. The film has been shot and will be released in 2023.

Without further delay my fledglings, let there be a bloodbath with Anders Hove.

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