Blacula

Blacula
by William Crain

Blacula
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Actor: Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Vonetta McGee, William Marshall
Director: William Crain
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
Cinematographer: John M. Stephens
Editor: Allan Jacobs
Producer: Joseph T. Naar
Producer: Norman T. Herman
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff
Writer: Joan Torres
Writer: Raymond Koenig
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-01-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Movie Reviews of Blacula

Movie Review: Blacksploitation at its best
Summary: 5 Stars

My parents were very active in the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s, and my mother thought that a) Wm Marshall was very hot, and b) this was a very funny campy movie, and suggested that I watch it. I can't say that I resonate with a), but b) is definitely true.

THis movie is not serious drama, but very funny, camp, laden with stereotypes, and a lot of fun. Did I mention that it was fun? I suppose that serious students of 70s sociology could use this for source material on how the better-off segments of black america cavorted and dressed in period, but it's just planin fun (that word again) for sci-fi and vampire movie fans.

Summary of Blacula

Urban action and fatal attraction give rise to a groove from beyond the grave in this funkadelic, fangadelic Soul Cinema sensation! The eternally cool William Marshall puts a fresh spin on the age-old legend of the vampire, condemned to wander the earth with an insatiable lust for blood. In 1780, African Prince Mamuwalde (Marshall) pays a visit to Count Dracula in Transylvania, seeking his support in ending the slave trade. Instead, the evil count curses his noble guest and transforms him into a vampire! Released from his coffin nearly two centuries later by a pair of luckless interior decorators, Mamuwalde emerges as "Blacula," one strange dude strollin' the streets of L.A. on a nightly quest for human blood!
William Marshall, a Shakespearean actor with a rich baritone voice, enriches this otherwise bland blaxploitation vampire film with his strong, seductive performance. He's Manuwalde, a European-educated 18th-century African prince who appeals to the Count Dracula for help in ending the slave trade. Dracula, never known as a great emancipator, puts the bite on Manuwalde's troubles, dubs him "Blacula" (the only time the name is uttered in the film), and imprisons him in a casket. Stirred to life, so to speak, centuries later in Los Angeles by gay antique hunters, he steps into the soulful '70s and splits his energies between feeding his bloodlust and wooing a young beauty (Vonetta McGee), a dead ringer for his long-dead wife. Thalmus Rasulala (Friday Foster) is a modern medical professor turned urban Van Helsing, and Elisha Cook Jr. has a bit part as a coroner with a hook for a hand. The potential for a clever urban black twist on the European vampire myth is lost in this dull, thoroughly conventional tale. Marshall is under enough sloppily applied facial hair to make him a wolfman, and his victims walk around with a plastic blue pallor. But despite the limitations, Marshall creates a magnetic, aristocratic character and infuses his monster with a sense of loss and sadness in the climax. It was followed by a sequel, Scream, Blacula, Scream, and inspired Blackenstein. For a more interesting and thoughtful African American take on the vampire legend, look to Ganja and Hess. --Sean Axmaker

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