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Movie Reviews of Scream, Blacula, Scream
Movie Review: There's not enough extras
Summary: 4 Stars
Everyone on here has already talked about the story of Blacula. I will not bother talking about it because enough of you already did that. What I want to talk about it the lack of extras on the DVD.
Where is the interviews with the actors? They could have put on an interview with William Marshall. Will did enough of them in the 1970s on the radio and talk shows. He was still alive, he died in 2003, when this came out. The studio could have interviewed him to find out more on his method.
I buy DVDs to get more than just the movie. I want interviews, behind the scene clips, deleted scenes, and much more. It wasn't on this. I gave four stars for the story itself. Nothing more.
Movie Review: fun old film
Summary: 4 Stars
well this is a lot of fun the acting is not bad just simple it is a camp but Willaim Marshal does a good job as the Black Vampire Pam Grier is good also ther is not a lot of blood the picture quility is good no exstra,s just trailers just enjoy what it is good fun and entertainment.Movie Review: Odd ending to a great film
Summary: 4 Stars
One of the most odd type of endings to a vampire. However, this film, like "Blacula", is right up there as well. If you get "Blacula", get this movie along with it. Marshall plays a great vampire and Pam Grier plays a very good part in it as well..highly recommended !Movie Review: Say it with me Blaaaa-cuuuu-lalalalala. "Bleah, bleah, bleah. Hi I'm Blacula!"
Summary: 3 Stars
One of my friends knew that I love Blax and Pam Gier films so she thought this was suitable gift me and for the month of horror. William Marshall returns in this follow up to Blacula, although more of a true horror flicks than the first one, it just isn't as good. If there is one thing that can be said for these Blacula flicks, is that they are definitely trend setting. Firstly, the original movie, while crappy, did balance the racial scales a bit by finally portraying a prominent African character as a feature vampire as opposed to the androgynous Eastern European ones that we usually get. Granted, the notion didn't really advance much beyond that, as all we have had since then in the way of African-American vampires is the cheesy "Vampire In Brooklyn" with Eddie Murphy.
In the first film Manuwalde was searching for his lost love and just happened to kill a few people in doing so, and then there was the sweet ending. However in this flick, Manuwalde is in more of a bad mood after being awakened from his eternal rest. In here, Prince Manuwalde has once again risen from the grave, but this time things are going to be different. Brought back from the void by a voodoo cult, Manuwalde sets about making a vampire horde to start a new kingdom, with him as king. Unfortunately for Manuwalde, a nosey cop and an occultist will be there to try and stop the undead African prince.
"Scream Blacula Scream" has it's moments like the first film plus raises the bar by showcasing a vampire who is struggling with his own inner bloodlust. Prior to this, most movie vampires relished their monstrous existence and sought for nothing more than to become the most fearsome nightmare in the land. But SBS humanizes the Manuwalde character a bit by showing the lengths he is willing to take to get rid of his vampiric side. Think about it - this guy comes completely out of the closet to a chick he barely even knows in the hopes of finding a resolution to his dietary dysfunction. That's pretty brave!
One of the best lines is after Manuwalde makes a gang guy one of his minions the newbie vamp looks in a mirror then at his master and says "I can handle the vampire stuff, but a man needs to see his face," good stuff. Also watching the police department storm the vampire lair is a blast. Marshall gets some fine companionship in this film as well when Pam Grier joins the cast as a voodoo priestess named Lisa. But all and all this one just isn't as fun as the first film, but it tries. William Marshall is great as Manuwalde and even keeps those funky side burns from the first film. Hey, if you're gonna be a vampire in the seventies you might as well have some style, but the character just can't carry the entire film this time around as "Scream Blacula Scream" just doesn't have the heart of the first film.
Movie Review: INFERIOR SEQUEL TO BLACULA, STILL ENJOYABLE!
Summary: 3 Stars
The success of "BLACULA" all but guarenteed the inevitable sequel which arrived a year later. Sequels are usually never as good as the original and that is certainly true here. Though this is an inferior film to "BLACULA", it is still quite enjoyable and benefits from the strong presence of lead actor William Marshall who again plays that "strange dude" Mamuwalde, aka "you-know-who". I liked the ending of the first film a lot (denied his lady love a second time, he walks out into the sun committing suicide) so was somewhat disappointed seeing him return in the first place. But having him trying to free himself from the curse/ slavery of vampirism by using the voodoo power of Pam Grier was a good idea. John Carradine used science to try and cure him of the curse in Universal's fine "HOUSE OF DRACULA" (and failed), so it was interestring that Mamuwalde would use a black art to combat a black art, so to speak.
The anamorphic widescreen picture is very good and the mono sound quite pleasing.
Like the original "BLACULA", there are no extra's but for the original theatrical trailer.
To close, if you liked "BLACULA", you should enjoy this sequel. -George Bauch.