STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast William Marshall Vonetta McGee Denise Nicholas Thalmus Rasulala

Directors William Crain

Screenwriters Joan Torres Raymond Koening

Running Time 92 minutes

Blacula (15)

Plot
In the 18th Century, Prince Mamuwalde visits Castle Dracula to ask the Count to sign a petition against the slave trade. Dracula turns Mamuwalde into a vampire and chains him into a coffin. In 1972, gay antique dealers bring the coffin to Los Angeles and Mamuwalde pursues the reincarnation of his lost love while spreading vampirism through the city.

Verdict
Blaxploitation meets vampire movie that's formulaic and full of holes


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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