Charles Macaulay, Denise Nicholas, Emily Yancy
A curse from Count Dracula himself turns African prince Mamuwalde into Blaaaacula! Two hundred years later, having been recently released from his his coffined bondage, he hits the mean streets of L.A...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 20, 2004
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August 19, 2007Just another laughably unscary vampire film set halfway between Hammer and Starsky & Hutch.
If are into 70s nostalgia pieces, it may justify watching it but it's not going to enhance the life of a real horror fan.
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June 20, 2007What Blacula lacks, it makes up for by being a heartfelt and serious attempt at being a horror movie, not simply a blaxploitation movie (no drug subplot, pimps, not much jive-talking, etc.) Instead, Blacula barely skirts blaxploitation, and is set much more soundly in the general...( read more)
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February 6, 2008I was hoping for a funky vampire, but there's nothing really funky about this other than some music selections.
As a film it's actually pretty decent and kinda exploitational, but not the kind of stuff I was expecting from a 70s AIP fucker.
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January 27, 2009I have to admit that this is a guilty pleasure. Out of all the blaxploitation films this one has that real seventies feel to it, the plot isn't that bad actually and I love the music and slang in this flick.
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January 14, 2009This movie is such strong, 70's horror-filled cheese! Really great to watch with a bunch of friends though. And the best thing: the movie opens with an inter-racial, flamboantly homosexual couple! Listening to their phrases is just so amusing! xD
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