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Overview

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Director:
William Crain
Writers:
Raymond Koenig (writer)
Joan Torres (writer)
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Release Date:
25 August 1972 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
Blacula! - Dracula's Soul Brother! more
Plot:
Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
About BLACULA... more (63 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
William Marshall ... Mamuwalde / Blacula
Vonetta McGee ... Luva / Tina

Denise Nicholas ... Michelle
Thalmus Rasulala ... Dr. Gordon Thomas
Gordon Pinsent ... Lt. Jack Peters
Charles Macaulay ... Dracula
Emily Yancy ... Nancy, Photographer
Lance Taylor Sr. ... Swenson, Undertaker
Ted Harris ... Bobby McCoy
Rick Metzler ... Billy Schaffer
Ji-Tu Cumbuka ... Skillet
Logan Field ... Sgt. Barnes
Ketty Lester ... Juanita Jones, Cabbie
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Sam (as Elisha Cook)
Eric Brotherson ... Real Estate Agent
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Additional Details

Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) | USA:PG | Australia:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The group performing in the club is The Hues Corporation. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Part of the plot hinges on the fact that Mamuwalde's image does not show up in a photograph and its negative, but he and other vampires in the film cast obvious shadows. more
Quotes:
Dracula: You shall pay, black prince. I shall place a curse of suffering on you that will doom you to a living hell. I curse you with my name. You shall be... Blacula! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror VIII (#9.4)" (1997) more

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
About BLACULA..., 10 June 2001
Author: DisqoVlad from WCW Special Forces

BLACULA has always been a favorite flick of mine. Two of my biggest intertests within pop culture are the "blaxploitation" film era and gothic subculture. BLACULA makes a perfect melding of these two genres. I also love the fact that it's unique to all other "blaxploitation" movies in the sense that it has a story with true backbone, and the film's main player, William Marshall, gets so into the role he plays and isn't just another Afro-American leading man that talks the lingo and prances around in a fur. He seems well-dignified and intelligent. I thoroughly enjoy this movie and recommend it highly.

And where the hell is the DVD??!!?

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