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25 August 1972 (USA) moreTagline:
Rising From the Echoing Corridors of Hell, An Awesome Being of the Supernatural - With Satanic Power of Sheer Dread. Chained Forever to a Slavery More Vile Than Any Before Endured... morePlot:
Interior decorators buy the coffin of an African prince bitten by Dracula centuries before and bring it back to Los Angeles... more | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)Plot Keywords:
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1 win moreUser Comments:
Classic love story... moreCast
(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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William Marshall's performance alone elevates this one to classic fright film status: his character is noble and carries himself with a regal bearing befitting his position as a leader of his people, and Marshall never allows him to degenerate into a campy parody of a vampire. This film is a love story (of the "long lost" variety, an approach also used by the DARK SHADOWS tv show of the same era), but it definitely has TEETH: The slo-mo attack on Elisha Cook, Jr., for instance, helps make BLACULA one of the scariest horror movies of its era. Much has been made of the alleged production values. Keep in mind that this was 1972- 3 decades ago. The production values were superb for the time. (Trust me on this: I've seen some movies whose production values would make BLACULA look like THE GODFATHER by comparison.) Sure, it's dated- but the love story at its heart is timeless.