Blacula [VHS]
by William Crain
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Actor: Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent, Thalmus Rasulala, Vonetta McGee, William MarshallDirector: William Crain
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Original recording reissued
Running Time: 93 minutes
Release Date: 2001-01-09
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
VHS Movie Reviews of Blacula [VHS]
Movie Review: Blacksploitation at its best
Summary: 5 Stars
My parents were very active in the civil rights movement in the 50s and 60s, and my mother thought that a) Wm Marshall was very hot, and b) this was a very funny campy movie, and suggested that I watch it. I can't say that I resonate with a), but b) is definitely true.
THis movie is not serious drama, but very funny, camp, laden with stereotypes, and a lot of fun. Did I mention that it was fun? I suppose that serious students of 70s sociology could use this for source material on how the better-off segments of black america cavorted and dressed in period, but it's just planin fun (that word again) for sci-fi and vampire movie fans.
Summary of Blacula [VHS]
William Marshall, a Shakespearean actor with a rich baritone voice, enriches this otherwise bland blaxploitation vampire film with his strong, seductive performance. He's Manuwalde, a European-educated 18th-century African prince who appeals to the Count Dracula for help in ending the slave trade. Dracula, never known as a great emancipator, puts the bite on Manuwalde's troubles, dubs him "Blacula" (the only time the name is uttered in the film), and imprisons him in a casket. Stirred to life, so to speak, centuries later in Los Angeles by gay antique hunters, he steps into the soulful '70s and splits his energies between feeding his bloodlust and wooing a young beauty (Vonetta McGee), a dead ringer for his long-dead wife. Thalmus Rasulala (Friday Foster) is a modern medical professor turned urban Van Helsing, and Elisha Cook Jr. has a bit part as a coroner with a hook for a hand. The potential for a clever urban black twist on the European vampire myth is lost in this dull, thoroughly conventional tale. Marshall is under enough sloppily applied facial hair to make him a wolfman, and his victims walk around with a plastic blue pallor. But despite the limitations, Marshall creates a magnetic, aristocratic character and infuses his monster with a sense of loss and sadness in the climax. It was followed by a sequel, Scream, Blacula, Scream, and inspired Blackenstein. For a more interesting and thoughtful African American take on the vampire legend, look to Ganja and Hess. --Sean AxmakerHorror VHS Video
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