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25 August 1972 (USA)
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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...
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1 win
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There is more to this film than meets the eye...
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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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93 min
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The group performing in the club is The Hues Corporation.
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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.
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Referenced in "20 to 1: Crazy Customs (#6.5)" (2008)
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Yeah, I know, it sounds ridiculous. There is, however, quite a lot beneath the hilarious surface of "Blacula." This is a unique take on the vampire legend. It is the first Dracula film I have seen in which the lead vampire is driven by rage, not by lust or blood lust. Blacula is a tragic figure, a man who is angry about his condition. One could even view this film as a microchosm of race and civil rights issues in the seventies. Yes, I know, that's pushing it. Oh, well, even if you don't go in for the sociological aspects of Blaxploitation horror, check this movie out. It's funny and campy--a great party movie. Also, believe it or not, there is a film called "Blackenstein" though I have been unable to find a cop