
Blacula
Jun 29—Jul 2, 2025
- Part of
- Remakes, Ripoffs & Reinterpretations and
- BAM Film 2025
Directed by William Crain (1972)
With
William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala, Gordon Pinsent, Charles Macaulay
In this Blaxploitation classic, African prince Mamuwalde visits Count Dracula to seek help ending the slave trade but is instead bitten and cursed to live eternally as a vampire—Blacula. Sealed in a coffin for centuries, things take a bloody turn when he's accidentally awakened in 70s Los Angeles, where he begins feeding on the city’s nightlife. One of the top grossing films of 1972, William Crain’s reframing of the vampire classic inspired a whole slew of blaxploitation horror films, including Blackenstein and Bill Gunn’s Ganja and Hess in 1973.
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RUNNING TIME
93min
VENUE
FORMAT
35mm
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