1972 · blaxploitation · horror · vampire
Blacula
Directed by William Crain1h 33m1972
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Our read: Blacula (1972) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive blaxploitation · horror · vampire entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured blaxploitation / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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- intense
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