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[[File:Blacula02_991.jpg|frame|Deadlier than [[Dracula]]!]]
''Blacula'' is a 1972 horror film, produced by American International Pictures, featuring the [[Blaxploitation]] version of the ''[[Dracula]]'' character. It stars [[William Marshall]] (who some may recognize as The King of Cartoons from the later Saturday-morning television series ''[[Pee
In 1780, African Prince Manuwalde and his lovely wife Tuva visit Transylvanian Count Dracula, to dine and discuss a proposition put forth by Manuwalde: end the slave trade out of Africa. Dracula finds this ridiculous, given the "merit" he feels is inherent in slavery. He then makes a pass at Tuva. This leads into a fight between Manuwalde and Dracula's [[
▲''Blacula'' is a 1972 horror film, produced by American International Pictures, featuring the [[Blaxploitation]] version of the ''[[Dracula]]'' character. It stars William Marshall (who some may recognize as The King of Cartoons from the later Saturday-morning television series ''[[Pee Wees Playhouse]]'') in the title role. The movie was successful enough to spawn a sequel, ''Scream Blacula Scream'', which starred both Marshall and [[Pam Grier]], and [[Follow the Leader|later brought about a number of imitators]], including ''Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde'', which like ''Blacula'' itself was directed by William Crain.
Years later, Blacula's coffin ends up in the basement of a large California home. Two men purchase the house, discover the coffin, and decide to open it
▲In 1780, African Prince Manuwalde and his lovely wife Tuva visit Transylvanian Count Dracula, to dine and discuss a proposition put forth by Manuwalde: end the slave trade out of Africa. Dracula finds this ridiculous, given the "merit" he feels is inherent in slavery. He then makes a pass at Tuva. This leads into a fight between Manuwalde and Dracula's [[Mook|mooks]], and both are captured. Dracula turns Manuwalde into a vampire, names him "Blacula", and seals him in a coffin, leaving poor Tuva to trapped with the coffin in a chamber in the dungeon below the castle.
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▲Years later, Blacula's coffin ends up in the basement of a large California home. Two men purchase the house, discover the coffin, and decide to open it--only to end up attacked and killed by the freshly released and seriously hungry vampire. Blacula roams the Los Angeles streets at night, a suave and good looking black gentleman who happens to suddenly grow a pair of wild sideburns when his hunger rises, and the body count increases around the neighborhood. This draws Dr. Gordon Thomas, a forensics expert with the LAPD, to the case. Meanwhile, Blacula has discovered a young woman, Tina, who looks exactly like his long-deceased wife.
* [[Animated Credits Opening]]: It, like the rest of [[The Seventies|the
▲* [[Animated Credits Opening]]: It, like the rest of [[The Seventies|the 70's]], is funky as hell!
* [[Camp Gay]]: The two men who purchase the large house where Blacula's coffin ends up are ''very'' flamboyant. Well, it is California.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Blacula drags himself out into the daylight after Tina is shot and thus lost to him forever.}}
* [[Hey,
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Blacula himself speaks in a very refined manner, but several other characters are very much a product of their time and place.
* [[Man
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Everyone Blacula kills comes back as a vampire themselves. Sometimes they take long enough to come back for them to be buried, sometimes they come back almost immediately. They are vulnerable to crosses, to the point where one vampire is apparently killed by one. Blacula himself gains both fangs and a wild set of sideburns whenever he gets hungry and attacks.
** Further, vampires cannot be photographed, and Blacula can turn into a bat.
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* [[Reincarnation Romance]]: Manuwalde's wife, Tuva, is apparently reincarnated as Tina, whom he pursues relentlessly.
* [[Salt and Pepper]]: Gordon Thomas and Lt. Peters.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
* [[Sequel]]: ''Scream Blacula Scream'' (1973) has the vampire revived by Voodoo cultists.
* [[Beard of Evil|Sideburns Of Evil]]: Blacula. When he vamps out, it's like his face grows fangs, too.
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