Blaxploitation and historical counter-narrative
Watching Blacula (1972) while reading James Baldwin’s The Devil Finds Work turns up some surprising depths in the cheap blaxploitation horror […]
Review: Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Director: Bob Kelljan
Cast: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier, Michael Conrad, Richard Lawson,
William Marshall
Don Mitchell
Pam Grier
Michael Conrad
Richard Lawson
Plot: After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.
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