Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- cop-killer
- vampire
- nightclub
- reincarnation
- morgue
- murder
- blaxploitation cinema
- coroner
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
William Marshall
Blacula / Prince Mamuwalde
Vonetta McGee
Tina
Denise Nicholas
Michelle
Thalmus Rasulala
Gordon Thomas
- Gordon Pinsent — Lt. John "Jack" Peters
- Charles Macaulay — Dracula
- Ji-Tu Cumbuka — Skillet
- Elisha Cook Jr. — Sam
- Emily Yancy — Nancy
- Ketty Lester — Juanita Jones
- Lance Taylor Sr. — Swenson
- Ted Harris — Bobby McCoy
- Rick Metzler — Billy Schaffer
- Logan Field — Barnes
- St. Clair Lee — Self (The Hues Corporation)
- Directed
- William Crain
- Written
- Raymond Koenig, Joan Torres
Production
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 · 182 ratings
- Studio
- American International Pictures, Power Productions
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1972 · You’re hereBlacula
Where it starts.
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
