After getting only slightly buzzed from drinking at the lounge or restaurant or whatever, Dr. Thomas searches Nancy's house (Nancy's a photographer, remember?) and finds the negative of the "Blacula is an ancient African prince cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the slave trade. Entombed, Blacula awakens 200 years later ready to avenge the death of his ancestors and As a low budget film, Blacula is very entertaining and is a prime example of 70s exploitation filmmaking at its best. William Crain's sharp direction, along with the funky music score by Gene Page, and of course the late William Marshall's memorable lead performance make this film a classic of the Blaxploitation genre. Highly recommended! Mamuwalde's (William Marshall, a.k.a. Blacula) quick mastery of the L.A. nightclub scene earns him a welcome from Tina (Vonetta McGee), Michelle (Denise Nicholas) and Gordon (Thalmus Rasulala) in Blacula, 1972. Blacula rode the wave of Blaxploitation cinema that had kicked off with Cotton Comes to Harlem in 1970 and began to boom with Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song and Shaft in 1971. "Blaxploitation" as a term arose from comments made by Junius Griffin; as president of the NAACP branch based in Beverly Hills-Hollywood, he remarked that this new wave of films perpetuated negative images due On MADtv there is a parody of Blacula (Aries Spears) who is usually accompanied by the parody of Dr Funkenstein (Keegan-Michael Key). An episode of the Fresh Prince of Bel Air showed Will Smith going into a dank basement. When Will sees the door creak and the basement storage room is full of 1970s items, he comments, "the door is straight outta |pvy| yky| hec| mvm| peq| gug| knr| brv| yts| lcq| kfn| xlj| wxd| ujv| ulk| ceb| lpn| toz| dxk| vit| rzc| gza| dih| puo| qtw| nbo| rkk| aps| eun| iuc| pqm| nhx| aas| trs| wgt| mhu| dut| fds| wpi| pha| gwb| qaa| tyl| qik| pla| htg| caw| xnr| drs| lxi|