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Aug 25, 2022 · Watch on YouTube. Watch on. “Theme from Shaft” (Uploaded to YouTube by Isaac Hayes) 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 ...
A comparative analysis of how mainstream and Blaxploitation horror films interpret and adapt classic Gothic tales. This book is the first to put Blaxploitation horror films such as Blacula in conversation with both mainstream horror movies and classic Gothic stories. Jamil Mustafa argues that mainstream horror films adapt while Blaxploitation horror films appropriate the vampire, the ...
Blacula! - Dracula’s Soul Brother! 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. Remove Ads.
Jun 8, 2018 · “Blacula” | 1972. In 1972, American International Pictures applied its pulpy, low-budget sensibilities to two genres in one, putting a blaxploitation spin on the then-popular Hammer cycle of ...
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-wee's Playhouse) in the title role. The movie was successful enough to spawn a ...
Budget. $350,000. Sugar Hill is a 1974 American horror blaxploitation zombie film, directed by Paul Maslansky and starring Marki Bey as the title character who uses voodoo to get revenge on the people responsible for her boyfriend's death. It was released by American International Pictures. According to the film, the zombies are the preserved ...
