Scream Blacula Scream
| Scream Blacula Scream | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Bob Kelljan |
| Written by | Maurice Jules Raymond Koenig Joan Torres |
| Produced by | Joseph T. Naar |
| Starring | William H. Marshall Pam Grier Don Mitchell Michael Conrad Lynn Moody Richard Lawson |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Edited by | Fabien D. Tordjmann |
| Music by | Bill Marx |
Production company | Power Productions |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Land | Vereinigte Staaten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
Scream Blacula Scream is a 1973 blaxploitation horror film, made under the working titles Blacula Is Beautiful and Blacula Lives Again!.[1] This is the only sequel to the 1972 film Blacula. The movie was produced by American International Pictures (AIP) and Power Productions.
Plot
After a dying Voodoo queen, Mama Loa, chooses an adopted apprentice, Lisa Fortier (Pam Grier) as her successor, her arrogant son and true heir, Willis, (Richard Lawson) is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Mamuwalde the vampire from the former shaman of the voodoo cult, and uses voodoo to resurrect the vampire to do his bidding. However while it bring Mamuwalde back to life, he quickly bites Willis upon awakening. Willis now finds himself in a curse of his own doing, made into a vampire hungering for blood and, ironically, a slave to the very creature he sought to control. Meanwhile, Justin Carter (Don Mitchell), an ex-police officer with a large collection of acquired African antiquities and an interest in the occult, begins to investigate the murders caused by Mamuwalde and his growing vampire horde. Justin meets Mamuwalde at a party Justin hosted to display the African collection pieces before being moved to the University's museum. They discuss the artifacts, unbeknown to anyone else, that were from the region of Africa Mamuwalde hails from, including pieces of jewelry once worn by his late wife Luva. Mamuwalde also meets Justin's girlfriend, Lisa Fortier, at the party and he discovers that Lisa is naturally adept at voodoo. Lisa discovers Mamuwalde true nature after a friend of hers, Gloria, falls victim to his bite and resurrects as a vampire who nearly feeds on her if not for Mamuwalde's intervention. He later asks her for help to cure him of his vampire curse. Justin, with the help of L.A.P.D. Lieutenant Harley Dunlop (Michael Conrad), pulls together several other cops to go to the Mamuwalde residence to investigate the recent deaths. While Lisa is performing the ritual to cure Mamuwalde, using a voodoo doll fashioned to look like him, Justin, Harley and their men raid the house, fighting against Blacula's vampire minions which include several friends of theirs. Willis is killed during this scuffle. Justin manages to find Lisa and Mamuwalde and interrupts the ritual. Lisa refuses to help Mamuwalde after she witnesses him kill the other police officers in the house in a fit of rage. As Mamuwalde, now calling himself Blacula, is about to bite Justin, Lisa stabs the prince's voodoo doll killing Mamuwalde and destroying the menace of Blacula forever.
Cast
- William H. Marshall as Prince Mamuwalde / Blacula
- Pam Grier as Lisa Fortier
- Richard Lawson as Willis
- Don Mitchell as Justin Carter
- Michael Conrad as Lieutenant Harley Dunlop
- Lynn Moody as Denny
- Janee Michelle as Gloria
- Barbara Rhoades as Elaine
- Bernie Hamilton as Ragman
- Arnold Williams as Louis
- Van Kirksey as Professor Walton
- Craig Nelson as Sarge
- James Kingsley as Sergeant Williams
Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States by American International Pictures in June 1973.
The film was released on DVD by MGM in 2004 as part of their Soul Cinema series.[2] It is currently out of print. In 2010, the film was digitized in High Definition (1080i) and broadcasted on MGM HD.
Reception
The film had a mostly negative reception.[3]
References
- ^ AKAs for Scream Blacula Scream at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Scream, Blacula, Scream". mgm.com. Retrieved 2011-03-30.
- ^ "Scream, Blacula, Scream". Chicago Sun-Times.