Blacula
Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation vampire horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire (and later locked in a coffin) by Count Dracula in the Count's castle in Transylvania in the year 1780 after Dracula refuses to help Mamuwalde suppress the slave trade.
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| Directed by | William Crain |
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| Cinematography | John M. Stephens |
| Edited by | Allan Jacobs |
| Music by | Gene Page |
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| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,980,000 |
Blacula was released to mixed reviews in the United States, but was one of the top-grossing films of the year. It was the first film to receive an award for Best Horror Film at the Saturn Awards. Blacula was followed by the sequel Scream Blacula Scream in 1973 and inspired a wave of blaxploitation-themed horror films.
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