Scream, Blacula, Scream

Buy This Item Scream, Blacula, Scream by MGM (Video & DVD)  Available from Amazon  $12.99  on 11-24-2008     Blacula lives, and only the legendary Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) has the power to deep-six hisreign of terror. William Marshall is magnificent (Los Angeles Times) as the noble African prince turned bloodthirsty fiend in this hair-raising sequel to the terrifying hit Blacula! This time, it's voodoo power versus vampire fury when Willis (Richard Lawson), the son of the late high priestess, seeks revenge on the cultists who have chosen his foster sister Lisa (Grier) as theirnew leader. Hoping to curse Lisa, Willis unwittingly resurrects Blacula's earthly remainsand lets loose the Prince of Darkness and his freaked-out army of the undead! Reader Reviews "Scream Blacula Scream" is a great sequel to "Blacula." The action is non-stop and the cast of African American actors is stellar. Pam Grier is excellent as Lisa, the voodoo priestess who attempts to cure Prince Mamuwalde of his vampire curse. Prince Mamuwalde reminds me of Barnabas Collins of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows." Barnabas, like the prince, was inflicted by the curse of vampirism and chained in a coffin for almost two-hundred years before being released by a thief. Both are endlessly searching to recreate loss loves and to free themselves of their vampirism. I sympathize with Prince Mamuwalde's plight. "Dark Shadows" ended its six year run on ABC in 1971 and Prince Mamuwalde made his appearance in 1972. Coincidence? I don't think so. There are other similarities between the two characters, too many to mention here. The action in "Scream Blacula Scream" is nonstop. The body count is high and the deaths are gruesome. My favorite scene: When Prince Mamuwalde is accosted by two pimps who are angry because he rejected their prostitute. They try to rob him and he throws one through a window and the other against a brick wall, killing both but not before draining them of blood. Another favorite scene of mine is when the police enter the mansion where the prince is hiding and they are attacked by the undead. Some of these vampires are extremely ghoulish and creepy. The funniest scene is when Willis is giving his girlfriend a backrub. It turns painful; she looks up, seeing his fangs, and laughs. "Get that crap out of your mouth," she tells him. The psychedelic fashions, the enormous afros, the groovy music, and the jive slang are all reminiscent of the seventies and very endearing. What was absent from this sequel that was present in the original is the use of the derogatory "n" word. I was thankful for that. Someone must have complained when the original was released. The ending was rather anti-climatic It didn't pack the wallop that it should have. If the ending had been more shocking or violent, I would have given the movie five stars.

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