Josh Olson on BLACULA

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AIP's vampiric contribution to the prevailing blaxploitation avalanche of the 1970s benefits from the casting of stentorian Shakespearian actor William Marshall, who manages to retain his dignity in some very tacky situations. Successful enough to spawn a sequel, Scream Blacula Scream.
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@don4321 9 лет назад

William Marshall was also great as the mad computer genius in the orig Star trek episode "The Ultimate Computer". Blacula is kind of like if Orson Welles had been cast in Plan 9...

@DWNicolo 3 года назад

LOVED William Marshall's performance on that Star Trek episode. A bravura performance.

@DWNicolo 3 года назад

Josh Olson gives good commentary. Anything with William Marshall is touched by greatness.

@jackgrattan1447 9 лет назад

Elisha Cook Jr. sighting!

@garyjarvis7478 6 лет назад

And Dr. Daystrome in Star Trek.

@Oppeldeldoc1 10 лет назад

It took me forever to see it, but I always KNEW about it. It also had Denise Nicholas, while she was still doing ROOM 222 on TV. She's always been very likable (and also certainly as attractive as the LEAD actress in this movie).

@dljo710 2 года назад

Elisha Cook jr was in other vampire films of the seventies notably The night stalker and Salems lot. Loved this film though having saw it on tv back in the mid eighties... A classic exploitation movie..

@kali3665 Год назад

William Marshall considered Blacula to be a "piece of [censored]," but agreed to come on board if he could rewrite the beginning. Originally, Blacula was going to be a nothing mob runner named Amos Brown [Amos n Andy vibes, anyone?], but it was Marshall's idea to make him an African prince in an era where you rarely saw a classy black man in movies -- this came out right before the blaxploitation era approached its height. Would that they let him write the entire movie because, yes, this WAS a "piece of [censored]," but Marshall makes this film work -- and, despite the racism and dated homosexual references, a definite classic. Then, they did the sequel, which ALSO only worked because of Marshall, even if no one let him rewrite the script, and the great and wonderful Pam Grier, even if no one bothered to give her anything to do.