Scream, Blacula, Scream (1973)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1973
	Director: Bob Kelljan
	Actors: William Marshall, Don Mitchell, Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Jacky Brown, Mars Attacks, Above the Law)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Horror
	Conditions of visioning: 20.07.2012, DVD, 22" LED TV.
Synopsis: Being denied the head of a clan, a man calls voodoo to bring some old bones back to life. He becomes the slaves of this new Dracula, himself looking for a meaning to his life.
Review: I bought this movie together with the first one (Blacula) in the "Blaxploitation" section of a second-hand shop in Princeton, USA. In the first one, prince Mamuwalde is already played by William Marshall who has a nice deep voice like the one of James Earl Jones (Thulsa Doom in the original Conan the Barbarian, and the voice of Darth Vador in the original Star Wars trilogy). He visits count Dracula in Transylvania in the 1700's, is bitten and comes back to life in the 1970's. In the sequel he is back again in the same period, and this time has relationships with the Voodoo community, in particular the caracer played by Pam Grier. Not much happens in the movie, a few death with flashy fake red blood, but a nice groovy soundtrack. The best scenes are the ones with Marshall or Grier, or even beter both at the same time, during which you feel like in a good vampire movie. The last 15 minutes are quite good, with the sound of drums playing continuously in background, and might justify watching the whole movie.
Rating: 4 /10