Blacula

Blacula (1972) 
AIP Production #7211 

Jeff and Cheryl decide to take up antiquing in the hopes of finding the coffin containing Blacula.

Directed by William Crain Screenplay by Joan Torres, Raymond Koenig and Richard Glouner Produced by Power Productions Samuel Z. Arkoff and Joseph T. Naar 

Starring: 
William Marshall as Prince Mamuwalde / Blacula 
Denise Nicholas as Michelle Williams 
Vonetta McGee as Tina Williams / Luva 
Gordon Pinsent as Lieutenant Jack Peters 
Thalmus Rasulala as Dr. Gordon Thomas 
Emily Yancy as Nancy, The Nightclub Photographer 
Lance Taylor Sr. as Swenson, The Funeral Director 
Logan Field as Sergeant Barnes 
Ted Harris as Bobby McCoy 
Rick Metzler as Billy Schaffer 
Ketty Lester as Juanita Jones / Taxi Cabbie 
Charles Macaulay as Count Dracula 
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as “Skillet” 
Elisha Cook, Jr. as Sam, The Morgue Attendant 
Eric Brotherson as Real Estate Agent 
The Hues Corporation as Themselves, The Performers At The Nightclub 

Produced by AIP and the Power Company and released under American International Pictures

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Our open and close includes clips from the following films/trailers: How to Make a Monster (1958), The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962), I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957), High School Hellcats (1958), Beach Blanket Bingo (1965), The Wild Angels (1966), It Conquered the World (1956), The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), and Female Jungle (1955)