Scream Blacula Scream
Scream Blacula Scream is a 1973 film from the USA, directed by Bob Kelljan, running 96 minutes. reelscum files it under blaxploitation and occult & satanic panic.
- Year
- 1973 · 1970s films
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Director
- Bob Kelljan
- Updated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- cult (47/100)
- Also known as
- Blacula 2
Defined in the glossary: Blaxploitation, Occult & satanic panic
The rare sequel that adds Pam Grier and a shred of dignity.
William Marshall's Blacula was always too dignified for the films around him, and the sequel finally hands him a co-star who matches the wattage. A resentful cult heir resurrects Prince Mamuwalde, who resumes his reluctant reign over the Los Angeles undead until Pam Grier's voodoo priestess turns out to hold the one thing that might release him. Marshall plays a vampire with real Shakespearean sorrow, which keeps hauling the picture up toward something better than its budget. Bob Kelljan, fresh off the Count Yorga films, handles the horror competently and lets his two leads carry the rest. Better than a Blacula sequel had any obligation to be.
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Written about
- Blaxploitation, 1971 to 1975
Melvin Van Peebles caught gonorrhea on his own set, filed a workers' comp claim, and bought more film stock with the settlement. Four years later the studios had mined the audience out and moved on.
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