Out of the Grave

Blacula - His bite was outta sight!

Just caught a Blacula double feature last night ... "Blacula" and "Scream Blacula Scream".  William Marshall's facial hair is quite frightening ... and those eyebrows, oh those eyebrows.  I had flashbacks of my youth...hiding under a blanket while watching this.  He was quite creepy.



Blacula is a 1972 blaxploitation horror film produced for American Intenational Pictures.  It was directed by William Crain and stars William Marshall in the title role. The film deals with the character of Mamuwalde, an African prince transformed into a vampire and then imprisoned in a sealed coffin by Count Dracula, only to find himself released in the 1970s.



A sequel, Scream Blacula Scream, was released in 1973, in which Marshall resumed his role as Blacula/Mamuwalde.

Amok Time has a 12" Blacula Action Figure coming out in early 2009.



I also came across this bust from Geometric Design.  Scuplted by Joe Simon, Includes name plate and resin base. 1/4 scale.

 

Going MAD is just the beginning of the terror!

The basic plot here is a bunch of residents in a suburban high-rise apartment building are being infected by a strain of parasites that turn them into mindless, sex-crazed fiends out to infect others by the slightest sexual contact.

This was also known in the US as "They Came From Within".  This was David Cronenberg's first feature film in 1975 and was quite controversial at the time.  Check it out before the re-make hits.  I'm not too fond of re-makes, but that's another post.

If you're going to race with the devil, you've got to be as fast as Hell!

Welcome to "Insomnia Theater".

This section is dedicated to my sleepless nights ... flipping the channels again and again and again until something finally strikes my fancy. 

Last week I happened upon a film I have not seen in decades.  It was 1975 and Race with the Devil  creeped me out.  It was interesting watching it again although I found it somewhat amusing that the Satanic cult were automatically assumed to be witches. 

Still creepy after all these years.