Phoenix in partnership with Dare to Diva present the Black Resistance and Power of the Supernatural film programme.

Blacula

Director: William Crain

USA 1972, 1hr 33mins

Language: English

Genre: Horror/Fantasy

Certificate: 15

In this Blaxpolitation classic, an African prince travels to Transylvania in 1780 to seek help from Count Dracula in ending the slave trade, but has a curse placed on him. Awakening two centuries later in 1970s Los Angeles, “Blacula” goes on a killing rampage. Discovering a woman he believes to be the reincarnation of his late wife, Blacula already has a vampire-hunting doctor on his trail.

Image credit: Still from Blacula (1972).