Blacula Reviews

J.C. Maçek III
PopMatters
April 13, 2015
Blacula itself is no joke and is, in fact, a legitimate and even dignified horror film with terrifying scenes and enduring moral questions.
Full Review | Original Score: 6/10
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
April 4, 2015
The film possesses a lively sense of humor and is very much a product of its time, but those seeking PC comfort cinema had best steer clear.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
March 25, 2015
If its false vampire teeth are sometimes slipshod, the beats of its stake-targeted heart of darkness flash a message that is poignant, tragic and profound.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Ian Berriman
SFX Magazine
December 20, 2010
William Marshall brings considerable nobility to the lead role - no mean feat when you've got patches of hair glued all over your face and keep turning into a giant bat.
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Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion
January 1, 2010
Vibrant funking-up of Hammer bloodsuckers
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TV Guide
October 19, 2009
The hammy performance by Marshall makes it enjoyable.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
Top Critic
Variety Staff
Variety
March 26, 2009
William Marshall portrays title role with a flourish and gets first rate support right down the line.
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Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
May 19, 2008
best of the horror blaxploitation genre
Original Score: 3/5
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
June 12, 2005
An unburied treasures for those of us who love bad film. It's a horror film thematically, and politically and aesthetically, too.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5
Matt Bailey
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
October 15, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
December 17, 2003
Has some genuinely scary moments.
Original Score: 3/5

Film4
May 24, 2003
A surprisingly worthy addition to the blood-sucking genre.
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