---
title: 'Blacula (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Crain'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 93
certification: 'PG'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/blacula-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068284/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Blacula (1972)

1972 · PG · 93 min · United States


## Synopsis

Blacula is a 1972 American blaxploitation horror film directed by William Crain. It stars William Marshall in the title role about an 18th-century African prince named Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire by Count Dracula in the Count's castle in Transylvania in the year 1780 after Dracula refuses to help Mamuwalde suppress the slave trade. The film co-stars Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Gordon Pinsent and Thalmus Rasulala.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Crain](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-crain)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gene Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-page)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Z. Arkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-z-arkoff)
- **Director of Photography:** [John Stevens](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-stevens)

## Cast

- [Denise Nicholas](https://cinepixo.com/people/denise-nicholas)
- [Thalmus Rasulala](https://cinepixo.com/people/thalmus-rasulala)
- [Vonetta McGee](https://cinepixo.com/people/vonetta-mcgee)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Ji-Tu Cumbuka](https://cinepixo.com/people/ji-tu-cumbuka)
- [Charles Macaulay](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-macaulay) as Count Dracula
- [Emily Yancy](https://cinepixo.com/people/emily-yancy)
- [Ketty Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/ketty-lester)
- [William Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-marshall) as Blacula
- [Ted Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-harris)
- [Gordon Pinsent](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-pinsent)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/blacula-1972
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