Scream Blacula Scream

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Scream Blacula Scream
Theatrical release poster.
Directed by	Bob Kelljan
Produced by	Joseph T. Naar
Written by	Maurice Jules Raymond Koenig Joan Torres
Starring	William H. Marshall Pam Grier
Music by	Bill Marx
Cinematography	Isidore Mankofsky
Editing by	Fabien D. Tordjmann
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	June 27, 1973
Running time	96 min
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Blacula
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Scream Blacula Scream is a 1973 horror film, made under the working titles Blacula Is Beautiful and Blacula Lives Again!^[1]. It is the sequel to Blacula. The film was a Blaxploitation film. It was made by the American International Pictures (AIP) and Power Productions.

[edit] Synopsis

After a dying Voodoo queen, Mama Loa, chooses an adopted apprentice, Lisa Fortier (Pam Grier)as her successor, her true heir, Willis, (Richard Lawson) is outraged. Seeking revenge, he buys the bones of Blacula the vampire from the former shaman of the voodoo cult, and uses voodoo to bring the vampire back to do his bidding. In turn, Blacula turns him into a vampire and makes him his slave. Meanwhile, Justin, a police officer with a large collection of African antiques and an interest in the occult, investigates the murders caused by Blacula and his vampire horde. Justin meets Mamuwalde, Blacula's previous name when he was prince of an African nation, at a party he is hosting. Mamuwalde meets Lisa at the party and they talk about voodoo a voodoo doll that looks like the prince. Mamuwalde later in the movie asks Lisa for help to take the curse of the vampire off him. Justin pulls together other cops to go to the Mamuwalde residence to investigate the recent deaths. While she is performing the ritual, Justin interrupts with other cops performing a raid on the house. Lisa refuses to help Mamuwalde after she sees him kill the other police in the house. In his anger Blacula is about to bite Justin when Lisa stabs Mamuwalde's voodoo doll killing Mamuwalde and forever destroying Blacula.