An 18th-century African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula, finds himself in modern-day Los Angeles.

An 18th century African prince is transformed into a vampire by Count Dracula, cursed with the name Blacula, and entombed in Dracula's castle after he fails to convince the Count to support him in his cause to end the slave trade. Two hundred years later, a pair of gay interior decorators transport his coffin to L.A., where he awakes with an unquenchable thirst for human blood. As Blacula pursues a woman who resembles his long-dead wife, Luva, her brother-in-law, a pathologist, investigates the string of carnage that follows in the vampire's wake.—Molly Rose Steed

In 1780, the African prince Mamuwalde and his beloved wife Luva meet Count Dracula at his castle in Transylvania to request his support to end the slave trade. However, Dracula offends Mamuwalde and Luva and turns the prince into a vampire, cursing him with the name Blacula. Then he imprisons Blacula in a coffin in a chamber and leaves Luva also inside the chamber to die. In 1972, two gay interior decorators named Bobby McCoy and Billy Schaffer travel to Transylvania to buy some antiques, including Blacula's coffin, and ship the goods to Los Angeles. When they open the coffin, they are attacked by Blacula, who is thirsty for blood. Soon, Blacula sees Tina, who is the spitting image of Luva, at the funeral home where the wake of Bobby McCoy will be held and believes she is Luva's reincarnation. Blacula meets Tina at a night club, where she is celebrating the anniversary of her sister Michelle and her husband, Dr. Gordon Thomas. Dr. Thomas is a pathologist in the LAPD who believes that the last few recent deaths in L.A. have been caused by a vampire and is seeking evidence to prove to his colleague, Lt. Jack Peters, that the fiend does exist.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

African prince Mamuwalde (William Marshall) is bitten by Count Dracula and develops the requisite insatiable thirst for blood, doing all that he can to satisfy the craving. Two centuries later, the princely ghoul is unwittingly transported to modern day Los Angeles, where bloodlust is a way of life. Blaxploitation and horror are combined in this cult classic that inspired a sequel, "Scream Blacula Scream".

"Blacula" is the story of Mamuwalde, an African prince. In 1780, after visiting Count Dracula, Manuwalde is turned into a vampire by the Count and locked inside a coffin. The scene then shifts to 1972, when two gay interior decorators transport the coffin to Los Angeles. The two men open the coffin and unwittingly unleash Blacula on the city. Blacula soon finds Tina, who he believes is his long-dead wife, Luva, reincarnated, and gains her love. Tina's brother-in-law, Dr. Gordon Thomas, discovers Blacula is a vampire and hunts him down.—Clint Poskozim <[email protected]>