In William Crain ’s 1972 Blaxploitationcult classicBlacula , an eighteenth hundred Nigerien prince is unwittinglytransformed into a vampireby the Dracula after unsuccessfully petitioningthe legendary ghoulfor help in destroy the Trans - Atlantic striver trade . The original Blacula ’s assumption was distinguishable and novel when the movie first premier , and MGM ’s banking on it being the sort of story that current day audience require to see more of .
Varietyreports that Deon Taylor ( Fatale ) has sign on on to direct and co - write with Micah Ranum ( The Silencing ) a Modern Blacula reboot plant in the modern Clarence Day that will explore many of the same themes have in the original , though accord to the trade “ the reboot pick up where the original saga left off , after the 1973 sequel screaming Blacula Scream , and will be set in a metropolitan metropolis post - coronavirus pandemic . ”
The movie ’s official verbal description gives even more background : “ Blacula is an ancient African prince who is cursed by Dracula after he fails to agree to end the hard worker trade . Blacula is inter and wake 200 years later quick to revenge the dying of his root and of those creditworthy for hook his citizenry of their work , culture , and inheritance as they appropriated it for lucre . ”
Blacula (William Marshall) claiming another victim.Screenshot: Power Productions
decent off the bat , MGM ’s new Blacula feels very much in line with the current wave of horror and other musical genre fable that’sattempted to handle and unpack the complexness of anti - Black racialism . What ’s going to terminate up determining whether the reboot can hold a candle to the original flick , and endure out in today ’s pappa cultural landscape painting , is if it has a genuinely interesting story beyond its obvious nostalgic entreaty .
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