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« on: Yesterday at 09:26:05 PM »
Believe it or not, I'd never seen Scream, Blacula, Scream until today. And the only reason I decided to watch it was because it was on Svengoolie last night (though I didn't watch that version after I saw they were muting language, so I checked to see if it's available to stream and discovered it is on Tubi). But the real point of this post isn't actually about that film, and it's a point that won't come as any surprise to any of us, but it's just how amazing it is that so many vampire movies of the '70s "borrowed" elements from DS, with the Blacula films being perfect examples. I had seen Blacula before, and in that he's trying to recreate his lost love with a woman who's supposedly her reincarnation - sound familiar and like anyone we know? And in Scream, Blacula, Scream he wants a woman to remove his vampire curse - though at least unlike DS, she's not a doctor. The woman in question is actually a powerful practitioner of VooDoo and he's hopeful that her powers can remove his curse. That is actually an inventive twist.
For those who haven't seen either film, I won't spoil how things turn out. But the more vampire films one sees, to say DS has had a commanding influence on seemingly almost anything and everything related to vampires that came after it is truly an understatement...