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Nightmare Fuel / Blacula

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First film

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  • The beginning with Dracula. Eventually he shows his true colors by agreeing with the whole slave trade, sics his men on the Prince, summons an army of vampire brides (which basically emphasizes that his opinions on slavery aren't limited to blacks, he'll use his power to make anyone his slave), sic them on the prince's wife, then proceeds to bite the prince. Leave his body locked in a coffin in a sealed off part of his castle while the prince's poor wife is just left to starve to death with the prince fully aware of it thanks to his immortal state. Sheesh, even the Dracula from the novel didn't seem that cruel.
  • Whenever we see Blacula put the bite on someone, their reaction is horrified screaming agony. Rarely before this was the brutality of vampirism so bluntly displayed.
  • A nightclub photographer takes a picture of Blacula. In order to destroy the evidence of his vampirism, he proceeds to follow her and attack her at her home while she's developing the photo in her darkroom (though exactly how he knew he wouldn't show up in the photo is never explained, considering he's only been in the modern era for a short while now). Some time later, the worker stumbles out of her house as a cop pulls up. The cop goes to help her, but the moment he picks her up in a bridal carry, she suddenly turns and attacks him.
  • One of Blacula's female victims reanimates in the local morgue, and the viewer gets treated to a POV shot of a luckless morgue attendant, as said victim comes charging down a hallway towards him in slow-motion, all fangs and crazed staring eyes.
  • The raid on the hideout, it's very creepy as the vampires come out one by one at the cops. We even see the cop that was bitten earlier suddenly waking up and wasting no time attacking the two.
  • At the end of the film after Blacula commits Suicide by Sunlight, two cops look at his body, and we see a close up of Blacula's decaying face with lots of maggots squirming his mouth, nose and eye sockets. The image still stays as credits roll, and Blacula's face continues to decay into a skull. The whole thing is accompanied by music that is expecially eerie and haunting after all those funky tunes.

Scream, Blacula, Scream

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  • Some of Willis' friends come to get him for a party unaware that Willis has been turned. Blacula kills one of them outright while the other guest, a Caucasian girl, tries to escape but is blocked by Willis. She eventually faints and Blacula allows Willis to feed on her. Next we see of the two, they're among the growing number of Blacula's undead, barely recognizable by their wild hair and pale skin.
  • Blacula's attack on Gloria, very well done and creepy as he creeps up on her as she doing her make up. What's more this was during a party, so no one even hears her scream as she's fed on. Even worse she manages to stumble down to the guest not long after the attack and drops dead right in front of them.
  • Similarly, her turning in which she awakens when Lisa is near her coffin. She beckons her to come over then promptly tries to bite her. Luckily Blacula appears and a Death Glare is enough for vampire Gloria cease and leave.

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