Tag: Blacula
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This 1940s Monster Movie Was the First Film to Portray Black People Positively
Black horror films are having a moment right now, with the upcoming releases of The Blackening and The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster. The genre has gained renewed interest in the past few years as the desire for more diverse films grows. When many people think of old Black horror movies, the first one…
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Stream of the Day: How ‘Ganja & Hess’ Became Much More Than a Black Vampire Story
Pioneering filmmaker Bill Gunn’s 1973 iconoclastic “Ganja & Hess” revolutionized the vampire genre and was effectively suppressed in the United States because it wasn’t the Hollywood horror movie that its producers had commissioned the artist to make. Gunn made a film unlike anything that came before it (and arguably even after), at a time when…