mrbill-23

I just bought "Scream, Blacula, Scream" from '73 at Wal-Mart for $5.00 dollars. I LIKE IT! I already bought the original Blacula several years ago but, I had never seen the sequel until today. I thought it was done rather well. I fully enjoyed the film. William Marshall is VERY convincing as a scary vampire who is evil as sin. In a way, two films of this nature is enough for William Marshall; no need to drag-it-out and over-stay your welcome. I feel two movies was enough. In considering that the film is that of the early 70s with little special effect abilities, I still say it was done well enough for any horror fan to admire. I am STOKED that I bought this DVD.. Prince Mamuwalde / Count Blacula is kool... He's a strange, scary dude... Cheers....

MR.BILL, Raleigh

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I do, however, think that the ending scene in the original film was more satisfying than that of the sequel...

I taped "The Black Sleep" off cable TV a couple years ago. I have only sat through this film two or three times.. I find it okay at best even with a stellar cast of great horror film figures like Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney, John Carradine, Bela Lugosi and Tor Johnson in the film... The great Basil Rathbone actually saves this film from utter doom in my view. I say this because the rest of the cast are merely just in it for visual purposes.. Basil Rathbone is the only notable star who has a decent role here... I've seen far worse low-budget horror films in my time, but this here is pretty bad for the sake of stating the obvious... I only keep this film on file because of the very few / rare times that all these great horror film actors actually worked together all at once on the same set... BUT! By 1956, it was more than clear to me that all actors were long in the tooth and past their glory days without a doubt in my mind....

MR.BILL

Once again Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce deliver the goods in "Sherlock Holmes in Washington." I like this film from 1943.... A great cast that includes Henry Daniell, George Zucco and some other fine actors of note......

If I have any gripe at all about the series of 'Holmes' films that Rathbone and Bruce made is, they are all between 60 to 75 minutes long.... To me, that means rather short... I'd prefer longer scripts and films that run at least 80 to 90 minutes long.... For the 1940s, that is a normal run......

I love these old-time co-stars like "Henry Daniell, George Zucco, Lionel Atwill & Dennis Hoey." All them guys were pluses for the series of 'Holmes' films produced from 1939 to 1946...... Good quality there...

MR.BILL