Urban action and fatal attraction give rise to a groove from beyond the grave in this funkadelic, fangadelic soul cinema sensation the eternally cool William Marshall puts a fresh spin on the age-old legend of the vampire condemned to wander the earth with an insatiable lust for blood.

In 1780, African Prince Mamuwalde (Marshall) pays a visit to Count Dracula in Transylvania, seeking his support in ending slave trade. Instead, the evil count curses his noble guest and transforms him into a vampire! Released from his coffin nearly two centuries later by a pair of luckless interior decorators, Manuwalde emerges as "Blacula, one strange dude strollin' the streets of L.A. on a nightly quest for human blood!