Blaxploitation Horror Movies
Starting in the 1970s, there was an explosion of horror movies featuring mostly black casts, which continues on today. Here's a list of movies I'll continue to update as I find more, written by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror & Suspense Movies book series...
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- DirectorWilliam CrainStarsWilliam MarshallVonetta McGeeDenise NicholasAn 18th-century African prince, turned into a vampire by Dracula, finds himself in modern-day Los Angeles.
- DirectorBob KelljanStarsWilliam MarshallDon MitchellPam GrierThe vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.
- DirectorPaul MaslanskyStarsMarki BeyRobert QuarryDon Pedro ColleyWhen her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help her gain a gruesome revenge. In exchange for Sugar's soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who think they got away clean are about to find out that they are DEAD wrong.
- DirectorRusty CundieffStarsClarence Williams IIICorbin BernsenJoe TorryA funeral director tells four strange tales of horror with an African American focus to three drug dealers he traps in his place of business.
- DirectorBill GunnStarsDuane JonesMarlene ClarkBill GunnAfter being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor's assistant finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsStephen Tyrone WilliamsZaraah AbrahamsRami MalekAn anthropologist awakes with a thirst for blood after an assistant stabs him with a cursed dagger.
- DirectorWilliam GirdlerStarsCarol SpeedWilliam MarshallTerry CarterA marriage counselor becomes possessed by a demon of sexuality when her father-in-law, an archaeologist and an exorcist, accidentally frees it while in Africa.
- DirectorErnest R. DickersonStarsSnoop DoggPam GrierMichael T. WeissOver 20 years after his death by a gunshot, Jimmy Bones comes back as a ghost to wreak revenge on those who killed him and to clean up his neighborhood.
- DirectorWilliam CrainStarsBernie CaseyRosalind CashMarie O'HenryWhen a Black doctor develops a serum that is supposed to regenerate dying liver cells and tests it on himself, it accidentally turns him into an albino monster with a lust for murdering prostitutes, pimps and drug dealers.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsShirley L. JonesRicky RoachChester TankersleyA woman buys a doll at a magic shop. Unbeknownst to her, the doll is possessed by an evil spirit, and it proceeds to take her over.
- DirectorChester Novell TurnerStarsW.J. RiderDoug DaverportJohnnie TanguyActress, Shirley L. Jones returns from director, Chester Novell Turner's first film, Black Devil Doll from Hell (1984), to star in director Turner's next camcorder opus. She reads 2 spooky tales to the ghost of her dead son, Bobby. The second story features a zombie clown from hell. This film's considered the holy grail of VHS tapes, as their were only appx 100 copies originally printed (now Massacre Video's recently released a pristine remastering). Along the way, Shirley,'s hot-headed boyfriend's killed, and there's a bloody finale.
- DirectorArthur MarksStarsGlynn TurmanLouis Gossett Jr.Joan PringleMurdered on Bourbon Street in 1942 New Orleans, a gangster returns from the dead 34 years later possessing the body of a young, black law student in his quest for revenge.
- DirectorStacy TitleStarsSnoop DoggDaniella AlonsoAnson MountA hip hop horror anthology of three tales of terror told by the Hound of Hell that revolve around the residents of an inner-city neighborhood whose actions determine where they will go in the afterlife.
- DirectorWes CravenStarsEddie MurphyAngela BassettAllen PayneA Caribbean vampire seduces a Brooklyn police officer who has no idea that she is half-vampire.
- DirectorMichael A. PinckneyStarsJames McDanielMichael MosleyNashawn KearseA serial killer is taking down the hip hop industry one rapper at a time and the detectives on the case must get to him before the killer gets to them.
- DirectorRobert A. EndelsonStarsRobert JuddCatherine PeppersLela SmallThree escaped convicts hold a black minister and his family hostage, forcing them to fight for their lives.
- DirectorJames Bond IIIStarsJames Bond IIIKadeem HardisonBill NunnAn evil succubus is preying on libidinous black men in New York City, and all that stands in her way is a minister-in-training, an aspiring actor, and a cop who specializes in cases involving the supernatural.
- DirectorH.M. CoakleyStarsShelli BooneYoung SirCharles PorterTells the story of a TV star who is stranded with seven of her friends in a cabin on the grounds of Camp Diamond Creek. Also trapped with the group is a murderous sociopath.
- DirectorRobert O'HaraStarsRochelle AytesGolden BrooksJanae BurneyFive ambitious cousins set out on a family reunion during the dead of winter. The purpose of the retreat is to secure their inheritance, a fortune that dates back many generations.
- DirectorH.M. CoakleyStarsKiely WilliamsVanessa Bell CallowayGreg CipesAfter narrowly escaping with her life at the hands of her mentally ill sister Veronica, Monica, with the help of her Mother, Marion, has taken great measures to ensure her safety, including changing her face and relocating to the South. Six years has past and now she finally believes she is safe from Veronica. Little does she know that death and betrayal still await her and her friends on the eve of her wedding at a southern plantation house rumored to be haunted by 13 murdered slaves. This time no one is safe and everyone is a suspect as killing becomes addictive.
- DirectorEriq La SalleStarsMichael BeachRonny CoxSinbadPsychiatrist Ty Adams doesn't believe in using drugs, but the head of Sedah State Hospital does, then 'Satan' arrives ~ walk-in patient extraordinaire... From there it's a full-on freaky ride.
- DirectorBo WebbStarsBig Daddy KaneBrandon XavierD.J. NaylorFour friends plan the perfect small town bank heist, but choose the wrong night. Their plans go horribly wrong when vampiric zombies attack the town and trap them in the bank. Can they escape with the money and their lives?
- DirectorChad HendricksStarsJohn W. SloanRhynell BrumfieldBernicia WomackFunky pheromones from a nearby whorehouse awakes the living dead, who rise from the grave seeking oral gratifying BRAINZZZ!!! Enter Goldie & Sloan, two undercover, black caddy ridin', collar poppin', polyester rockin' pigs who are pissed...with mood rings and a fist! Can the dynamic duo stop the powerful eau de'ho? Or will the zombies keep poppin' up at the drive-in show?
- DirectorWilliam A. LeveyStarsJohn HartIvory StoneJoe De SueEddie is a Vietnam War veteran who loses both his arms and his legs when he steps on a land mine. A brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs, but his assistant switches the DNA injections, transforming him into a lumbering monster.
- DirectorAdrian O'ConnellStarsCharles PorterWilson Jermaine HerediaSam Sarpong"Nailed" is a thriller about two men who break into a house in an attempt to escape arrest by police, and find instead a man lying on a bed, covered in bandages, whose caretaker might have intentions that are less than honorable. All is not as it seems as things begin to go wrong for the thieves and the plot takes a turn for the worse, bringing the supernatural into play.