Sunday, April 20, 2025

Blacula

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Mark Harris has been a horror fan for over 20 years, and started the Blackhorrormovies.com website in 2005. As a freelance writer since 2003, he has written for publications such as About.com, PopMatters.com, Napster, THEiNDI Magazine, Pretty-Scary.com and Ugly Planet, as well as the head writer for the Chicago-based horror television show Midnite Screams. He has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since 2009 and currently has over 400 horror movies in his Netflix queue.
Tower of Blood horror movie

Tower of Blood (2005)

I'm surprised it took until 2005 for a non-all-black slasher film to feature a black killer (unless you count the Candyman flicks), but if Tower of Blood (and Motor Home...
Topper Returns movie poster

Topper Returns (1941)

In the third and final film in the Topper series of supernatural misadventures featuring lovable ghosts, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson is featured as Topper’s chauffeur, with his raspy, yelling voice...
Three Sickxty horror movie

Three Sickxty (AKA Manic) (1998)

A general rule of thumb in identifying a bad movie: if two or more people in the credits go by a single name -- say, Madonna and Prince --...
The Thing with Two Head movie poster

The Thing With Two Heads (1972)

With a title like The Thing With Two Heads, you might expect some sort of, well, "thing". Instead, we get a two-headed man -- or if you prefer, a...
Tenement movie poster

Tenement (AKA Slaughter in the South Bronx) (1985)

Ah, sweet sleaze. They don't make 'em like this anymore. As offensive as films like Tenement are, there's something oddly admirable in their level of don't-give-a-damn-ness. Rape, sodomy, murder,...
Vanity in Tanya's Island movie poster

Tanya’s Island (1980)

I freely admit that Tanya's Island is not a horror film, but like Soul Vengeance, it defies genre (not to mention logic, good taste and proper hygiene). The film...
Tales from the Hood horror movie poster

Tales from the Hood (1995)

Of all the all-black horror movies to receive a theatrical release since the Blaxploitation era (let's say, four), Tales from the Hood is probably the best. Smarter than Bones, with a grander...
Tales from the Quadead Zone horror movie

Tales From the Quadead Zone (1987)

Ah, Chester Novell Turner. Not since John Wayne Gacy have three words instilled such terror in the heart of Man. Contrary to popular belief, the person who brought you...
The Supernaturals horror movie

The Supernaturals (1986)

Who knew that while on leave from the Starship Enterprise, Uhura moonlighted as a sergeant in the United States Army? Sure beats Chekov's second job at the Apple Genius...
Sublime horror movie

Sublime (2007)

*SPOILER ALERT* In order to discuss the racial implications of this film, it's necessary to reveal the "twist" ending, although it's not really that much a twist; not much you haven't...