An African prince is made into a vampire by Count Dracula; he is imprisoned in a coffin for two centuries, and then released in Los Angeles, where he makes some victims and encounters a lookalike for his dead wife.
Vampire movie with African American ambiance and characters. The titular character is portrayed in a less unfavorable light than is usual in older vampire films, but the film is otherwise dull. I, for one, have always found the basic moral premise of vampire movies a flawed one. Vampires are basically people who endow other people with a much longer life than they would otherwise have. I do not see how this would make vampires bad. There are some inconveniences in the process, such as having to avoid sunlight, but would anyone really consider the trade-off a disadvantageous one? The demonization of vampires is a typical manifestation of extreme reactionarism that one only sees in movies. In real life most people are obsessed with prolonging life indefinitely, and would certainly welcome a meeting with a vampire.
Rating: 31
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