Scream Blacula Scream at The Belcourt

Seeing this movie makes me wish Pam Grier would raise the King of Cartoons (a.k.a. William Marshall) from death to suck Tyler Perry’s blood. Scream Blacula Scream sports a flawless performance from the King of Cartoons as Blacula—a bloodsucker icon to stand alongside Lugosi, Lee and Gary Oldman. While watching the King of Cartoons convincingly cripple his victims with a mere nostril flare, I recall stories of Oldman demanding untold freakish prosthesis. All the King needs is a cape. Black on the outside. Red inside. When he raises his arms he turns into a bat. Like real actual vampires do. True Blood can suck it this Halloween weekend, ’cause Pam Grier’s voodoo style is both trick and treat.

Fri., Oct. 30, 11:30 p.m.; Sat., Oct. 31, 11:30 p.m., 2009