Directed by William A. Levey • 1973 • United States
Starring Ivory Stone, Joe De Sue, Roosevelt Jackson

Mary Shelley’s gothic classic gets an enjoyably schlocky blaxploitation twist in BLACKENSTEIN, one of a string of Black-centric horror films made in the wake of BLACULA’s success. Here, renowned surgeon Dr. Stein (John Hart) attempts to restore the body of a dismembered war veteran (Joe De Sue) who lost his limbs when he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam. But when the doctor’s jealous assistant interferes, the results turn monstrous—and deadly.