Once attractively crowned, now passé,
Here come Blacula, pouncing on prey
An undead, regal vamp,
Blac's the red bloody champ
Out of Africa, bound for L.A.
Blacula's coffin was shipped to Los Angeles by two interior designers, called "faggots" in the film (one is pictured, below). Remember, this was the far from politically correct seventies. Reading my limerick above, David Cairns topped me with the following variation.
Out of Africa, bound for L.A.
Here comes Blacula, pouncing on prey
An undead, studly vamp,
He's the red bloody champ
Though his victim's resoundingly gay.
William H. Marshall is African Prince Mamuwalde, turned vampire in Blacula (William Crain, 1972). Title by the sexually progressive David Cairns.
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