Blackenstein

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Blackenstein woof! Black Frankenstein 1973 (R)

Doctor into nouveau experimentation restores a man's arms and legs. But a jealous assistant gives our man a bogus injection, causing him to become “Blackenstein,” a large African American with chip on hulking shoulder who enjoys killing people and otherwise causing big trouble. Ripe blaxploitation. 87m/C VHS, DVD . John Hart, Ivory Stone, Andrea King, Liz Renay, Joe DeSue, Roosevelt Jackson, Nick Bolin; D: William A. Levey; W: Frank R. Sale-tri; C: Robert Caramico; M: Cardella Demilo, Lou Frohman.

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