Blade
Brief Synopsis
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A half-mortal, half-immortal is out to avenge his mother's death and rid the world of vampires. The modern-day technologically advanced vampires he is going after are in search of his special blood type needed to summon an evil god who plays a key role in their plan to execute the human race.
Cast & Crew
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Wesley Snipes
Blade
Stephen Dorff
Deacon Frost
Kris Kristofferson
Abraham Whistler
N'bushe Wright
Karen Jenson
Donal Logue
Quinn
Traci Lords
Film Details
Also Known As
the Vampire Slayer
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Horror
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
ALLIANCE RELEASING/NEW LINE CINEMA (NEW LINE)
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
The story of a semi-human African-American superhero who battles evil, bloodsucking vampires. Blade is half vampire but has devoted his life to killing vampires, with the help of Whistler, a human vampire hunter. His nemesis is Frost, a vampire who aims to take over the world, enslaving humanity. With the help of haemotologist Karen, Blade battles Frost and the evil Blood God.
Cast
Wesley Snipes
Blade
Stephen Dorff
Deacon Frost
Kris Kristofferson
Abraham Whistler
N'bushe Wright
Karen Jenson
Donal Logue
Quinn
Traci Lords
Donna Wong
Erl
Udo Kier
Lennox Brown
Arly Jover
Marcus Salgado
Irene A Stepic
Lyle Conway
Eric Edwards
Marcus Aurelius
Sidney Liufau
Stephen R Peluso
Ebony Adams
John Enos
Andray Johnson
Judson Scott
Jenya Lano
Tim Guinee
Sanaa Lathan
Clint Curtis
Kenny Johnson
Matt Schulze
Freeman White
Keith Leon Williams
Shannon Lee
Kevin Patrick Walls
Esau Mcknight Jr.
Yvette Ocampo
Levani Uchaineshvili
Carmen Thomas
Crew
Rachel Abroms
Casting
Stephen A Abrums
Makeup Artist
John R. Anderson
2-D Artist
Avi Arad
Executive Producer
Lance Armstrong
3-D Artist
Philip Aslett
Song
Denise Baer
Production
Arthur Baker
Song
James Baker
Song
Wenden Baldwin
Visual Effects
Jason Barlow
Animator
Cynthia Barr-bright
Makeup Artist
Gabe Bartalos
Production
Linda Benevente-notaro
Costumes
Dennis Bennett
Visual Effects
Chris Bergman
Visual Effects
Jennifer Bergman
Visual Effects
James Bernard
Song
Doug Beswick
Animation Supervisor
Roland Blancaflor
Digital Effects Supervisor
Fred Blau
Makeup Artist
Bryan Blevins
3-D Animator
Lisa Blok-linson
Location Manager
Rob Blue
Visual Effects
Jana-marie Bonar
Costumes
Bob Bowen
Music Coordinator
Thomas Briggs
Animator
Jenny Bright
Executive Producer
Mark A Brown
Other
Jason Brubaker
Storyboard Artist
Richard Buckler
Other
Everett Burrell
Digital Effects Supervisor
Joseph Calamari
Executive Producer
Greg Cannom
Makeup
Phil Carbonaro
Visual Effects
Tom Carlson
Music Editor
Lou Carlucci
Special Effects Coordinator
Lawrence Carroll
Visual Effects
John Chandler
Foley Editor
Zara Turgel Chickanis
Costumes
Kate Choi
Lighting
Barry Chusid
Art Director
James Clark
Consultant
Shea Clayton
Other
Andrew Clement
3-D Animator
Brent Coert
Production Coordinator
Grady Cofer
Visual Effects
Harry Cohen
Sound Effects Editor
Helen Cohen
Other
Daniele Colajacomo
Animation Supervisor
Gene Colan
Characters As Source Material
Rafael Colon
Visual Effects
Chuck Comisky
Visual Effects Supervisor
James Conrad
Other
Spencer Cook
3-D Animator
Scott Crafford
Visual Effects
Matt Croteau
Other
Judy Crown
Photography
Nicole Cummings
Script Supervisor
Paul Curtis
Dialogue Editor
Paul Curtis
Adr Editor
Perrin Cutting
Visual Effects
Enid Dalkoff
Visual Effects
Brian Davis
3-D Animator
Claire Jane Deacon
Production
Jeff Deist
Other
Jeff Deist
Puppeteer
Steve Dellerson
Production Manager
Deborah Lamia Denevar
Makeup Artist
Tony Deryan
Visual Effects
Ken Diaz
Makeup Artist
Jon Divens
Coproducer
Linda Drake
Digital Effects Supervisor
Antoine Durr
Visual Effects Supervisor
Paul A. Edwards
Camera Operator
Craig Egerton
Production
Beate Eisele
Other
Gregory Elwood
Visual Effects
Nousha Emami
Animator
Chow Emrich
Animator
Robert E. Engelman
Producer
Jane English
Makeup
Jeff Ertl
Lighting
Jill Fisher
Production Coordinator
Elisabeth Flaum
Sound Effects Editor
John Fogerty
Song
Peter Frankfurt
Producer
Chad Frey
Set Designer
Bob Froehlig
Other
Dr. Victoria Fromkin
Dialogue Consultant
Karl Garabedian
Editor
Robb Gardner
Animator
Marshall Garlington
Rerecording
Michael Germain
Makeup
John Gibbons
3-D Animator
Gillian Gilbert
Song
Lisa Ann Glass
Motion Control
Emily Glatter
Production Associate
Ruediger Gleisberg
Song
Greg J Grande
Set Decorator
Ora Tillman Green
Other
Lorna Gusner
Visual Effects
Jerry Hall
Visual Effects
Barbara Harris
Adr Voice Casting
Bruce Harris
Visual Effects
Lynn Harris
Executive Producer
Marlene D Hart
Production Coordinator
John Hartigan
Special Effects Coordinator
Geoff Harvey
3-D Animator
Dion Hatch
Digital Effects Supervisor
Jimmy Hawes
Song
David Hays
Visual Effects
Sanja Milkovic Hays
Costume Designer
Gregory A. Hedgepath
Sound Effects Editor
Ronald Herbst
3-D Artist
George Hladky
Photography
Dan Hoisman
Visual Effects
A Todd Holland
Set Designer
Richard Hollander
Visual Effects Supervisor
Peter Hook
Song
Tommy Hooper
Technical Supervisor
Andrew J Horne
Coproducer
Jen Howard
Visual Effects
Paul Howarth
Visual Effects
David Hykes
Song
David Hykes
Song Performer
Hidenori Ichekawa
Production
Jeff Imaga
Stunt Coordinator
Edward Irastorza
Post-Production Coordinator
Mark Isham
Music
Richard James
Song
Patrick Janicke
Visual Effects
Arthur Jeppe
3-D Animator
Derek Johansen
Assistant Director
Russell Johnson
Effects Coordinator
Mark Joiner
Animator
Mike Jolly
Other
Bruton Jones
Visual Effects
Kirk Jones
Song
Paul Jones
Production
Matthew Justice
Visual Effects
Carlton Kaller
Music Editor
Michael Kamper
Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan Karp
Sound Effects Editor
Hiroshi Katagiri
Production
Shawn Kennelly
Foley Recordist
Michael Killen
Visual Effects
Ken King
Sound
Henry M. Kingi Jr.
Stunt Coordinator
Shonen Knife
Song Performer
Stephen Krause
Music
Dave Kronen
Production
Ken Kugler
Music Conductor
Tani Kunitake
Illustrator
Tim Larsen
Other
Steven Lawrence
Production
Louis Lazzara
Makeup Artist
Arthur Lee
Storyboard Artist
James Lee
Visual Effects
Sean Lee
Visual Effects
Stan Lee
Executive Producer
John Lima
3-D Artist
Chad Littlepage
Song
Bob Lloyd
Visual Effects
Liz Lord
Visual Effects
Ralph Love
Other
Tom Maxwell
Song
Ray Mccort
Helicopter Pilot
Bob Menhert
Photography
Joe Mercurio
Special Effects Foreman
Todd Mesher
Visual Effects
Marc Messenger
Storyboard Artist
Steve Meyer
Visual Effects
Jonathan Miller
Sound Editor
Stu Mintz
Lighting Director
Vincent Montefusco
Digital Effects Supervisor
Ray Moore
Visual Effects
Stephen Morris
Song
Ko Murayama
Art Department
Michael Neumann
Photography
Randy Nolen
Camera Operator
Randy Nolen
Steadicam Operator
Gary Nolin
Other
Gary Nolin
Line Producer
Mike Norville
Animator
Kevin O'neill
Visual Effects Supervisor
Larry Odien
Other
Debra J Olchick
Production Supervisor
Lee Orloff
Sound Mixer
John Ortmann
3-D Animator
Derek Osaki
Visual Effects
Beth Ostermann
Other
Paul Palmeiri
Other
Nick Panagos
Lighting
Chylow Parker
Song
Robert F Peppler
3-D Artist
Louis Perez
Special Effects Foreman
Chiara Pernin
Lighting
David Perteet
Production
Kirk M. Petruccelli
Production Designer
Film Details
Also Known As
the Vampire Slayer
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Adaptation
Horror
Release Date
1998
Distribution Company
ALLIANCE RELEASING/NEW LINE CINEMA (NEW LINE)
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1998
Released in United States on Video December 22, 1998
Began shooting February 5, 1997.
Amen Ra is Wesley Snipes' production company, it stands for Afrakhan Minds Engaged N Royal Affairs.
Completed shooting June 6, 1997.
Released in United States Summer August 21, 1998
Released in United States on Video December 22, 1998
