Blade is a 1998 American superhero horror film directed by Stephen Norrington and written by David S.
Goyer, based on the Marvel Comics superhero of the same name created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan.[4] It is the first installment in the Blade trilogy.
The film stars Wesley Snipes as the titular character with Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson, and N'Bushe Wright in supporting roles.
In the film, Blade is a Dhampir, a human with vampire strengths but not their weaknesses, who together with his mentor Abraham Whistler and hematologist Karen Jenson, fights against vampires, namely the exceptionally vicious Deacon Frost.
