Sugar Hill

February. 01,1974      PG
Rating:
5.8
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When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be shaken down by the local gangsters running their protection racket, Sugar Hill, decides not to get mad, but BAD! Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen Mama Maitresse, Sugar entreats her to call upon Baron Zamedi, the Lord of the Dead, for help in gaining a gruesome revenge. In exchange for her soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who thought they were getting away clean are about to find out that they're DEAD wrong.

Marki Bey as  Diana 'Sugar' Hill
Robert Quarry as  Morgan
Don Pedro Colley as  Baron Samedi
Betty Anne Rees as  Celeste
Richard Lawson as  Valentine
Zara Cully as  Mama Maitresse
Charles Robinson as  Fabulous
Larry Don Johnson as  Langston
Ed Geldart as  O'Brien
Charles Krohn as  Captain Merrill

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Reviews

Cebalord
1974/02/01

Very best movie i ever watch

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CrawlerChunky
1974/02/02

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

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Kaelan Mccaffrey
1974/02/03

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

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Beulah Bram
1974/02/04

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

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BA_Harrison
1974/02/05

Sugar Hill stars the delectable Marki Bey as Diana 'Sugar' Hill, foxy girlfriend of Langston, owner of the successful Club Haiti. When Langston is kicked to death by a gang of thugs for refusing to sell his business to greedy gangster Morgan (Robert Quarry), Sugar enlists the help of wizened voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse (Zara Cully) to avenge her man, summoning voodoo Lord of the Dead Baron Samedi (Don Pedro Colley) and an army of silver-eyed zombies to terrorise and kill those responsible.Directed by Paul Maslansky, producer of the Police Academy series, blaxploitation/zombie film Sugar Hill ain't exactly a 'classic' of either genre, lacking the grittiness to be found in many a blaxploitation movie and missing the outrageous gore of many a zombie flick. That said, the film is still plenty fun: the lovely Bey provides the eye candy, looking fab while wearing some truly funky outfits and switching her hairstyle back and forth from straightened to afro with ease; Colley is great hamming it up as Samedi, rolling his eyes and grinning malevolently in a variety of guises; there's a welcome cat fight between Sugar and trashy mob girl Celeste (Betty Anne Rees); the seventies fashions are hilarious (check out the scalloped lapels on Langston's sparkly jacket!); and who can't help but be entertained by the gloriously un-PC slurring from both sides? The dated racial insults fly thick and fast, making it unsurprising to find that a R2 release of this film has yet to happen.6.5 out of 10, rounded up to 7 for the disembodied chicken leg attack—you don't see that every day (unless you happen to watch this film every day, that is, which is unlikely).

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Gatorman9
1974/02/06

This is the worst movie I have ever seen on Turner Classic Movies. One wonders whether the owners of the channel are trying to kill it. At 4.7 stars, it is grossly overrated. The only thing worse than the contrived adolescent plot, the stilted, clichéd dialog, the pitiful attempts at special effects, and the bland photographic technique is the high-school-play quality acting. This is so bad it isn't even campy. Only MST 3000 could get anything out of this, assuming even they could. Probably the only redeeming feature of this movie is that the Mama Mataisse character could very well have served as the inspiration for Yoda in Star Wars (makes you wonder what George Lucas likes to watch when he goes to the movies). Don't waste any of your time on this turkey.

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Michael_Elliott
1974/02/07

Sugar Hill (1974) ** (out of 4) Blaxploitation zombie film has a bar owner killed by some gangsters so his girlfriend (Marki Bey) has a voodoo God bring back zombies to get revenge. This is a pretty interesting little film that borrows more from films like White Zombie and I Walked with a Zombie over what was normally seen in this era, which was usually borrowed from Romero's Night of the Living Dead. As a blaxploitation flick it has many of the familiar settings including some bad acting, racist dialogue and some pretty jive music but this isn't one of the best out there. The horror elements are all rather dated but it was fun seeing this type of zombie film in an era where it was usually all flesh eating and gore. The zombies are cheaply done but effective and the music score is without question the best thing about the film. The lack of gore and violence really isn't a problem. Bey is good in her role but I wouldn't say she delivers a good performance. Robert Quarry is somewhat fun as the lead gangster but he really sleepwalks through the film. In the end, this film certainly isn't a classic but it is slightly entertaining. This was Paul Maslansky's only directorial credit and he's best known for producing all the Police Academy films.

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mpmarvin999
1974/02/08

I did watch it and although I thought it wouldn't, it kept my attention. However, the above user and tagline are incorrect. She doesn't sell her soul if you recall where she makes the bargain with Baron. The white girl is her payment to him, for now. When she offered her soul remember he laughs and says "what do I want/need with a soul, I have something else in mind". That being said, I wonder what happened to her. She seemed like she had the looks for the time, although she wasn't even 30 yet when she filmed that yet she looked quite a bit older.

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