Oct 03, 2014 all the while, sugar is leading on morgan that she wants to sell langstons club but is really working her way up to the big kill. Of course i could just be reading too much into it. Episode 23 sugar hill 1974 sugar hill 1974 is one of the few films that holds its cult following so closely to its chest. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In exchange for sugar s soul, the dark master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. Sugar hill is a film directed by paul maslansky with marki bey, robert quarry, don pedro colley, betty anne rees, year. When her boyfriend is murdered by gangsters, sugar hill decides not to get mad, but bad. There is definitely a theme of the black heroine a poor mans pam grier taking on white crooks.
Sugar and the baron, and the barons zombies, go after the mafia kingpin same guy who played count yorga. The film was released theatrically in the united states by american international pictures in february 1974. In this blaxploitation horror movie, a young woman enlists the aide of a voodoo priest to help her get revenge upon the gangsters who killed her lover. She entreats voodoo queen mama maitresse to call on baron samedi, lord of the dead, for help with a gruesome revenge. From 1977 to 1980, an expansion project added a square footage higher than the original size, including 3,000 square feet 280 m 2 to the north end, since hpl deemed the existing amount of space held by the library insufficient. Sugar hill 1974 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles,stream free sugar hill full movie online on marvel biggest movie night mode 123movies watch your favorite movies online. Sugar hill follows debra sugar hill marki bey, the fiancee and business partner of langston, who runs club haiti in an unnamed city that is implied to be new orleans. Joe robinson had parlayed a music publishing company that he established years before in new york into red. Sugar hill 1974 episode 23 decades of horror 1970s. With a few incantations and magical spells, the priest raises an army of zombies. Proin pellentesque mollis enim, at vulputate odio mollis sed.
Set in the fictional country of heaven valley, the film is the story of a. Heavy on simplistic psychology and light on plausibility. With the help of a voodoo priestess and a horde of the undead, sugar goes out into the world to seek her revenge. Id say its a film thats crying out for a remake, but i would want to have seen the better version made with 1974 with marki bey still in the lead and its groovy theme song, supernatural voodoo woman by the originals, still in place. This presentation suffers from many of the hallmarks of a master. In the 1930s and 40s zombie films white zombie, i walked with a zombie drew on voodoo in which.
Her revenge comes in the form of selling her soul in payment for a voodoo queen, mama maitresse, to call upon the lord of the dead, baron samedi, who leads an army of dead against the white gangsters. This bluray release of sugar hill is sourced from the same master used for mgms m. The baron and his zombie horde do the bidding of the beautiful diana sugar hill to extract revenge on the men who killed her boyfriend over the sale of his nightclub called club haiti. It starts with diana sugar hill marki bey losing her boyfriend langston larry johnson. Aug 07, 2009 a clip from this underground, rarely seen classic horror film starring marki bey as a woman out for revenge for the murder of her boyfriend and use voodoo to do it. The powers that be at turner classic movies are slipping. Sugar hill 1974 pg 1h 31min action, crime, horror february 1974 usa when her boyfriend is murdered by gangsters, sugar hill decides not to get mad, but bad. She entreats voodoo queen mama maitresse to call on baron samedi, lord of the dead, for help with a.
Roemello skuggs wesley snipes and his brother, raynathan michael wright, grew up surrounded by crime. Sugar hill 1974 is an action, crime movie starring marki bey and robert quarry. Sugar hill is a 1994 american crime film directed by leon ichaso and written by barry michael cooper. When baron samedi is done helping sugar, he takes morgans racist girlfriend as payment, laughing as he. It was released by american international pictures. It saw the release of many nowiconic titles that ranged from the archetypal the texas chainsaw massacre and black christmas, to a series of unconventional films that included mel brooks blazing saddles, jonathan demmes caged heat, the french softcore sex romp emmanuelle, john waters female. Their 1979 hit rappers delight was the first rap single to become a top 40 hit on the billboard hot 100.
Sugar hill is a story about two black brothers living in harlem who build a drug empire only to have their lives fall apart after they reach the zenith. Reproduction image size varies based on original poster dimension ratios. To accomplish her deed, she gets help from a man skilled in voodoo who conjures up black zombies from the grave. Vanished full length film, mystery flick, thriller, english movie free films on youtube duration. In 1974 the houston heights association hha classified the library as a beautification project. Sugar hill is a 1974 blaxploitationhorror film written by tim kelly and directed by paul maslansky sugar hill is a film about revenge a woman played by marki bey seeks revenge on a gang that killed her boyfriend, and she turns to voodoo in order to summon zombies to do her bidding. It was only recently that the film finally received proper dvd and bluray release, many of the decades of horror listeners probably have not even heard of this groovy little monster film.
Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Movie title from the film sugar hill 1974, directed by paul maslansky, starring marki bey, robert quarry, don pedro colley, betty anne rees. Marki bay channels her best vanessa williams as our selfempowered heroine, sugar. June 20 chinatown, directed by roman polanski and featured jack nicholson, faye dunaway, and john huston, is released to worldwide critical acclaim. Bloody killings abound in this film along with street violence, men being beaten and tortured, perverse sexual acts, drug use, a man set on fire, and countless obscenities and profanities. The trio reformed in 1999 and did a world tour in 2016.
To call a stupid film like sugar hill a classic is to pervert the concept of the word. Sugar hill is an entertaining voodoo zombie flick from 1974. Aug 20, 2017 sugar hill 1974 film complet en francais a 20170820t21. Sugar hill 1974 is no masterpiece by any means but man, is it ever a fun film. Sugar hill is a horror zombie movie following sugar hill, a woman vowing revenge on the gangsters who brutally murdered her boyfriend.
Roemellos girlfriend, melissa theresa randle, however, does not approve of his lifestyle, and, after some violent altercations, roemello begins questioning his choices also. This is quite a departure from those films, though his comedic side is utilized. Sugar hill is a 1974 american horror blaxploitation zombie film, directed by paul maslansky and starring marki bey as the title character who uses voodoo to get revenge on the people responsible for her boyfriends death. These special features cover music from a wide variety of genres. Because this is a reproduction of an original poster it will feature the same characteristics as the original which can include registration issues, discoloration, etc. Review of the blaxploitation horror revenge flick sugar hill 1974. Sugar hill is a classic blaxploitation film about getting revenge with. When langston rejects an offer by mafia boss morgan robert quarry to buy out the club. Find movie and film cast and crew information for sugar hill 1974 paul maslansky on allmovie.
It was cut to 83 minutes for television and retitled the zombies of sugar hill. Throughout the year 2000, npr presented the stories behind 100 of the most important american musical works of the 20th century. The movies theme song, supernatural voodoo woman by the group, the originals, and was featured on their 1974 album, game of love from motown records. The actual event took place in 1969, and the young couple involved got a lot of sympathy from the folks along their route. Praesent vestibulum tempor augue, vel egestas nulla commodo quis. Marki bey the landlord is the title character, engaged to the highly successful owner of club haiti, larry b. Considered the third film of coopers harlem trilogy, it focuses on the two brothers who are major drug dealers in the new york city neighborhood of harlem. If you like sugar hill you are looking for scary, suspenseful and rough movies about with zombie, black american, vengeance, murder, gory, crimes and wizards and magicians themes of action, crime and horror genre shot in usa. Siskoid at the crossroads between blaxploitation and horror is sugar hill, whose eponymous heroine calls on the powers of voodoo to avenge her man killed by mobsters. 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.
It stars wesley snipes and michael wright as brothers roemello and raynathan skuggs. A drug dealer tries to get out of the life and start anew with his girlfriend, but the transition is tragically difficult. Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen mama maitresse, sugar entreats her to call upon baron zamedi, the lord of the. The idea of sugar commanding the undead corpses of slaves from new guinea seems ripe with subtext. With marki bey, robert quarry, don pedro colley, betty anne rees. Sugar hill isnt really a grim picture as it may seems. Sugar hill is a 1974 american horror blaxploitation zombie film released by aip. A selfindulgent drama about a harlem drug kingpin trying to go straight, sugar hill plays like a dreary variation on new jack city. Sugar hill is a 1974 american horror blaxploitation zombie film, directed by paul maslansky and starring marki bey as the title character who uses voodoo to get. The zombies are welldone, unique, and very creepylooking.
Sporting a southern accent worthy of joseph cotten, morgan makes us wonder just exactly what a big crime lord does all day. The comedic aspect of sugar hill is very much on the subtle side unlike other films like dolemite for example im assuming most anybody interested in this movie. Sugar hill 1974 paul maslansky cast and crew allmovie. To date, sugar hill is the only film directed by paul maslansky.
Starring marki bey, robert quarry, and don pedro colley. Sugar hill 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Roemello and melissa decide to start over in north. Hell, even the name sugar hill kind of plays into it. Find movie and film cast and crew information for sugar hill 1974.
I cant shake the feeling that sugar hill would have benefitted enormously from a more recent transfer. Sugar hill is directed by paul maslansky, who is probably best known for producing all of the police academy film in the 1980s. Later the film was cut and shown on tv as the zombies of sugar hill. According to director paul maslansky, it was called voodoo woman. When her boyfriend is brutally murdered, after refusing to be.
Sugar hill aka the zombies of sugar hill 1974 black horror. Sugar hill records was a record label specializing in hip hop music that was founded in 1979 by husband and wife joe and sylvia robinson with milton malden and funding from morris levy, the owner of roulette records. And sugar hill is a rather entertaining zombie movie. With wesley snipes, michael wright, khandi alexander, devaughn nixon. Oct 12, 2011 sugar hill this is a manufactured on demand disc that was created using a dvdr disc. A club owner in new orleans is murdered and his wife sugar goes to a voodoo woman to conjure up baron samedi the voodoo revenger.
Department of afroamerican research arts culture 16,156 views. Sugarhill is a 1994 crime drama starring wesley snipes in a story about two brothers who have had to fight for survival their whole lives, working their way up the harlem drugdealing ladder to. The cinematography is deliberately soft, diffused, and hazy a good bit of the time, but thats clearly intentional, and definition still remains reasonably strong throughout. As an adult, roemello becomes a highranking drug dealer. Zombi child mixes voodoo and girls prep school kpbs. Sugar hill 1974 american international pictures starring marki bey, zara cully, robert quarry, don pedro colley, larry b. Sugar hill 1974 film jump to navigation jump to search. Whether or not this is a blaxploitation horror film, i have no idea.
She entreats voodoo queen mama maitresse to call on baron samedi. Dvd from 2011, and its almost certainly the same master that had been making the rounds on cable and satellite for years before that. Sugar hill was reportedly quarrys last film under his aip contract, and he doesnt look like hes enjoying it. Wikiproject horror rated startclass, lowimportance this article is within the scope of wikiproject horror, an attempt to build a comprehensive and detailed guide to fictional horror. In exchange for her soul, the dark master raises up a. The sugarhill gang, an american hip hop group disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title sugar hill. Hes beaten to death by local gangster morgan robert quarry who wants langstons nightclub. Sugar hill is a 1974 american zombie film directed by paul.
Afros and funk complete with a theme song, supernatural voodoo. The film was released on vhs by orion home video in 1996, and on dvd in october 2011. Sugar hill records is an american bluegrass and americana record label it was founded in durham, north carolina in 1978 by barry poss and david freeman, the owner of county records and rebel records. The story begins as sugars boyfriend, langston, is murdered by a group of thugs who want to take over his club. The picture builds slowly, once all the elements come into play one cant help but be interested. Directed by 1 writing credits 1 cast 23 produced by 2 music by. February 7 blazing saddles is released in the united states. Sugar hill 1974 the year 1974 was an interesting period in the history of horror and cult films. Sugar hill has been making the rounds on mgms highdef channels, and its a safe bet that this dvd has been nicked from that hd master. Thats the story of the sugarland express, steven spielbergs first theatrical feature, and, although its based on a real incident, like so many things in texas, it seems like a fantasy anyway. Similar searches mo wetta janice dildo ms cleo sugar hill and daughter horny black mothers sugar hil sugarhill sugar hill anal brown sugar sugar mama bbw pinky mz booty marshae sugar pear black bbw suger hill ebony milf cherokee d ass sugar mummy decollector charlie mac jackie rayne chyna red sugar big black ass sugar hill bbw sugar hill big. Calling upon the help of aged voodoo queen mama maitresse, sugar entreats her to call upon baron zamedi, the lord of.
The film was produced by aip, the studio having already struck paydirt in this area with blacula and scream, blacula, scream which has a voodoo climax, and follows more or less the same formula. Regarder sugar hill 1974 film complet streaming en ligne. If youre going to be essentially one and done, sugar hill is a pretty. 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. When it comes to blaxploitation horror films, the genre doesnt get much better than sugar hill 1974 and im happy that i finally got the.
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