One of the creepiest, if not coolest flicks of the 1970s is the zombie, blaxploitation thrill-fest, Samuel Z. Arkoff/Paul Maslanksy's Sugar Hill. It once again rises from the grave, thanks to Mr. Lobo and his spinetingling, Cinema Insomnia presentation (on Blu-ray, no less), now with the 1974 submission revamped by Black & White Project Gallery in remarkable "voodoo-vision" and retitled by its television moniker, Zombies of ...
Zombies of Sugar Hill, written by Tim (Cry of the Banshee) Kelly, stars Don Pedro Colley, Betty Ann Rees, Larry D. Johnson, Charles P. Robinson, Richard Lawson, Zara (Mother Jefferson) Cully, Robert Quarry (the one and only Count Yorga) and Marki (Super Dude) Bey as Diana "Sugar" Hill. It's drenched in the finest, White Zombie trimmings, as gangsters muscle in for a major shakedown on Sugar's turf, but the sassy photographer won't break. Her secret weapon is the living dead, and against this rotting army, the thugs don't stand a chance.
For the presentation's thematic wraparound, Mr. Lobo and Babs (Dixie Dellamorto) deal with the omniscient Baron Zombie (John Dimes), who curses them with some beguiling, board-game entrapment. Abbakiss, Mr. Lobo's hip, computerized cohost, and spunky Sally the Zombie Cheerleader (Nicole M. King) also appear, joined by oodles of 1970s schtick (meaning, quirky tie-ins and trailers), infiltrated by modern, PC interference, which boosts a fine flow of uproarious assessment. Yeah, dig it!
If you're a Mr. Lobo/Cinema Insomnia fan and/or a zombie/blaxploitation connoisseur in general, Zombies of Sugar Hill deserves to be in your collection.
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