Monster of the Day #3375

Updated on April 5, 2022 By Ken Begg 8 Comments

We’ve featured it before, but hey, maybe somebody hasn’t watched it yet. If you haven’t seen Sugar Hill, and you have an Amazon Prime account (or a few bucks to rent it there), check it out. I mean, it’s not the greatest thing ever. But it’s a very solid blaxploitation zombie movie that I can’t imagine any of us not enjoying. In fact, set a day aside this weekend and do a Blacula / Scream Blacula Scream / Sugar Hill triple bill.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    I downloaded an HD version a while ago. It’s a pretty great movie, lots of atmosphere.

  • The Rev.

    I’d almost recommend trying to find an old VHS of this movie if you can. I believe that’s how I first saw it at a T-Fest long ago (pretty sure it was Dr. Freek’s copy). The murkiness of the old print helps hide the deficiencies in the zombie make-up, and REALLY makes them spooky. They’re still creepy enough in the restored version, but some of the shots are very unkind to them.

    Of course, you should still watch it. It’s quite fun, clicks along well, has some nasty fates for the villains, and Don Pedro Colley as Baron Samedi tucks the movie under his arm and merrily skips off with it every time he is on screen. Seriously, one of my favorite performances in any movie ever, and well worth the price of admission on its own.

  • Gamera977

    I first watched it a few months ago. Loved it. Nice to see a good old-fashioned traditional zombie film. And yeah, the guy playing Baron Samedi was having too much fun!

  • It’s on… the List, but I have other movies on… the List that I’ve paid good money for that I haven’t even threatened my Blu Ray player with yet. So maybe some day?

  • Don Pedro Colley is worth the price of admission alone, but it’s a darn solid little flick in it’s own right, and as someone who’s sick to death of Romero Zombies, I find the real voodoo originals refreshing. Frankly, as good as Marki Bey is in thins, I’m surprised she didn’t have more of a career.

  • Ken_Begg

    Another fun watch with this is the Bond film Live and Let Die, which also features a (probably) fake Baron Samedi.

  • The Rev.

    Yeah, that’s obviously the best-known representation of Baron Samedi on film, and Geoffrey Holder is great in the role, but man Colley just can’t be beat. Honestly, you could do a lot worse than those two films in a double feature; Live and Let Die is a personal fav of mine as far as the Bond series.

  • Ken_Begg

    It’s certainly one of the better Moore Bonds, and the blaxploitation elements definitely set it apart.