Blaxploitation at its absolute worst! B-movies are always below par at their very best, but usually lots of gore is thrown in to make things interesting. Sugar Hill has very little gore, dropping it below "B" grade and effectively turning it into a grueling exercise in boredom.
Here's a quick summary, watch for SPOILERS:
Sugar's boyfriend Langston owns a nightclub, an evil rich ugly guy wants said nightclub. So evil rich ugly guy sends even uglier thugs to kill Langston, and they do it. Sugar gets p***ed, and seeks the help of Yoda- I mean, Mama Maitresse to kill the even uglier thugs. She lends Sugar Baron Samedi along with a group of incredibly stiff, metallic eyed machete brandishing Type 1 zombies(Type 1 zombies are controlled by voodoo and do their masters bidding, Type 2 zombies aren't controlled by voodoo and just eat people, including their master.) so Sugar can get revenge on the even uglier thugs who killed her pimp. Sugar gleefully bumps off the even uglier thugs one by one with the help of her zombies, spilling very little blood in the process. Oh yeah, there's also some sort of romance between Sugar and an afroed cop that goes absolutely nowhere and didn't belong in the movie, just thought I'd let you know. Eventually evil rich ugly guy(amazingly, evil rich ugly guy *still* wants the bar even after seeing what happened to his even uglier thugs) and his plump, aging mistress are all that's left. Sugar's rotting posse corrals evil rich ugly guy into a bayou, where he promptly stops standing up in the shallow water and drowns himself. Baron Samedi gets evil rich ugly guy's plump, aging mistress and takes her back to across the veil with him; Because hey, even all-powerful voodoo Loa need some nookie every now and then. Sugar and Yo- I mean, Mama Maitresse stand around for a while waiting for the credits to show up. And then the movie mercifully ends.
Are you excited yet? So was I until I watched this trash. Hopefully by including this summary I've saved you from having to watch this train wreck. Skip this poo poo and rent Dawn of the Dead instead to see how zombie movies are *really* done!
1/10
Here's a quick summary, watch for SPOILERS:
Sugar's boyfriend Langston owns a nightclub, an evil rich ugly guy wants said nightclub. So evil rich ugly guy sends even uglier thugs to kill Langston, and they do it. Sugar gets p***ed, and seeks the help of Yoda- I mean, Mama Maitresse to kill the even uglier thugs. She lends Sugar Baron Samedi along with a group of incredibly stiff, metallic eyed machete brandishing Type 1 zombies(Type 1 zombies are controlled by voodoo and do their masters bidding, Type 2 zombies aren't controlled by voodoo and just eat people, including their master.) so Sugar can get revenge on the even uglier thugs who killed her pimp. Sugar gleefully bumps off the even uglier thugs one by one with the help of her zombies, spilling very little blood in the process. Oh yeah, there's also some sort of romance between Sugar and an afroed cop that goes absolutely nowhere and didn't belong in the movie, just thought I'd let you know. Eventually evil rich ugly guy(amazingly, evil rich ugly guy *still* wants the bar even after seeing what happened to his even uglier thugs) and his plump, aging mistress are all that's left. Sugar's rotting posse corrals evil rich ugly guy into a bayou, where he promptly stops standing up in the shallow water and drowns himself. Baron Samedi gets evil rich ugly guy's plump, aging mistress and takes her back to across the veil with him; Because hey, even all-powerful voodoo Loa need some nookie every now and then. Sugar and Yo- I mean, Mama Maitresse stand around for a while waiting for the credits to show up. And then the movie mercifully ends.
Are you excited yet? So was I until I watched this trash. Hopefully by including this summary I've saved you from having to watch this train wreck. Skip this poo poo and rent Dawn of the Dead instead to see how zombie movies are *really* done!
1/10