Comments on: Sugar Hill (1974) http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/ Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:57:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Twinkie http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-3077 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:16:48 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-3077 I use to go to the drive in alot and see this movie as a little girl and I always thought it was Pam Grier in it. I liked it then and I still like it. I'm trying to find it on DVD I had it on VHS back in the day but it came up missing when my family found out I had it. I use to go to the drive in alot and see this movie as a little girl and I always thought it was Pam Grier in it. I liked it then and I still like it. I’m trying to find it on DVD I had it on VHS back in the day but it came up missing when my family found out I had it.

]]> by: Hal http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2629 Tue, 19 May 2009 09:08:44 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2629 I reviewed SUGAR HILL a while back on my blog as well; I thought Bey was a little wooden and overshadowed by Don Pedro Colley (great in this!) and Zara Cully, and the fight scenes were unconvincing, but it's a lot of fun overall and the daytime visit to the graveyard is especially creepy. Rosalind Cash would have been my ideal choice for Sugar Hill; I could also see Marlene Clark doing a good job. I reviewed SUGAR HILL a while back on my blog as well; I thought Bey was a little wooden and overshadowed by Don Pedro Colley (great in this!) and Zara Cully, and the fight scenes were unconvincing, but it’s a lot of fun overall and the daytime visit to the graveyard is especially creepy. Rosalind Cash would have been my ideal choice for Sugar Hill; I could also see Marlene Clark doing a good job.

]]> by: Bonus http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2343 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:28:59 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2343 My whole life I thought that was Pam Grier the actress! Tahnks internet! My whole life I thought that was Pam Grier the actress!
Tahnks internet!

]]> by: aircoop http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2061 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:40:11 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-2061 Sugar Hill was on this morning. I grew up watching 70s Blaxplotation movies, and had completely forgotten about this one. Today, however, I am more curious about Marki Bey. Very little is available about her. I would really like to know what she is doing today. Sugar Hill was on this morning. I grew up watching 70s Blaxplotation movies, and had completely forgotten about this one. Today, however, I am more curious about Marki Bey. Very little is available about her. I would really like to know what she is doing today.

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1964 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:23:01 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1964 Thanks for the feedback Jeff!I noticed that TCM had played <b>Sugar Hill</b> over the summer and I even recorded it in the hopes that the print was better than the DVD I own but I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. p.s. I changed the Movie Morlocks link too! Thanks for the feedback Jeff!I noticed that TCM had played Sugar Hill over the summer and I even recorded it in the hopes that the print was better than the DVD I own but I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet.

p.s. I changed the Movie Morlocks link too!

]]> by: Jeff http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1962 Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:23:11 +0100 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1962 Great article on SUGAR HILL. You may have seen the feature on it on the tcm.com web site under their Underground franchise. You can still see the content at http://www.tcm.com/2008/underground/movies/index/?cid=181327 I also noticed that the link to Movie Morlocks is not working. It should be http://moviemorlocks.com/ Keep up the wonderful posting! Great article on SUGAR HILL. You may have seen the feature on it on the tcm.com web site under their Underground franchise. You can still see the content at http://www.tcm.com/2008/underground/movies/index/?cid=181327

I also noticed that the link to Movie Morlocks is not working. It should be http://moviemorlocks.com/

Keep up the wonderful posting!

]]> by: Nicolas Caesar http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1239 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:07:47 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1239 that's one of my most prized finds! and annoying as hell to search for! Damn wesley snipes! it constantly gets pulled and rereleased that’s one of my most prized finds! and annoying as hell to search for! Damn wesley snipes! it constantly gets pulled and rereleased

]]> by: Mucubed http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1147 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 05:05:17 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1147 I saw this movie when I was a kid on some Saturday afternoon horror movie show I used to watch and remember thinking it was pretty neat, especially the look of the zombies. I still remember the scene in the massage parlor as being particularly freakish! I saw this movie when I was a kid on some Saturday afternoon horror movie show I used to watch and remember thinking it was pretty neat, especially the look of the zombies.

I still remember the scene in the massage parlor as being particularly freakish!

]]> by: cinebeats http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1145 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:17:51 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1145 Thanks for all the feedback! It's nice to know others enjoyed the movie as much as I did. If you haven't seen it yet, you can pick up the video for about $8 and DVDs are on ebay a lot. I thought Bey was terrific and perfectly over the top at times for the role. I love Pam as well as countless other beautiful black actresses from the '70s (Tamara Dobson, Gloria Hendry, Trina Parks, etc.), but I think Pam would have been a little too serious &amp; hard ass as Sugar. Bey makes the film work. At least in my opinion anyway. It was interesting reading the comments on <strong>Return to Oz</strong>. I saw it when it was first released, but I can't remember the movie so I don't think it made much of an impression on me. Thanks for all the feedback! It’s nice to know others enjoyed the movie as much as I did. If you haven’t seen it yet, you can pick up the video for about $8 and DVDs are on ebay a lot.

I thought Bey was terrific and perfectly over the top at times for the role. I love Pam as well as countless other beautiful black actresses from the ’70s (Tamara Dobson, Gloria Hendry, Trina Parks, etc.), but I think Pam would have been a little too serious & hard ass as Sugar. Bey makes the film work. At least in my opinion anyway.

It was interesting reading the comments on Return to Oz. I saw it when it was first released, but I can’t remember the movie so I don’t think it made much of an impression on me.

]]> by: Vanwall http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1143 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 22:20:26 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1143 Great selection - I loved watching this on the small screen, and for an AIP, it was much more imaginative than usual, altho the script was pretty weak. I actually passed on watching it the first time I saw it listed in TV Guide - I thought it was a cutie romance by the title. Then I was watching something after switching channels, and only realized it was "Sugar hill" at a commercial break. Duh. I liked Marki Bey, but the rest of the cast was forgettable - at this level of flick that's a given. Cheesy stuff and a lot of enthusiasm from Ms. Bey actually made a pretty good combo. I'm one of the few who like "Return to Oz", too - I think it was one of the best fantasy films ever made. Find the right green thing, and you're home. Poor Walter Murch has never directed another picture, tho. Bummer. Great selection - I loved watching this on the small screen, and for an AIP, it was much more imaginative than usual, altho the script was pretty weak. I actually passed on watching it the first time I saw it listed in TV Guide - I thought it was a cutie romance by the title. Then I was watching something after switching channels, and only realized it was “Sugar hill” at a commercial break. Duh. I liked Marki Bey, but the rest of the cast was forgettable - at this level of flick that’s a given. Cheesy stuff and a lot of enthusiasm from Ms. Bey actually made a pretty good combo.

I’m one of the few who like “Return to Oz”, too - I think it was one of the best fantasy films ever made. Find the right green thing, and you’re home. Poor Walter Murch has never directed another picture, tho. Bummer.

]]> by: Jonathan Lapper http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1141 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:30:33 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1141 Oops. I totally misread your comment. I thought you had said Marki was in <b>Return to Oz</b>. Oops. I totally misread your comment. I thought you had said Marki was in Return to Oz.

]]> by: LRobHubbard http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1140 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:23:47 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1140 Jonathan, Manslansky was a producer on RETURN TO OZ. Jonathan,

Manslansky was a producer on RETURN TO OZ.

]]> by: Jonathan Lapper http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1139 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:17:33 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1139 I haven't seen this but I can imagine Marki Bey as well as Pam Grier or Rosalind Cash doing a fine job. I like the late sixties to early seventies roles for black actresses. From <b>Claudine</b> to blaxploitation flicks to <b>Bustin' Loose</b> black actresses were given the opportunity to be in command of a film much more than they are today oddly enough. Ron - What did she do in <b>Return to Oz</b>? Just curious because I don't recall. I'm probably one of the few people that likes that movie and thinks Fairuza Balk was a damn good child actress. She may be a damn good adult actress too but since no one gives her good roles anymore how would you know? I haven’t seen this but I can imagine Marki Bey as well as Pam Grier or Rosalind Cash doing a fine job. I like the late sixties to early seventies roles for black actresses. From Claudine to blaxploitation flicks to Bustin’ Loose black actresses were given the opportunity to be in command of a film much more than they are today oddly enough.

Ron - What did she do in Return to Oz? Just curious because I don’t recall. I’m probably one of the few people that likes that movie and thinks Fairuza Balk was a damn good child actress. She may be a damn good adult actress too but since no one gives her good roles anymore how would you know?

]]> by: Keith http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1138 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:15:41 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1138 This was such a cool blog. I've always wanted to see this film, but never gotten the chance. I love blaxploitation and horror, so to see the two together is a real treat. I've seen Marki Bey in some other stuff. She's both beautiful and talented. It's a shame that she hasn't really done anything over the years. I'll have to try to see if I can see this one now. This was such a cool blog. I’ve always wanted to see this film, but never gotten the chance. I love blaxploitation and horror, so to see the two together is a real treat. I’ve seen Marki Bey in some other stuff. She’s both beautiful and talented. It’s a shame that she hasn’t really done anything over the years. I’ll have to try to see if I can see this one now.

]]> by: LRobHubbard http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1137 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:31:55 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1137 I finally found an unmentionable of this... I remember seeing about half of this late one night roughly 20-25 years ago, and have been wanting a copy of it since then. If you get an opportunity to see this, TAKE IT!! The only thing that would've made this better than it is would've been Pam Grier as Sugar Hill - Marki does a fine job, but I have the impression that it was written with Pam in mind. Don't forget that Manslansky also was involved with RETURN TO OZ. I finally found an unmentionable of this… I remember seeing about half of this late one night roughly 20-25 years ago, and have been wanting a copy of it since then. If you get an opportunity to see this, TAKE IT!!

The only thing that would’ve made this better than it is would’ve been Pam Grier as Sugar Hill - Marki does a fine job, but I have the impression that it was written with Pam in mind.

Don’t forget that Manslansky also was involved with RETURN TO OZ.

]]> by: Anna http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1136 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:07:26 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1136 I've heard so much about this film over the years - but I dunno . . .maybe . . . I’ve heard so much about this film over the years - but I dunno . . .maybe . . .

]]> by: Jeremy http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1133 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:32:32 +0000 http://cinebeats.blogsome.com/2007/12/18/sugar-hill-1974/#comment-1133 Ooh...I wanna see this. I have read about it a lot over the years but have never come across a copy. It sounds like it would make an ideal double feature with ABBY (which I really get a kick out of). Thanks for this great review...I will have to track this down. Ooh…I wanna see this. I have read about it a lot over the years but have never come across a copy. It sounds like it would make an ideal double feature with ABBY (which I really get a kick out of). Thanks for this great review…I will have to track this down.

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