[go: up one dir, main page]

    VeröffentlichungskalenderDie 250 besten FilmeMeistgesehene FilmeFilme nach Genre durchsuchenTop Box OfficeSpielzeiten und TicketsFilmnachrichtenSpotlight: indische Filme
    Was läuft im Fernsehen und was kann ich streamen?Die 250 besten SerienMeistgesehene SerienSerien nach Genre durchsuchenTV-Nachrichten
    EmpfehlungenNeueste TrailerIMDb OriginalsIMDb-AuswahlIMDb SpotlightFamily Entertainment GuideIMDb-Podcasts
    OscarsEmmysSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsZentrale AuszeichnungenFestival CentralAlle Ereignisse
    Heute geborenBeliebteste ProminenteProminente Nachrichten
    HilfecenterBereich für BeitragsverfasserUmfragen
Für Branchenexperten
  • Sprache
  • Vollständig unterstützt
  • English (United States)
    Teilweise unterstützt
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Anmelden
  • Vollständig unterstützt
  • English (United States)
    Teilweise unterstützt
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
App verwenden
  • Besetzung und Crew-Mitglieder
  • Benutzerrezensionen
  • Wissenswertes
  • FAQ
IMDbPro

Die schwarzen Zombies von Sugar Hill

Originaltitel: Sugar Hill
  • 1974
  • 16
  • 1 Std. 31 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
5,8/10
2494
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Die schwarzen Zombies von Sugar Hill (1974)
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 gruesome revenge. In exchange for Sugar's soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who think they got away clean are about to find out that they're DEAD wrong.
trailer wiedergeben1:57
1 Video
49 Fotos
Zombie HorrorActionCrimeHorror

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuWhen her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help her... Alles lesenWhen her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help her gain a gruesome revenge. In exchange for Sugar's soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie... Alles lesenWhen her boyfriend is murdered by mobsters, Sugar Hill decides not to get mad, but BAD. She asks the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse to summon Baron Samedi, the Lord of the Dead, to help her gain a gruesome revenge. In exchange for Sugar's soul, the Dark Master raises up a zombie army to do her bidding. The bad guys who think they got away clean are about to find out ... Alles lesen

  • Regie
    • Paul Maslansky
  • Drehbuch
    • Tim Kelly
    • Don Pedro Colley
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Marki Bey
    • Robert Quarry
    • Don Pedro Colley
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,8/10
    2494
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Paul Maslansky
    • Drehbuch
      • Tim Kelly
      • Don Pedro Colley
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Marki Bey
      • Robert Quarry
      • Don Pedro Colley
    • 41Benutzerrezensionen
    • 61Kritische Rezensionen
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:57
    Official Trailer

    Fotos48

    Poster ansehen
    Poster ansehen
    Poster ansehen
    Poster ansehen
    + 45
    Poster ansehen

    Topbesetzung24

    Ändern
    Marki Bey
    Marki Bey
    • Diana Hill
    Robert Quarry
    Robert Quarry
    • Morgan
    Don Pedro Colley
    Don Pedro Colley
    • Baron Samedi
    Betty Anne Rees
    Betty Anne Rees
    • Celeste
    Richard Lawson
    Richard Lawson
    • Valentine
    Zara Cully
    Zara Cully
    • Mama Maitresse
    Charles Robinson
    Charles Robinson
    • Fabulous
    • (as Charles P. Robinson)
    Larry Don Johnson
    • Langston
    • (as Larry D. Johnson)
    Rick Hagood
    • Tank Watson
    Ed Geldart
    • O'Brien
    Albert J. Baker
    • George
    Raymond E. Simpson
    • King
    • (as Raymond E. Simpson III)
    Truman C. Carroll
    • Baker
    • (as Thomas C. Carroll)
    'Big Walter' Price
    • Preacher
    • (as Big Walter Price)
    Charles Krohn
    • Captain Merrill
    J. Randall Bell
    • Parkhurst
    Peter Harrell
    • Police Photographer
    • (as Peter Harrell III)
    Judy Hanson
    • Masseuse
    • Regie
      • Paul Maslansky
    • Drehbuch
      • Tim Kelly
      • Don Pedro Colley
    • Komplette Besetzung und alle Crew-Mitglieder
    • Produktion, Einspielergebnisse & mehr bei IMDbPro

    Benutzerrezensionen41

    5,82.4K
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10

    Empfohlene Bewertungen

    8Coventry

    Give them white crooks voodoo hell, Sugar!

    I wish I'd get a nickel for every horror movie I watch starting with an occult voodoo ritual during the opening credits! If that were the case, I'd be rich myself instead of spending all that precious money on purchasing obscure movies! Although, in all honesty, I have to admit that the voodoo mumbo-jumbo at the start of "Sugar Hill" is merely just a staged act, set up in a groovy establishment called Club Haiti owned by a black businessman and located in the middle of a mafia-infested city with a white guy at the top of the crime ladder. As you can derive already from this two-line synopsis intro, "Sugar Hill" is a Blaxsploitation horror effort, like the contemporary blockbusters "Blackenstein" and "Blacula", only with voodoo spells and zombies this time. The owner of Club Haiti gets killed for not giving in to the mafia's blackmail, but his left behind wife Sugar, nicknamed like this because she is – and I quote – looks as sweet as sugar tastes, plots a virulent revenge. She seeks help with a voodoo priestess and together they head out to a swamp to resurrect an army of black zombies to fight the mafia.

    The summoning of Voodoo God Baron Samedi is quite a preposterous but hysterically entertaining sequence as the guy (Don Pedro Colley) turns out to be a prototypic pimp from the hood who literally screams out to all his dead servants to awake and emerge from their burial grounds. Awesome! This scene alone was enough reason to make "Sugar Hill" my brand new favorite Blaxsploitation movie of all time! Subsequently all the obnoxious white villains get what they deserved: imaginative and violent deaths inflicted by black zombies – illegally buried victims of slavery – with swollen eyeballs and covered in dirt and cobwebs. Like Baron Samedi marvelously states, they should be put to evil use because it's all they ever knew. "Sugar Hill" is a fast-paced and ultimately swinging 70's flick; guaranteed entertainment for all experienced freaks of obscure cult horror. Lead actress Marki Bey doesn't play in the same league as her fellow exploitation heroines Pam Grier or Tamara Dobson, but she's certainly a genuine foxy lady with sexual charisma to boot and far above average acting capacities. She also has a couple of cool witty one-liners to make when she gets rid of yet another opponent, like when she feeds one of the mobsters to a bunch of filthy pigs and murmurs the phrase "Talk about white trash…". The Caucasian baddies are pretty terrific too – especially Robert Quarry – and it's a joy to listen to their chauvinistic and misogynist dialogs. The make-up effects on the zombies are deliciously outrageous and the coolness-factor of the actors is simply immeasurable. The aforementioned Don Pedro Colley depicts a voodoo guru, but he plays pool like a real badass MF. The only things missing in order to make "Sugar Hill" a true masterpiece are a groovier soundtrack (the music is a bit of a letdown) and a bit of sleaze. Otherwise, the coolest Blaxploitation flick out there to discover!
    7claudio_carvalho

    Blaxploitation to the Best

    Langston (Larry D. Johnson) is the owner of a successful nightclub and he proposes his girlfriend, the photographer Diana "Sugar" Hill (Marki Bey), to get married with him. However the kingpin Morgan (Robert Quarry) and his henchmen kill Morgan when he does not accept his offer to sell the nightclub. Sugar Hill seeks out the voodoo priestess Mama Maitresse (Zara Cully) to revenge the death of her beloved Langston. Mama summons the Lord of the Dead, Baron Samedi (Don Pedro Colley), who offers a horde of zombies to Sugar Hill take revenge. In return, she offers her soul to him. She lures Morgan while his gangsters are murdered one by one by the zombies. Meanwhile his former boyfriend, Detective Valentine (Richard Lawson), investigates the gruesome deaths of Morgan´s mobsters and suspects that the killer is using voodoo to kill them.

    "Sugar Hill" is a funny and cult low-budget zombie film with Blaxploitation to the best. The plot is highly entertaining and the make-up is great, with creepy zombies with half- Ping-Pong ball on each eye. My vote is seven.

    Title (Brazil): "Os Zumbis de Sugar Hill" ("Sugar Hill´s Zombies")
    6lemon_magic

    Crude and heavy handed but also powerful and effective

    "Sugar Hill" has a lot of what made "Foxy Brown" so compelling, but adds an interesting plot device for a novel twist. I've seen lots of black gangster films where black heroes (and anti-heroes) get over on The Man and The Establishment, but "Sugar Hill" is the only film I've seen where horror monsters (as opposed to gun-play and car chases) are the vehicle for social justice. Of course, there could be others. I don't get out much. (And no, I don't count "Zombie Nightmare", which is a vanity project, not a movie.)

    The heroine of the story loses her man to the predations of the local Mob when the Mob moves in on their nightclub. In order to exact revenge, she manages to contact a local voodoo cult (because in this film's social milieu, all black people in the South maintain contact with their pagan cult roots, don'chaknow) and convince them to aid her cause. Hilarity ensues.

    On the plus side: the makeup effects for the zombies were novel and extremely effective - I've never seen any other film use 'brass eyes and cobwebs' effects and bluish "bad skin" tints like this. Someone did a wonderful job coaching the extras on how to be convincing as cold, soulless, remorseless, shambling piles of ex-humanity. And they are framed and filmed and lighted in setups out of your worst nightmares. The setups for each of the revenge scenes are well done, and there is a lot of variety in the scenarios, as well as some macabre humor - the 'death by massage therapy' scene managed to be both funny and appalling at the same time, which is a great trick.

    Also on the plus side: The actress playing Sugar is very striking and carries the movie effortlessly. She's convincingly merciless and cold as she delivers judgment on each of her foes, and obviously relishes her revenge. The actor playing Samedi seems familiar; I think he shilled for "7-Up" some years ago. He's got a wonderful, deep, rich patois that resonates in the viewers' solar plexus. His sadistic glee and delight in the suffering and terror he inspires in his prey is enough to make you seriously considering defecting to the ranks of the "voodoun."

    On the minus side: Once Sugar gets the voodoo revenge ball rolling, it's just too damned easy for her - there is no struggle, or suspense at all. In "Foxy Brown", the heroine suffers rape and beatings and humiliation before she turns the tide on her enemies, and it makes the story more compelling because of it. Even in a Jim Brown "Slaughter" film, Jim had to sweat some to win the day. For that matter, Bruce Lee took some serious hits in his various fights for justice and revenge. But here, the Mob guys are dumb as toast and go down before the voodoo onslaught like mice under a field mower.That turns the film from a heroic struggle to an exercise in righteous sadism against a bunch of mannequins.

    And traditionally in films and literature, if the protagonist messes with "Dark Forces" to exact their revenge, they have to pay a price themselves. But Samedi just goes out and tears Sugar's foes apart like an obedient supernatural Pit Bull and it doesn't cost her a thing, at least not overtly. The protagonist's desire for revenge and/or justice is much more convincing if the story shows them paying a real price to achieve it. So again, the film is less than it could be; instead of making Sugar Hill's story a tale of revenge no matter the cost, it becomes an plodding exercise in vicarious power fantasy and butt-kicking.

    But still, it's a powerful experience, if only due to the fortunate accident of the makeup and the charisma of the two lead black actors. I'm glad I managed to catch it on Showtime, and if I ever see it on DVD for a reasonable price, I'll probably pick it up for my collection.
    5kevinolzak

    Robert Quarry bids farewell to AIP

    1974's "Sugar Hill" marked the end of Robert Quarry's brief horror stardom beginning with 1970's "Count Yorga Vampire" (a total of 6 features), although he worked continuously in smaller roles in lower budgeted films. In the early 70's, AIP maintained its policy of old fashioned horror, all PG titles, even after the departure of James H. Nicholson, the ideas man, leaving Samuel Z. Arkoff, the financier and distributor, alone in charge. The 2 Count Yorga films were profitable, as were the Blaculas, and other black-themed takes on familiar subjects arrived, like this one here, plucked from obscurity (like "The House on Skull Mountain") by recent showings on Turner Classic Movies. Zombies and voodoo no longer go together in this age of flesh eating Romero copies, but provide all the intrigue in a script filled with clichéd characters and dialogue. Marki Bey stars in the title role, turning to voodoo to avenge the beating death of her fiancée by the hired goons of crime boss Morgan (Quarry), complete with Southern accent and horny moll (Betty Anne Rees, a prior victim in 1972's "Deathmaster"). Betty and Marki even engage in a catfight, ala Pam Grier, a nice touch considering neither would continue acting much longer. Richard Lawson ("Scream Blacula Scream") pads out the running time in a dead end investigation that fails to stop the bloodless carnage carried out by the walking dead, ancestral slaves still in shackles, lifeless eyes covered in creepy webs. Easily the real standout is Don Pedro Colley, a far cry from his restrained performance in 1970's "Beneath the Planet of the Apes," playing the role of Baron Samedi, leader of the dead, a part essayed one year before by Geoffrey Holder in the James Bond thriller "Live and Let Die." Among the supporting cast, the lone familiar face is top henchman Charles Robinson, who appeared in ROOTS:THE NEXT GENERATIONS, before landing a co-starring role on NIGHT COURT. Director Paul M. Maslansky was no stranger to horror, having first worked with Michael Reeves and Christopher Lee on 1964's "The Castle of the Living Dead," mostly as a producer. AIP continued to have hits for the remainder of the 70's ("The Food of the Gods," "The Amityville Horror"), but never really latched on to the genre's changes escalated by "The Exorcist," and by 1980, Sam Arkoff had sold out, the company renamed Filmways, continuing to churn out hits ("Dressed to Kill"). By that time, the blaxploitation era was already long gone, waiting to be rediscovered.
    7BaronBl00d

    I'm Gonna Get You Sucka!

    Sugar Hill is that rare mixture of 70's blaxploitation and horror that started in movies like Blacula, Scream Blacula Scream, Blackenstein, and others. It is a pretty neat little film with some good horror sequences of zombies in graveyards and zombies administering revenge. The revenge is based on a woman who loses her boyfriend to thugs wanting to buy his business. He is beat to death and Marki Bey(who by the way is VERY easy to look at)seeks the help of an old voodoo woman(played by the woman that played Mrs. Jefferson on the Jeffersons)that helps her reach the spirit world. She sells her soul for the help of the zombies. The next part of the film deals with the revenge sequences for each individual in the mafia-like gang. The murders are chilling, well-executed(no pun intended), and have a pinch of humour as well. The acting is decent for this kind of film. Vampire star Robert Quarry, having to fill a contract obligation, plays the heavy with his usual charm and wit. The scenery and sets are very good too, but remember this is the 70's...the music is something and the clothes are like WoW! All in all a good zombie flick.

    Mehr wie diese

    Bucktown
    6,2
    Bucktown
    Blacula
    5,8
    Blacula
    Rache aus dem Jenseits
    6,0
    Rache aus dem Jenseits
    Der Schrei des Todes
    5,7
    Der Schrei des Todes
    Sheba, Baby
    5,6
    Sheba, Baby
    Sugar Hill
    5,8
    Sugar Hill
    Friday Foster - Im Netz der Schwarzen Spinne
    6,0
    Friday Foster - Im Netz der Schwarzen Spinne
    Das Monster von London
    5,2
    Das Monster von London
    Zombie - Bloody Demons
    5,0
    Zombie - Bloody Demons
    Chikago Poker
    6,9
    Chikago Poker
    H.I.M
    6,8
    H.I.M
    Godfather of Harlem - Der Pate von Harlem
    6,4
    Godfather of Harlem - Der Pate von Harlem

    Handlung

    Ändern

    Wusstest du schon

    Ändern
    • Wissenswertes
      The zombies in this film more closely resemble the creatures of voodoo legend - i.e., the walking dead who do the bidding of a human master - than the flesh-eating "living dead" popularized by George A. Romero. According to the film, the zombies are the preserved bodies of slaves brought to the United States from Guinea, Africa.
    • Patzer
      When Baron Samedi goes to curse Valentine, he stabs a pin into a voodoo doll's left leg. However, Valentine feels pain in and breaks his right leg.
    • Zitate

      Diana 'Sugar' Hill: [after feeding a man to a sounder of starving pigs in a pig pen] I hope they're into white trash.

    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Nightmare Festival (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Supernatural Voodoo Woman
      Written by Dino Fekaris & Nick Zesses

      Sung by The Originals

      Available on Motown Records

    Top-Auswahl

    Melde dich zum Bewerten an und greife auf die Watchlist für personalisierte Empfehlungen zu.
    Anmelden

    FAQ17

    • How long is Sugar Hill?Powered by Alexa

    Details

    Ändern
    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • Februar 1974 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
    • Sprache
      • Englisch
    • Auch bekannt als
      • Sugar Hill
    • Drehorte
      • Houston, Texas, USA
    • Produktionsfirma
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
    • Weitere beteiligte Unternehmen bei IMDbPro anzeigen

    Box Office

    Ändern
    • Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
      • 30.500 $
    Weitere Informationen zur Box Office finden Sie auf IMDbPro.

    Technische Daten

    Ändern
    • Laufzeit
      1 Stunde 31 Minuten
    • Farbe
      • Color
    • Sound-Mix
      • Mono
    • Seitenverhältnis
      • 1.85 : 1

    Zu dieser Seite beitragen

    Bearbeitung vorschlagen oder fehlenden Inhalt hinzufügen
    Die schwarzen Zombies von Sugar Hill (1974)
    Oberste Lücke
    What is the English language plot outline for Die schwarzen Zombies von Sugar Hill (1974)?
    Antwort
    • Weitere Lücken anzeigen
    • Erfahre mehr über das Beitragen
    Seite bearbeiten

    Mehr entdecken

    Zuletzt angesehen

    Bitte aktiviere Browser-Cookies, um diese Funktion nutzen zu können. Weitere Informationen
    Hol dir die IMDb-App
    Melde dich an für Zugriff auf mehr InhalteMelde dich an für Zugriff auf mehr Inhalte
    Folge IMDb in den sozialen Netzwerken
    Hol dir die IMDb-App
    Für Android und iOS
    Hol dir die IMDb-App
    • Hilfe
    • Inhaltsverzeichnis
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb-Daten lizenzieren
    • Pressezimmer
    • Werbung
    • Jobs
    • Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen
    • Datenschutzrichtlinie
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, ein Amazon-Unternehmen

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.