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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys, and a very special guest! On this episode, in honor of February being Black History Month and Women In Horror Month, we’re discussing two films revolving around Black womanhood: 1974’s Sugar Hill and 1997’s Eve’s Bayou.

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We start by talking about what we’ve seen or done lately in the field of horror. Liam talks about seeing the films Happy Death Day and Climax, the Netflix series Russian Doll, and Justin talks about reading Doctor Sleep. We discuss the recent documentary on Black horror Horror Noire, as well as the upcoming screening we are hosting of Al White’s Starfish on March 18^th at the Rotunda in Philadelphia (info on tickets can be found here)

We begin by talking about Sugar Hill. Liam gives a brief history of the Blaxploitation movement in film and how that influenced horror films in the ‘70s. We give a brief outline of the film. We talk about the look of the zombies in the movie, and how it sets them apart from other zombie films. We discuss some of the performances of the actors and how they carry the film in two different films.

We discuss the performance of the white villain in that he is far more detailed and insidious than most villains in Blaxploitation films. We move on to some of the more problematic aspects of the film, such as the villains white girlfriend being the stand in for Sugar’s anger at her boyfriend.

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