Year: 1973 Director: Jack Hill Cast: Pam Grier, Sid Haig, Robert DoQui, Allan Arbus, Linda Haynes, Booker Bradshaw Themes: Blaxploitation, Revenge, Drugs, Prostitution, Gangs Nurse by day, ball busting vigilante by night, Coffy (Pam Grier) is a force to be… Read More ›
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Stiggy’s Film of the Day Gang Wars aka Devil’s Express (1976)
Year: 1976 Director: Barry Rosen Cast: Warhawk Tanzania- credited as War Hawk Tanzania, Larry Fleischman, Wilfredo Roldan Themes: Ancient Curses, Kung fu, Zombies, Demons, Awful Fight Scenes Story To try and convey the essence of Devil’s Express aka Gang Wars… Read More ›
Stiggy’s Film of the Day Sugar Hill (1974)
Year: 1974. Director: Paul Maslansky. Cast: Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley, Zara Cully, Charles Robinson. Themes: Voodoo, Hoodoo, blaxploitation, revenge killings, zombies. Blaxploitation/horror was never an extensive sub-genre of film. The most remembered films from this period… Read More ›