Special Report: The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024)

Special Guest: Jon Spira

Mike talks to writer/director Jon Spira about his latest film, The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee. It's a documentary about the Lee's life and career that features a great array of interviews and a fascinating visual style.

Pre-order the film at Kickstarter.

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Music:
"Ghost Riders in the Sky" - Christopher Lee

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Episode 280: Sugar Hill (1974)

Special Guest: Paul Maslansky, Don Pedro Colley, Joy Bostic
Guest Co-Host: Heather Drain, Chris Stachiw

In Paul Maslansky's Sugar Hill, Diana "Sugar" Hill (Marki Bey) summons Baron Samedi (Don Pedro Colley), a voudou spirit, and his army of zombies to exact revenge on Morgan (Robert Quarry) and his racist thugs.

Interviews include director Maslansky, star Colley, and vodun/voudou scholar Joy Bostic.

Heather Drain and Chris Stachiw join Mike to discuss this horror/blaxploitation film.

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Bonus: More with Paul Maslansky

Listen to "Bonus Interview: Paul Maslansky" on Spreaker.

Links:
Buy Sugar Hill on Blu-Ray
Buy African American Female Mysticism: Nineteenth-Century Religious Activism by Joy Bostic
Visit the official Don Pedro Colley website
Listen to the Badassess, Boobs & Bodycounts episode on Abby
Visit the Kulture Shocked website
Visit the Mondo Heather website

Music:
"Voodoo Woman Blues" - Jay McShann & His Sextette with Jimmy Witherspoon
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - Jimi Hendrix
"Supernatural Voodoo Woman (Pt.1)" - The Originals
"Supernatural Voodoo Woman (Pt.2)" - The Originals
"Devil Woman" - Cliff Richard