Robert Quarry

Meredith.

Sir Robert Quarry.

I really enjoyed seeing Eddie Deason here because I remember seeing Eddie Deason the very first time in A Polish Vampire in Burbank.

Yeah.

Yes,

absolutely.

But that's Robert Quarry, yeah, who was

Father Ferrero in this movie.

And

I remember in the second movie, I think it was, there's a scene where somebody holds up a crucifix and Robert Quarry just smacks it out of his hand.

And I thought, oh, my God, that's so badass.

You know, like every other vampire would like shrink and run away, you know.

So AIP was still making gothic horror films, but they were set in the modern age.

Count York a Vampire, starring Robert Quarry, which was released in 1970, was a huge hit for the studio.

And it's basically Dracula.

And its lead vampire, its lead heavy, is an ancient vampire who looks like he would perform well in a period piece.

Sugar Hill was directed by Paul Maslansky, written by Tim Kelly, and produced by Elliot Schick for American International Pictures.

Sugar Hill stars Markie Bay as Diana "Sugar" Hill, Robert Quarry as Morgan, Don Pedro Collie as Baron Samedi, Betty Ann Reese as Celeste, Richard Lawson as Lieutenant Valentine, Zohra Culligh as Mama Maitresse, Charles P. Robinson as Fabulous, Larry D. Johnson as Langston, Rick Haygood as Tank Watson, Ed Geldart as O'Brien.

It also stars Albert J. Baker as George, Raymond E. Simpson III as King, Thomas C. Carroll as Baker, Walter Price as Preacher, Charles Crown as Captain Merrill, J. Randall Bell as Dr. Parkhurst, Judy Hansen as Lamour the Masseuse, Peter Harrell III as Police Photographer, Tony Brubaker as the Head Zombie, and Gary W. Chaisson as the Lab Technician.

Sugar Hill begins with the AI logo presented over a red glow and a dark background, and everything comes into focus and we see a voodoo ritual while Supernatural Voodoo Woman plays on the soundtrack.

... because of the invasion of the vampire girls, which was like the invasion of the Manson Family, which was 30 miles away from where I lived in San Pedro, and it was this great traumatic event for all of the world, and especially for California, you know.

So I have a great affection for Robert Quarry and that movie.

You know, and my, my tastes are like very broad.

I mean, you can go from Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man, to The Babadook, to The Innocents, to Texas Chain Saw Massacre, to Psycho.