Black Horror Journal

Sugar Hill: Supernatural Payback x A Brief History Of Voodoo
EPISODE 5 • SEASON 1 00:20:29
  • November 03, 2025
  • 01:00 PM
  • Starr Rocque
In this episode, we explore the cult classic Blaxploitation horror, "Sugar Hill" (1974), its depictions of voodoo, and a quick history of hoodoo vs voodoo. 

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Research

https://www.neworleans.com/things-to-do/multicultural/traditions/voodoo/


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/claiming-space-when-happened-when-zora-neale-hurston-studied-voodoo-haiti/


https://womenscenter.umbc.edu/post/92522/


https://people.duke.edu/~ldbaker/classes/gradtheory/Hurston-HoodooAmerica-1931.pdf

 



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