After some intro bullshitting around from Uncle Lloyd himself, the story of Sugar Cookies begins in earnest…
High falutin’ porno producer Max Pavell (George Shannon) accidentally kills his starlet, Alta Leigh (Lynn Lowry, Shivers, Cat People) after a lil’ sexy-time gun-play.
Well, that just won’t do… so our prize-winning dick of a leading man immediately goes into damage control claiming the whole debacle was a suicide… and he even gets his casting director, Camila Stone (Mary Woronov, Death Race 2000, Rock n’ Roll high School) to cover for his whereabouts on the night of the incident.
Speaking of Camila, she is also tasked with finding a new leading lady for Max’s porn ventures and soon she begins introducing eager starlet Julie Kent (Lowry pullin’ double duty) to the lavish lifestyle… the only hitch is, Camila begins to fall in love with Julie…
Will that be enough to keep Julie out of Max’s dangerous sex games?
Sugar Cookies is as scattershot as the lusts of those involved in the narrative.
We get the overarching murder biz and no one sells the detached mindset of the sleaze world jet set better than Warnov. Who fills the screen with cool guile, high fashion (1970’s style), and plenty of dangerous sex appeal.
While Warnov is electric on screen, Lowry is the absolute epitome of girl-next-door charm and innocence to spare, and her growing corruption definitely manages to illicit viewer sympathy.
While that might sound dead serious, the film provides plenty of outrageous characters to offset that vibe including Flesh for Frankenstein’s Monique van Vooren as Max’s boozey ex, Warhol associate Ondine as Camila’s snarky assistant Rodrick, and most ludicrous of all, Daniel Sadur in his only film role as Max’a nephew gus… and overweight dude who dresses like an old lady to have sex with chicks all the while thinking exclusively about his uncle… and he has his own theme song too!
Believe me, the theme is bonus enough here, but Troma has thrown some special features on this Blu including a “making of” (which is a first hand account of the film’s production from Lowry), interviews with Lloyd Kaufman, Lowry, and Wornov, and a duo of trailers… as well as the assorted Troma-centric shit they enjoy throwing on every release (Radiation March I’m looking at you… ).
A softcore, nudity-heavy time capsule of early ‘70s New York City, Sugar Cookies is a schizophrenic skin flick that ends up being completely engrossing and at times completely absurd!
