Sugar Cookies: Tromatic Special Edition – Troma Films (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Date: USA, 1973
Director: Theodore Gershuny
Writers: Theodore Gershuny, Lloyd Kaufman
Cast: George Shannon, Mary Woronov, Lynn Lowry, Monique van Vooren

Release Date: July 14th, 2026
Approximate Running Time: 90 Minutes 47 Seconds
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVCC
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital Mono English
Subtitles: English
Region Coding: Region Free
Retail Price: $19.95

"Welcome to the world of wealth and privilege...where everyone lives life in the fast lane! Meet the beautiful people...at their most thrilling and dangerous sex game. A producer and her lover join forces to find an innocent young acting student and, in a bizarre experiment, transform her into the exact replica of a dead movie star." - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 3.75/5

Sugar Cookies comes on a 50 GB dual layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 41.2 GB

Feature: 20.1 GB

Troma uses the same source that Vinegar Syndrome used for its 2014 Blu-ray release. Flesh tones and colors look correct, image clarity and black levels are strong, and there are no issues with compression or digital noise reduction.

Audio: 3/5

This release comes with one audio option, a Dolby Digital mono mix in English with removable English subtitles. Although dialogue comes through clearly and everything sounds balanced range-wise, this track is limited.

Extras:

Extras for this release include Troma’s trailer for Sugar Cookies (2 minutes 53 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles), original theatrical trailer (1 minute 43 seconds, Dolby Digital mono English, no subtitles), Lloyd Kaufman’s classic introduction for Sugar Cookies (7 minutes 17 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Making Sugar Cookies with Lynn Lowery (13 minutes 58 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Lloyd Kaufman Remembers Sugar Cookies (35 minutes 58 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), an archival interview with Lynn Lowery (4 minutes 11 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), an archival interview with Mary Woronov (4 minutes 58 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), and a featurette titled Looking for Oliver Stone (3 minutes 32 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles).

Other extras include Troma’s JFK Assassination Theory (2 minutes 52 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Entombed Seeing Red music video (3 minutes 46 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Toxic Adventures (9 minutes 58 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Innards! music video (1 minute 50 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Radiation March (54 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Spice Up Your Sleepover with Troma Now! (2 minutes 6 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), TA in 4K! (1 minute 10 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), and trailers for Shakespeare’s Shitstorm, Eating Miss Campbell, Curse of the Werewolf, Sweet Meats, Kill Dolly Doll, The Toxic Avenger, Class of Nume ‘Em High, Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D., and Tromeo & Juliet. 

Summary:

Sugar Cookies was co-written and directed by Theodore Gershuny, who is most remembered for directing Silent Night, Bloody Night. Sugar Cookies, co-written and produced by Lloyd Kaufman and Oliver Stone (who was an associate producer), was made a year before Troma was founded.

An actress is hired by the lover of a recently deceased erotic film star who died under mysterious circumstances. She uses the actress's uncanny resemblance to her dead lover to exact revenge against the man who she blames for her death.

While Sugar Cookies has all of the elements that one expects from a revenge-themed thriller, the result is a film that tries to be too clever. After a strong opening setup, things start to lose focus and the narrative never manages to build momentum. That said, the narrative's shortcomings are easy to overlook because of its two leads, Mary Woronov (Eating Roul) and Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), who deliver captivating performances. When it comes to the rest of the performances, none of them leave a lasting impression.

The first thing that comes to mind while watching Sugar Cookies is how much it borrows from Alfred Hitchock’s thriller template. Another connection to the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, Sugar Cookies, like Vertigo, revolves around doppelganger characters. Unfortunately, that's where any connection to Alfred Hitchcock ends, since Sugar Cookies is a film devoid of tension and offers few surprises.

When it comes to erotica, Sugar Cookies handles most of these moments in an artful way. There is never a shortage of moments where Mary Woronov and Lynn Lowry are in various stages of undress. That said, despite the abundance of nudity and a porno subplot, Sugar Cookies never comes off as cheap or exploitative. The most surprising aspect of sugar cookies is the visuals; it is a beautifully photographed film. Ultimately, Sugar Cookies is an unconventional thriller that works as well as it does because of the performances of its two leading ladies.

Sugar Cookies returns to Blu-ray via a strong release from Troma Films.

Written by Michael Den Boer