12-31-24 UPDATE

 

Well gang, 2024 was a ball buster for VZ1, but I think we've landed on our feet the last day of the year.  Over the next few days I will be restoring things to essentially to where they were right before Google curb stomped this site.

As many of you know, I tried to turn lemons into lemonade by revisiting the movies and re-posting with an artful (using air quotes when I use that word) AI filter.  Thing is, lemonade is really just watered down lemons; the site was diluted and (to keep this fruitful metaphor going) lost its zest. 

So, we're back to the old look, and I still have another 1000+ movies to restore (no exaggeration), so we're not there yet, but it'll be complete within the week for sure. This "old" theme isn't as mobile-friendly, but I think it's better to navigate for our purposes and allows me to put things into he sidebar better.  So we'll keep the old theme/look for a bit.

I'm sure you're asking - this is great and all, but isn't VZ1 just going to get shut down again?  Maybe.  But if it does, I'm going to go over to Wordpress - and hopefully will be able to get you all the link to the new site when/if that does happen.  I hate to have to start spending money (Blogger is free), but it'll just have to happen.  Adding shitty AI filters piecemeal and still getting Blogger restriction notices is for the birds.  

[You might also be asking how the hell are all these posts suddenly available again.  Well, I got a Gmail while I was in Barnes & Noble today that "your post titled [x] has been reinstated. We have re-evaluated the post titled [x] against Community Guidelines... upon review the post has been reinstated.  You may access your post at..." yada yada.  Got this for basically the whole blog.  So, here we are.  I should mention that I have to go and individually republish these posts from draft and this is taking forever.  I've sorted by label-year and am plowing my way through.]

Lastly, there will be a bit of a change around here in terms of content.  (At least for a while.)  I've become interested in some of the newer softcore releases - especially those which have come out of Mexico and other non-US countries.  When I say "newer" they're still 10+ years old, but still new compared to the bulk of VZ1's catalog.  I realize these won't interest most of you... but hey, you'll have the entire Library of Alexandria to explore while one row of shelves (2000-2014 Mexican sexploitation section, for example) gets stocked.

While it undoubtedly sucks that we've lost thousands of VZ1 readers this year - thanks to Google's smack-down and my subsequent AI filter experiment - the fact remains, we're still here. Thank you to the VZ1 readers have weathered this roller coaster of a year.

Well, my real job resumes after this holiday break, and I'll be back to traveling each week and watching sleazy movies and updating VZ1 in hotels around the country. Right now I'm going to go join the family upstairs for some drinking and games to celebrate the New Year, and will be back in the saddle soon. Cheers!

El sexo me divierte 2 (2016)

(AKA Sex Amuses Me 2) I've watched a ton of the Mexican sex comedies from the eighties and early nineties - so I thought it was high time to check in on how the genre is doing these days (although this is actually nearly ten years old!) I was a bit surprised at how raunchy it was (so glad to see the sex comedy hasn't been sanitized south of the border as it has in the states). But nothing could have prepared me for the clown rape. 

The Turnpike Killer (2009)

Supposedly the film's entire budget came from drug money; if you've seen this film, this sounds reasonable. It's yet another movie inspired by Maniac (1980).

Geteven (1993)

(AKA Champagne and Bullets / Road to Revenge) Sometimes cited as one of the worst movies ever made. I'd have to agree that you rarely see a film with so many layers of bad: terrible soundtrack, awful acting, insanely stupid dialog, even stupider plot, and on it goes. But it does have heart (and boobs), so let's have a look.

Hey, There's Naked Bodies on My TV! (1978)

TV shows from the seventies are spoofed. Happy Days, Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller are given the naughty treatment.

La nuit de la mort! (1980)

(AKA Night of Death) A young woman gets a job working at a retirement home for crazy geriatric cannibals.

Cash on Delivery (1992)

(Original Title: Yu ya gong wu) A romantic comedy from Hong Kong - which sort of turns into a disturbing drama in the last quarter. Starring the mega hottie Veronica Yip.

Tomboy (1985)

The eighties-ness is strong with this one. Featuring stone cold fox Betsy Russell, a healthy amount of gratuitous nudity, insane looking race cars, jaunty keyboard tunes, and much more.

Party Plane (1991)

If you liked the Party Favors (1987) or The Bikini Carwash Company (1992) films, you'll like this.  After all, it's by the same horny genius who wrote all of them - George Buck Flower, a regular on VZ1. It's a sexy airplane movie that would fit well with Pacific Banana (1980) and Bikini Airways (2003).

In the Cold of the Night (1990)

 

An erotic thriller about a dude who keeps having nightmares about killing a mysterious woman - whom he soon meets and falls in love with.

(AKA A Permit To Flirt)  Enrique Guevara's What A Mess They Got Me Into! (1980) was so awesome, I thought it was worth checking some of his other work. Very much like a Lemon Popsicle movie, it features a trio of guys (one goofball and two interchangeable studs) in search of getting laid.

Amada Amante (1978)

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Deathstalker II (1987)

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Deathstalker (1983)

What kid in the 1980s could turn away from this Boris Vallejo VHS cover art? Following the Conan the Barbarian gravy train, Roger Corman and many others started churning out cheap Sword & Sandal flicks and lining the video store shelves. This one had the added draw of starring Barbi Benton.

Blood Harvest (1987)

A slasher movie starring Tiny Tim as a demented clown?... Are you kidding me? I'm not sure how this slipped under my radar all these years, but I plan on amending this deficiency forthwith. Let's press play..

Lulu (1980)

A girl uses her sexuality to climb the ladder, but it's also what sends her back down - ultimately under Jack the Ripper's blade.

Calling All Police Cars (1975)

(Original Title: ...a tutte le auto della polizia...) I've never been particularly interested to explore the Italian Polizi genre. The police aspect of the giallos are always the lamest. Laborious scenes of detectives fumbling through red herrings is not my idea of entertainment. Plus, the ones I have seen never came close to a Dirty Harry or even a Starsky & Hutch. But, I suppose I have only grazed the tip of the iceberg and should check out some more, and this one - which is basically a Polizi-Giallo hybrid seemed a good place to start.

Delirium (1987)

A serial killer movie by Lamberto Bava, starring the Italian sex symbol Serena Grandi.

Pledge Night (1988)

A pledge is killed during "Hell Week" of 1969. Now Sid's back - and he's going to make the Greeks pay.

El liguero mágico (1980)

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Whirlpool (1970)

A UK thriller about a model who becomes affiliated with a rich woman and her son, leading to some dark twists and turns. The first picture for Spanish director José Ramón Larraz.

Ingrid sulla strata (1973)

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I ragazzi della Roma violenta (1976)

(AKA The Children of Violent Rome) An extremely violent movie about neo-Nazis in Italy who commit rape and all manner of ultra-violence.

Beach Babes from Beyond (1993)

Three alien girls crash land on earth and help to save a man's business by holding a bikini contest. The cast includes Sylvester Stallone’s mother, Martin Sheen’s brother, Patrick Swayze’s brother, John Travolta’s brother and Burt Ward (Robin from Adam West’s Batman). Also featuring Linnea Quigley who has said publicly that she hates this film.

La negra Tomasa (1993)

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Private School (1983)

Possibly the best mainstream teen sex comedy of the day. Phoebe Cates and Matthew Modine attempt to have sex for the first time, while Betsy Russell steals the show.

Profissão Mulher (1983)

(AKA Professional Woman) A Brazilian film about women who work for an advertising agency and have serious sexual hangups. Not your standard erotic-drama or your ordinary sex romp; this has some memorably disturbing scenes.

I'll Spit on Your Grave Too! (1995)

 

(AKA I'll Kill You... I'll Bury You... I'll Spit on Your Grave Too!) A group travels to a research facility in the country where they encounter a serial killer who has already been terrorizing the area.

Ice from the Sun (1999)

 

A very artsy sometimes incomprehensible film about battles in the afterlife and whatnot.

Beach Beverly Hills (1993)

 

Three girls from a small town in Ohio try to make it as models in Southern California.

Invasion for Flesh and Blood (1991)

 

Sequel to Flesh Eaters from Outer Space (1989) which I really enjoyed. The aliens continue to scourge the planet; this time there is a superhero to conquer them.

Scream Dream (1989)

 

After a lead singer is fired from a hair metal band, she uses witchcraft to possess her replacement for revenge.

Bigfoot: Blood Trap (2017)

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Crystal Force 2: Dark Angel (1994)

 

I actually really enjoyed Crystal Force (1992) but am surprised to find they made a sequel. I'm excited to see where this goes...

And Give Us Our Daily Sex (1979)

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Deep in My Mind (2011)

 

From Günther Brandl who brought us one of the satanic sleaze-fests I've ever seen, Unholy Ground (2016) - but who also brought us the godawful Necrophile Passion (2013). So let's see if Brandl can go 2-1 with this picture about a unassuming insurance salesman who may or may not be possessed by a serial killer.

Evil Laugh (1986)

 

Med students volunteer to clean up an old orphanage to make it a comfortable foster home; unfortunately, a serial killer puts a wrench into that plan.

Terror Express (1980)

 

Passengers aboard a train are assaulted and terrorized by three thugs.

Blood Debts (1985)

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The Haunted Sea (1997)

 

An abandoned ship carrying Aztec treasure is boarded by another ship's crew who unleash a demon when they try to steal the ancient items.

Reform School Girls (1986)

 

A parody of the Women In Prison genre featuring all the tropes we know and love in overdrive.

Physical Scandal (1990)

 

A guy stands to do quite well for himself in his father-in-law's business; but there's that pesky girl he's been having an affair with that might get in the way of his promotion - so he arranges to have her killed.

Lady Chatterley's Stories: Secrets S1E3 (2000)

 

Episode 3 in the Lady Chatterley's Stories series - "Secrets" - spoiler alert this was so terrible it about has me swearing off these late-night cable series altogether.

Cannibal Girls (1973)

 

An early Ivan Reitman film with some of the SCTV troupe involved.  A couple are stranded in a small town where three cannibal girls and their svengali are residents.

Castle of De Sade (1982)

 

(Original Title: O Castelo das Taras) An extraordinarily sleazy film about a pastor who becomes possessed by the Marquis De Sade and kills students staying at an abandoned castle.

Chaos A.D. (2016)

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Sleazy Rider (1972)

"He treated women like garbage and they loved him for it." A biker movie that lives up to its name - wildly sleazy and chock full of problematic material.