Zipperface, BDSM Fiend vs. Women

Alas, the perils of being a call-girl servicing the BDSM community. When clients go too far with bondage and whips, the results could be painful (...I guess that's the point). Throw in an attractive, progressive, female mayor who is really stupid and a newly promoted babe detective, who is really, really stupid, and you have a leather clad, BDSM serial-killer ruling the city. Today we look at straight to VHS "Zipperface," from 1992.

Lisa (Dona Adams) has just been promoted to detective merely because she is a woman. Mayor Harris (Trisha Melnykov) wants more women in leadership positions and surrounds herself with perverts. Enter three lovely, leather clad BDSM call-girls. Their 'John' gets carried away killing Janet (Kimberly Hamilton-Mansfield) with a whip. Not too adept, the fiend lets the other two escape...but not for long. Lisa is assigned to the case and she immediately starts swapping spit, and engaging in pre-marital sex with the #1 suspect, Michael (Jonathan Mandell). Michael is a BDSM photographer who used to date the deceased Janet. Lucky for him Lisa is really, really stupid. Uh oh, one of the survivors, Natalie (Jillian Ross), and her colleague/lesbian lover, Elisabeth (Laureen E. Clair) are then brutally murdered by our fiend.

Now the mayor is getting serious and demands the police solve the case before Election Day. Instead of collecting prints and running license plates, Lisa has more passionate pre-marital sex with the #1 suspect. Uh oh, the other survivor to the first attack, Sherry (Rikki Brando) is strangled by the same fiend.  Instead of working with her colleagues, Lisa enlists the help of the Michael (#1 suspect) to catch the killer. Now undercover in a tight, kinky BDSM get-up, Lisa walks into a trap and now will have to hope that the men in her life are able to bail her out. Tied up and whipped (literally), Lisa will have to think fast and actually display some intelligence.

Is Michael really the killer, or is this too easy? Is Detective Lisa's incompetence shutting down the prostitution industry in her city? What of these perverts that work in the Mayor's inner circle, may they be involved in the murders? This is a fun one and it does have you guessing. The ending may be a surprise, but this horror film largely works as an exploitation piece. For ideas in BDSM wardrobe and accessories, see "Zipperface," directed by Mansour Pourmand.