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Creepy facemasks and slasher movies have gone together like cheese and chives throughout the lengthy lifespan of the cycle. People often assume that it was John Carpenter that started the trend, but as is the case with many of the genre's clichés - the Italians did it first. Movies like Eyeball, Torso and Blood and Black Lace were the originators of a hooded maniac in a murder mystery. There were also a couple of American pre-Halloween slashers that warrant a mention. Classroom Massacre, Keep my Grave Open and Savage Weekend clearly pre-date 1978, whilst The Town that Dreaded Sundown is widely regarded as one of the first teen-kill movies.

Carpenter's seminal flick may not have been the maiden masked nightmare, but it certainly started the competitive race between directors to unveil the spookiest disguise for their bogeymen. Over the years we've seen some memorable contenders, but my favourites would have to be: My Bloody Valentine's maniacal miner, The Prowler's sadistic soldier and Wicked Games' copper-faced assassin. I'm also keen on many of the killer clowns that have made an appearance throughout the category. The final scene in The House on Sorority Row has to be listed as one of the best and The Clown of Midnight also ranks highly amongst the greatest madmen's costumes.

A leather mask was probably the last type to be used in a slasher movie, probably because they are widely linked with sexual perversion, which of course doesn't exactly make for a scary disguise. But in later years both Blackout and this obscurity decided that fear could certainly be incorporated with a gimp suit. Here's how the later of the two fared…

The screen lights up with the rush of blue sirens, as cops race to the scene of a hostage situation. It seems that a stressed-out gentleman has possibly had enough of being cast as an extra in cruddy low-brow turkeys, so he's decided to hold his wife and kid at gunpoint. Detective Shine (David Clover) manages to wrestle with the gunman, but unluckily for him he looses the fight to grab a loose pistol and it looks like it's the end of the road for the grey haired officer. Fortunately he is saved in the nick of time by some precision marksmanship from Lisa Ryder (Donna Adams), the California Police Department's hottest female law-enforcer.

Her heroic encounter earns the brunette a promotion to Detective first class, and its a feat that is heavily envied by her male counterparts. Meanwhile a leather-clad maniac is jollying around town slaughtering hookers and dumping their bloody corpses on street corners. Ryder and Shine are put on the case of the murderous gimp and their first call of questioning is a sleazy back street photographer called Michael Walker (John Mandell). Lisa is such a top notch inspector that normal Police regulation doesn't seem to apply to her, so before long she's dating the cameraman even though he's suspect numero uno. When the bodies continue to pile up around the city, she decides to go undercover in an attempt to flush out the S & M madman…

If anything, Zipperface effortlessly sums up all that went wrong with the slasher genre towards the end of its rein. What started as a great stepping-stone for up and coming filmmakers and thespians had been reduced to a sewer of cinema faeces by movies with flat direction, zero suspense or shocks and talentless mediocre actors. The boom years of early eighties splatter flicks managed to conceal their lack of strong dramatic line-ups with gooey special effects and exciting directorial flourishes. Unfortunately, by this point in the cycle titles like Rush Week, Deadly Dreams and The Majorettes had seemed to be produced in a conspiracy to put the category where many of the aforementioned feature's characters ended up. In an early grave.

Donna Adams doesn't even vaguely convince as an officer of the law and her inexplicably idiotic behaviour - which includes doing a striptease for a top suspect in a nationwide murder investigation - is more mind numbingly pathetic than you might ever expect it to be. Mansour Pourmand couldn't direct traffic and the wide majority of the cast members would struggle to get a second reading for a radio commercial. I searched and searched, but found nothing here of merit or note.

On the plus side, if you manage to keep the TV turned on until the end then you may be fairly surprised by the killer's identity. To be honest though, I doubt that by that time you'll even care. And another plus point? Well, erm.... the disc is perfectly symmetrical, which means that you could use it as a matt to place your cup of tea upon?? Aside from that there's really no other reason to go out and buy Zipperface. Bad bad bad and not in a good way, this is 90 minutes of my life that I could have spent more constructively by plucking my chest-hair. Abysmal.

The first thing you should know about "Zipperface" is that it was shot on video, so it has that peculiar "home-video-ish" look that is terribly distracting and makes it hard to take this seriously as a "real" film. And "Zipperface" indeed looks as if a bunch of amateurs got together for an attempt at a "real" serial-killer thriller. It's not quite that, but it's not as bad as it looks, either. Having a woman as one of the two detectives on the case puts a spin on the exploitation genre. Dona Adams gives an appealingly amateurish performance in the role - her obvious inexperience in front of the camera somehow works for her. Plus, she puts up a GREAT fight against the killer at the end. The red herrings appear ludicrous at first, but ultimately they work - I guessed the killer INcorrectly. And you have to wonder if perhaps Tarantino had seen the Zipperface guy when he came up with the idea of "The Gimp" for "Pulp Fiction". (*1/2)

Seems your Phaithful Phrog is the only one who saw this rarity. Well, there's no use to lose sleep over it : this is an average thriller (Tv movie ?) with an S&M overdose - but why does S&M between consenting adults always have to lead to murder and mayhem ? As a "killer-stalks-witness" story, this one is classical but brisky, but I especally liked the leather-clad killer which seems straight out of an Italian giallo. But don't expect another "Profondo Rosso"

Wow! This is the movie that should be shown on TV at Two in the morning on Cinemax for all those insomniacs (lord knows they'd probably pass out from boredom watching this movie) Terrible acting, the killer is quite far from scary, I've seen clowns at carnivals that were scarier. Lot's of unnecessary 'skin' in this film, pseudo-porn scenes which are just horrible in more ways than a million, a gawdy soap opera style script which really hurt the movie and the director really had no flair for whatever genre he was trying to create with this film. I could see a group of teenagers with their parents camcorders doing better work than this. I don't think there is a part of me that could recommend this film to anyone...

Zipperface is the kind of experience one waits an entire lifetime to avoid! Mansour Pormand ranks as one of the worst film directors of all time! If, however, you love bad films, see this at all costs!

There's someone killing S&M prostitutes in a small Californian town and the police are having a hard time catching him. A recently promoted female detective is on the case and, despite the fact she's just there to fill a quota, she's trying to take him down.

I have to say that the killer looks pretty cool. Very intimidating. But, as for the rest of the film, well it's all a pretty lame affair. We have as much trouble finding Zipperface as the police do in this film because he very rarely makes an appearance. The rest of the runtime seems to be fairly boring kitchen sink drama.

So, as a cop would say at a crime scene. "Move along folks, nothing to see here. Move along."

This is the BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN! I bought it for an amazing price of $1 (Canadian) at the Dollar store. It was worth every penny. One could call this film "A-lame-plotty-porno-with-all-of-the-porn-edited-out", but I prefer "*incoherent gagging sounds interspersed with maniac laughter*". I highly recommend you see this film. it's hilarious. I have to wonder where the hell the found the actors because most of them aren't credited to anything else. This movie has everything you could ever want including: A drag queen, a lesbian scene, lots of gory murders, an attractive female lead and dog food! A priceless movie. Well, worth a dollar anyway.

Yes! It's ZIPPERFACE! The serial killer movie..

I saw this film not too long ago..

I must admit, for a film like this one.. This one kept me glued for some reason, right until the very end.. But to sum it all up, I gotta give credit to the director as well as it's crew.. Although the movie's done in a low budget scale.. Yeah! It kept me guessing all the way 'til the end..

Unlike the other 'slasher' movies like 'SCREAM' for instance.. It has it's usual elements.. Love, humour, suspense, killings.. Need I say more..?

For this movie..? Well, it was good. Worth watching.. Especially if you're not doing anything on a rainy day..

I'm going to give it a 7 out of 10.. That's for good effort and good viewing..

Once in a while, a movie comes along that makes you think; yeah, spot on, they got that just right. Zipperface, is one of those movies. Frighteningly realistic acting, combined with a strong script and some of the finest directing i've ever had the pleasure of viewing. Make this Spine Tingling Psychological Horror a must see.

The character of Zipperface is disturbingly life like and if anything... perhaps a little too believable. I'd like to say this movie belongs up there with the greats; The Godfather, Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, Heavy Rock Zombies, etc... but in all honesty, it's in a league of its own.

The beauty behind a movie like Zipperface is it doesn't get hung up on trivial things - like whether the movie makes any sense. Why are there cans of dog food at the scene of the crime? we don't know, and i guess we never will.

Zipperface is a gem that'll leave you guessing till the very end.

Acting - second to none Plot - equally.... erm... second to none Fear Factor - 100% Overall grade - A+.

This film takes horror to another level. A truly unique, edge of your seat thrill ride of hellish fear. The character of "Zipperface" is so sickeningly deranged (yet twistedly realistic), there were moments where I had to pause my VCR in order to wretch uncontrollably out of sheer terror. As "Zipperface" descents into a whirlwind of madness, I was almost able to feel his grasp on his own sanity frantically slipping into a maniacal world. Nearly paralyzed by his demonic acts, I watched as he unremorsfully murdered not one, but SEVERAL hookers with a variety of bone chilling devices of torture. The unfortunate whores were only able to scream for a mere moment before their inevitable demise, but those very screams haunted my mind and soul for days. Although I purchased this terrifying film at the dollar store, I feel it was almost worth the money, and would even go as far as saying it could be categorized with such classics as: "Bride of Chucky", "Ninja Cheerleaders", and "Nympho Zombies". Bravo, to the entire cast and crew! I am still anxiously awaiting the sequel!

This film goes beyond good. Into the realm of superwonder!!! It IS the best film ever made. The story is superb, as is the acting and direction. You will watch this movie over and over, and still find something new each time you view it. How Zipperface was never put up for any awards is an outrage. It could, and should, have won the best picture Oscar, plus the gongs for best actor (zippy), actress (the policewoman), actor in a supporting role (the dodgy policeman..the one who has the dog food), director (??), and all the other top awards a film like this deserves...nay, commands!!! If there is a better film in the world, i have yet to see it. Zipperface....THE face of terror, and brilliant wonderness!!!

Everything above is a lie........

Oh, my God, why was this movie ever made? That is a second graded TV-movie with pathetic acting, awful directing, flat plot... In this movie the characters seem to be electroshocked almost every minute. In "Zipperface" no one behaves like a real person would. That way, in one scene, a prostitute, after hearing some words like "Ask me to punish you..." from behind a door, comes in and says to her colleages: "I can't do that, I'll go home"... And so on. All the sets look so cheap, as if they would made of paper, all the scenes are shot on a soap operas stidio. Among these scenes are a ridiculous scene "hit-by-the-car", "thrown-out-of-a-balcony", "had-her-head-cut-off". But if you really want to enjoy this kind of a made-for-TV low-budget hilarity, buy or rent this one.

This is the best movie called Zipperface I've ever seen. If you want to watch a film called Zipperface then I highly recommend this film. I can't think of any other film called Zipperface that portrays a man in a gimp suit any better than this. Apart from Pulp Fiction, but that's not called Zipperface.

However, if you're not interested in watching a film called Zipperface and enjoy good acting, good dialogue and good direction, maybe give it a miss.

You could add to your enjoyment by watching it on Prime, it's like watching it on VHS, including the "tracker" lines.

There is nudity so I give it 10,000/10.

After watching zipperface i felt joy, it was one of the funniest films i have ever seen. It is the same sort of category as Friday 13th and nightmare on elm street films. A sort of comedy horror, very predictable but still very nail biting and exciting. I think that the film is probably better than both of them and i really did like them both but nowhere near zipperace. Not only is zipperface a funny film at time but it is also quite scary foe example when my main man, zipperface decapitates a young half naked woman, this doesn't sound that scary but when you watch by yourself in the dark, on a cold december night it will scare the bejubus out of you. Quite simply i highly recommend this film, its like a party in my mouth and everyone's invited, its that good. Must see. 5 *****

Well, I had some fun while watching Zipperface... That´s a kind of movie you don´t watch seriously, unlike The Silence of the Lambs or Copycat. I laughed a bit while watching it. That´s seems to be a second graded TV movie (it seems to be shot on videotape). Everything is very weak - plot, directing, acting (completely horrible), cinematography (I would rather say videography), music and other stuff, which makes movie a good or a bad one. Nobody of the major cast of Zipperface have done more than one movie - Zipperface! For example, have you heard anything about actors Donna Adams, Jonathan Mandell, Trisha Melinkov? Or a director - Mansour Pourmand?

some scenes of the movie are really funny. For example, in one episode a maniac in leather suit cuts off a head of a whore. (All the victims of this movie are the whores - why - I don´t understand!) and he does it as easily as if he would cut a watermelon or something... And in another scene he throws the slut out of the balcony and if you watch carefully (that´s really difficult) you will see a tent which was carefully put there, so the slut just plumps on the tent! Buy or rent this movie and you´ll have a lot of fun!

What did hell freeze over, or did pigs fly.How on earth was this movie ever allowed to, see the light of day. the acting was worst than second rate. I think that anyone who has seen this film, needs to walk right in to the ocean. the studio who produced this movie should be eviscerated