Summer of 1982: "Vice Squad"

For people with any morals or social conscience at all, heartless tales of hatred and vengeful flesh-wreckage should cause feelings of anger and discomfort. For the rest of us, there’s VICE SQUAD. In one night, single mom/L.A. prostitute “Princess” (Season Hubley of the similarly unredeemable HARDCORE) will incur the wrath of a vicious, vicious hillbilly pimp, igniting a street war that encompasses the entire underbelly of the city. Filmed at the pinnacle of ‘80s Hollywood exploitation by the brilliant… Show more director of DEAD & BURIED and RAW MEAT, this feral, no-rules assault on the senses is enough to make heroin puke. Strangely enough, it truly features one of the Top 3 Film Performances of All Time in the impossibly furious man-beast Ramrod, played by Wings Hauser. Also featured is Fred “Rerun” Berry of TV’s WHAT’S HAPPENING as a goodtimey flesh peddler. An extraordinarily filthy, depraved and manic misanthropic soulcrusher that also happens to be a stunningly well-made movie, watching VICE SQUAD is kind of like being fisted by a gorilla...it feels great, but you’ll either die or get arrested once it’s over. (Zack)

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