Zipperface (1992) is an American erotic slasher written and directed by Mansour Pourmand (with Barbara Bishop). It is pure early-’90s straight-to-video sleaze: a killer in a bondage suit, stage actresses who moonlights as BDSM sex workers, and detectives racing a political clock. For adult genre fans, it is a time capsule of how mainstream horror once used SM imagery as shock fuel.
Plot (Spoiler-Light)
In Palm City, a sadomasochistic murderer nicknamed Zipperface hunts actresses who sell kink sessions on the side. Detectives Lisa Ryder and Harry Shine take the case under pressure from Mayor Angela Harris. Suspects pile up: a misogynist cop, a cross-dressing mayoral aide, a preacher who may be pimping under a halo, and photographer Michael Walker—who starts dating Lisa just as evidence points his way.
The trail leads through fake charity, underground appointments, and finally an abandoned warehouse that doubles as Zipperface’s sex dungeon. The climax is pure pulp: trap, rescue, unmasking, and the revelation that power, money, and the mayor’s machine are dirtier than the leather suit.
BDSM Imagery on Screen
- Full-body bondage suit killer aesthetic (the “zipper face” mask).
- Victims coded as BDSM prostitutes / kink providers.
- Warehouse dungeon set pieces, restraint, and eroticized violence.
None of this is educational SM. Consent culture, negotiation, and safewords are not the point—the film uses kink as erotic danger, the same way many ’90s slashers used lingerie. Watch it as trash-cinema history, not as a how-to.
Who Will Like It
Fans of erotic horror, bondage-suit villains, and unapologetically adult VHS energy. If your taste runs to Japanese SM pink film or arthouse power exchange, treat Zipperface as a greasy American cousin: louder, cheaper, and proudly lowbrow.
