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The recent Blu-ray release of 1982’s Vice Squad, courtesy of boutique home video distributer Scream Factory, gives crime film aficionados the perfect opportunity to finally get wise to one of the most underrated and underseen thrillers of the ’80s, arguably the greatest sleaze noir of all time.
Neon No Man’s Land and Sleaze Noir: On The Underseen Brilliance of Vice Squad Zach Vasquez 2019
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One of the first American films released in 1980 was William Friedkin’s Cruising, a key work in the Sleaze Noir cannon.
Neon Slime: The Sleaze Noirs of the 1980s — Crooked Marquee Zach Vasquez 2024
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MAXXXINE (2024): I liked it! West's pulpy 80s-LA sleaze noir lets Mia Goth be a fucking star. Heavy giallo and true crime influences are an A+ aesthetic, same for VHS-era designs — but adversely, certain themes never fully incorporate.
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