-18 - Model For Murder The Centerfold Killer 20... -

Erika Jordan (Detective Parker), Jon Fleming (Phillip), Sarah Hunter (Amy), and August Ames Content and Rating

★★★★☆ (4 out of 5 stars)

Los Angeles, 2004. Supermodel Claudia Vane (played by a former Playboy Playmate) is found dead in her penthouse bathtub, her body posed to mimic the cover of Vogue . Detective Leo Franks (a grizzled character actor with a whiskey voice) is assigned the case. His only lead: a photographer named Rex , who has an -18 portfolio titled "The Death of Beauty." -18 - Model for Murder The Centerfold Killer 20...

For the target audience—teenagers renting DVDs from the back of a video store behind a beaded curtain— -18 meant forbidden . Today, in the streaming era, these films look absurdly tame by comparison, but in their time, they were the toxic waste of the horror genre. His only lead: a photographer named Rex ,