Directed by: William Collins
Stars: John ‘Bud’ Cardos, Robert Dix, Richard Jeffries, Gillian Simpson, Liz Marshall, Jackie De Witt, Perry Dell
Language: English
Country: USA | Imdb Info
Also known as: The Las Vegas Strangler
Description: Set against the neon-soaked underbelly of 1960s Las Vegas, the film follows Lori, a hard-luck barroom drifter who believes she’s found salvation when she marries the charming Jeff. But behind the glitter and quick vows lies something rotten: Jeff lives under the suffocating control of his domineering mother — and hides a far more violent double life.
As the city’s cheapest bars and nightclubs become hunting grounds, a serial killer stalks vulnerable women, leaving behind a trail of strangulation and ritualistic trophies. Lori slowly senses that her marriage is built on silence, absence, and menace, while Las Vegas itself is revealed as a grim carousel of desire, exploitation, and disposable lives. Part sleazy travelogue, part early slasher blueprint, No Tears for the Damned captures a raw, pre-genre moment where crime, sexuality, and violence collide without rules.
Legacy note: Long believed lost for decades, the film resurfaced years later as a near-mythical grindhouse relic — now recognized as an important proto-slasher and a rare, unfiltered snapshot of sleazy mid-century Las Vegas cinema.
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