Directed by: Howard Ziehm
Stars: Howard Alexander, Martin Victor, Dee Serano, Nina Martinez, Maria Gomez, Sue Pagan, Dorothy Clemente, Lidia Hernandez
Language: English
Country: Usa | Imdb Info

Also known as: House of Whorers

Description: When Jamie, a young Los Angeles drifter, discovers his girlfriend is pregnant, desperation drives him south of the border. Promised quick cash for a risky drug run from Tijuana back to California, he soon realizes the deal is dirtier than he imagined.

In the neon haze of early 1970s Mexico, Jamie and his jittery friend Rick sink deeper into the underworld — a seedy labyrinth of cantinas, corrupt gringos, and private clubs that never close. Between the swirling cigarette smoke, jukebox rock, and the grinding bodies of Tijuana’s working girls, Jamie’s mission to save his future turns into a psychedelic descent into betrayal and vice.

Director Howard Ziehm (of Mona: The Virgin Nymph fame) blends the grit of border-town crime with the raw carnality of early adult cinema, crafting a film that’s both sleazy and strangely human. Featuring cult favorites Andy Bellamy, Eve Orlon, and Jill Sweete, the movie captures the dying innocence of 1970s exploitation — when even sin had style.

With grainy cinematography, a pounding garage-rock soundtrack (“Louie Louie” and “Let It All Hang Out”), and a finale that crashes headlong into irony and chaos, Tijuana Blue is a sunburned road trip through moral decay and sweaty redemption — a grimy time capsule of American guilt in a Mexican mirror.