RetroCrush #001

It’s kind of funny to watch movies from a decade or two past. What was then considered strikingly beautiful might look dated, or down right ugly by today’s standards. It’s strange how the perceived present view of what’s considered beautiful changes over time. Still there are those women whose beauty transcends the decades.

That’s what RetroCrush is all about, celebrating those women with timeless beauty who I have a bit of an obsession with. Some are well known, others not, some are still beautiful today in there older age, and some are dead. So without any further ado here’s my first pick for what I hope to be a regular feature.

Name: Pia Zadora
Real Name: Pia Alfreda Schipani
Date/Place of Birth: 5-4-1954, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Measurements: 34B-21-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
Prime Years: 1980-1989

A Few Thoughts: The first time I saw Pia was on a VHS cover for Voyage of the Rock Aliens. I was just a kid, but I stared at the video cover in Block Busters every time I went in. I really didn’t believe a woman could be that beautiful. I thought that an artist had touched up the picture. When I finally got around to watching it I was awe.

Here was this short, very petite living doll, that’s the only way I could describe her. She looked like a doll or a live action version of an anime character. Totally unique in build and beauty, I was in love.

Over the years I tracked down some of Pia’s other movies. Most of all of them could be considered B-Movies. She was the first actress to win two Razzie awards two years back to back. Pia’s first film roll was that as a green alien in Santa Clause Conquers the Martians. So maybe she was destined for B-Movie fame from the beginning. 

As well as acting Pia has also had a singing career also reaching it’s peek in the 80’s. One other notable media appearance is a spread she did for Penthouse Magazine in 1983.

For those of you interested what I think is the best of Mrs.Zadora’s work is listed below.

Nevada Heat 

A.K.A. Fake-Out

Pure Pia Cheese! Pia sings, dances, and gets into all sorts of trouble. Definitely worth checking out to see Pia in her prime.

Voyage of the Rock Aliens

There aren’t a whole lot of movies that capture the feeling of the 80’s like this movie. Pia does some music numbers in this as well that are worth a laugh. Many people think Pia never looked better than in this film. I agree.

Butterfly

Incest themes and brief nudity make this the most racy Pia movie out there. No sing or dancing in this one but Pia does chew the scenery up as a little whore. Bath tub scene is worth the price of admission alone.

The Lonely Lady

This movie is notorious for being one of the lowest rated movies on IMDB, it’s in the bottom 100. A greatly ridiculous rag to riches story financed by her wealthy husband, The Lonely Lady is a must not only for Pia fans but for fans of cheese alike. The now infamous scene of Pia being assaulted with a garden hose by Ray Liotta is as timeless as Pia’s beauty!