1.   Only this time, instead of ridiculously overblown fight sequences, the actors have to compete against an escalating pile of lurid sex abuse.

2.   The news media, meanwhile, took both the high and low roads, playing up the lurid sex but usually refusing to name the offender.

3.   What about the lurid sex scenes that include, among many activities, hangings?

4.   Along the way he gets sucked into a vortex of conspiracy, lurid sex and death.

5.   Capping a sensational trial that has shocked Canadians, jurors found Paul Bernardo guilty Friday of premeditated murder in the lurid sex slayings of two teenaged girls.

6.   Paul Bernardo, an accountant, was found guilty Friday of premeditated murder in the lurid sex slayings of two teenage girls that shocked Canada.