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Gary, an actor who plays a cop on television, uses too much lighter fluid when he burns his ex-girlfriend's things, then he drinks and drives, uses crack, and crashes his car. He sobers up in jail and is placed under house arrest and the watchful eye of a publicist, the cheery and tough-minded Marga β¦ret. She moves him into the empty house of a writer who's away in Canada on a shoot. Gary meets Sarah, an attractive and seemingly-willing neighbor. His friendship with Margaret blooms and strange things happen: he finds notes he doesn't remember writing, he hears noises, and he seems to bump into himself in the kitchen. Two remaining chapters reveal what's going on. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiacanyonwoodselevatorbushotelswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | baby cryingreference to godbest friendactresswriterbabyactorgirlprostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | house arrestnetwork executivecar batterywooden matchlighting a matchparallel universewoman producermute childtv producerburning housenew housetv series pilotwhite wineplayer pianogrand piano β¦jumping on a bedhaunted houseactress shares first name with characteractress playing multiple rolesbaby monitorbus stopplump girlactor playing multiple roleshotel roomreference to robert downey jr.applying mascaralaying on grasslost in thoughtdriving while stonedankle braceletnumber gametoasting marshmallowsboeing 727post it notelighter fluidfocus groupbarbecue grillputterninereference to ted bundymovie reality crossovervoltaireepistemologyone way mirrordream realitybead curtainone woman showgod complexreference to imdbvideo game referencepughikebackgammonnetworkpublicistfictional tv showkoalagolf ballreceptionmousetrapmultiple personalitybatterymetaphysicsmortgagefictional reality showintercomtheologycrack cocaineworldmatchbare feetuniversepush upsbillboardalarmmultiple storylinenovelinterrupted sexalternate realityhandheld cameramusical numberscreenwriterproducerscissorsmutedrug dealingrehearsalbeardgay characterarsongarageheroinglassespilottheaternunhousevideo cameracaliforniawinemanhattan new york citytelephonetelevisionpianoneighborcar crashbedarrestcar accidentsex on couchcell phonefireshowertitle spoken by characterdogmasturbation (See All) |
L.A. soft-porn writer Carter Webb is frustrated enough, after his actress girlfriend dumps him, to need a serious break. He decides to spend it with his grandmother, who can't really take care of herself and her Detroit suburb house anyway. Helpful Carter soon overcomes mishaps to bond with the foxy β¦ neighbor across the street and her daughters. Helping them actually helps him regain perspective and self-confidence. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiawoodsrestaurant |
Characters: | actresswritergirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | screenwriterhouseneighborcell phoneshowerdog |
After his father is killed in a car accident, things unravel for Kale Brecht and he is placed under house-arrest for punching his Spanish teacher. Having nothing better to do, Kale occupies himself by spying on his neighbors. But one night, he witnesses what appears to be a murder going on in Mr. Tu β¦rner's house. Kale becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind these murders but, after a few unsettling run-ins with Mr. Turner, it becomes a matter of life and death. And the ominous question: Who is watching whom? (Read More)
Locations: | swimming pool |
Characters: | writermother daughter relationship |
Story: | house arrestscissorsgaragehousevideo cameraneighborarrestcar accidentcell phonetitle spoken by characterdog |
It's nearing the 10th Anniversary of the film 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' and one of the stars, Heather Langenkamp is being scared by a voice on a phone, sounding very similar to the film's villain, Freddy Krueger. When Heather's husband is killed in a car accident and is discovered with slash marks β¦ on him, Heather starts to wonder something. Especially when she discovers that Wes Craven is writing another 'Nightmare' film. Soon, she realizes that Freddy has now entered the real world, and the only way to defeat him is to become Nancy Thompson once again. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiaswimming pool |
Characters: | actressactorhusband wife relationship |
Story: | actor playing multiple rolesworldalternate realitycaliforniatelephonetelevisioncar crashbedcar accidentcell phonefire |
A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish produc β¦tion, 47, which was never finished due to an unspeakable tragedy. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiahotel |
Characters: | actressactorprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomalternate realityhousetelephonetelevisionneighborbedtitle spoken by character |
Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" is the story of a legendary showman's double life - television producer by day, CIA assassin by night. At the height of his TV career, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA and trained to become a β¦ covert operative. Or so Barris said. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiahotelswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | reference to godgirlprostitute |
Story: | tv producernew houseproducerwinemanhattan new york citytelevisionshowermasturbationdog |
Inspired by a true story, Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can't give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to β¦ rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevatorbushotelswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | best friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roombillboardtelephonepianocell phonetitle spoken by character |
Aspiring actress serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and jazz musician Sebastian scrapes by playing cocktail-party gigs in dingy bars. But as success mounts, they are faced with decisions that fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain β¦in each other threaten to rip them apart. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevatorswimming pool |
Characters: | reference to godactresswriterbabymother daughter relationship |
Story: | one woman showrehearsaltheatervideo camerawinetelephonepianocell phoneshower |
Larry and Carol are fairly normal New Yorkers who have sent their son off to college. They meet an elderly couple down the hall and later in the week find that the wife has suddenly died. Carol becomes suspicious of Paul who seems to be too cheerful and too ready to move on. She begins her investiga β¦tion. Larry insists she is becoming too fixated on their neighbor as all of the irregularities seem to have simple non-homicidal explanations. Ted, a recently divorced friend helps her investigation and Larry begins to become jealous of their relationship and agrees to help her. (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorbushotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | actresswriterhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roommatchtheatermanhattan new york cityneighbor |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actressbabyactor |
Story: | grand pianorehearsalarsonpianoneighborcar crashcar accidentshowertitle spoken by characterdog |
Everything is connected: an 1849 diary of an ocean voyage across the Pacific; letters from a composer to his lover; a thriller about a conspiracy at a nuclear power plant; a farce about a publisher in a nursing home; a rebellious clone in futuristic Korea; and the tale of a tribe living on post-apoc β¦alyptic Hawaii far in the future. (Read More)
Locations: | woodselevatorswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godwritergirlprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | actress playing multiple rolesactor playing multiple rolesmultiple storylinetelephonepianocar crasharrestcell phonetitle spoken by characterdog |
On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick's portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark β¦question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorhotelswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | writergirlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | alarmhousevideo cameramanhattan new york citytelephonetelevisionneighborbedarrestcell phoneshower |
Renai is interrogated by a police detective about the supernatural events in the house. While the police investigate the house, the Lambert family temporarily moves to the old house of Lorraine Lambert. Renai is haunted by a woman in white and Josh has a strange behavior at home. Meanwhile Lorraine β¦seeks out Elise's partners Specs and Tucker expecting to find answers. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | grand pianohaunted housebaby monitorhousevideo camerapiano |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only β¦companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorhotelrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | babymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomworldscissorsmutenunmanhattan new york citytelevisioncell phoneshowertitle spoken by characterdog |
An ex-con, fresh out of prison, goes to L.A. to try to learn who murdered his daughter. However, he quickly finds that he is completely out of place with no understanding of the culture he finds. His investigations are helped by another ex-con. Together they learn that his daughter had been having a β¦n affair with a record producer, who is presently having an affair with another young woman. An aging actress, who also knew his daughter, forces him to look at his own failures as a father. The movie does focus on the drama of the situation and the inter-relationships of the characters and seldom slips into an action piece. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiaswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godactressactor |
Story: | alarmproducerdrug dealingheroincaliforniacar accidentcell phonefire |
59 year old Ove is the block's grumpy man who several years earlier was deposed as president of the condominium association, but he could not give a damn about being deposed and therefore keeps looking over the neighborhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family moves into the terr β¦aced house opposite and accidentally backs into Ove's mailbox it turns out to be an unexpected friendship. A drama comedy about unexpected friendship, love and the importance of surrounding yourself with the proper tools. (Read More)
Locations: | bushotelswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godbabygirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | burning housegaragehousewinetelephoneneighborfiredog |
The middle-class couple Linda Hanson and Jim Hanson live a wasted and routine relationship with their two daughters in their comfortable house in the suburbs. On a Thursday morning, the local sheriff visits Linda and tells her that her husband died in a car accident on the previous day. On the next β¦morning, when Linda awakes, she finds Jim safe and sound at home. When she awakes on the next morning, she realizes that her days are out of order, but her family and friends believe she is insane. (Read More)
Characters: | best friendmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | new housealternate realityhousetelephonetelevisioncar crashcar accidentcell phoneshower |
Seeing reflections of Mumbai under the red light, Talaash is a tale of love lost, fatal attraction and above all the quest to solve a perfect crime. Suspense at its core, Talaash explores Mumbai's underbelly like never before. Aamir Khan plays an investigation officer, Inspector Shekhawat who receiv β¦es a phone call early in the morning informing him about death and an accident and how everything starts to unfold from there. The case turns into a life altering chase for Inspector Shekhawat when he is forced to reel under the repercussions of a broken married life with his wife Roshni played by Rani Mukherji and come face to face with his suppressed grief. Being on his investigational quest and fighting it out with personal struggle, Inspector Shekhawat meets a sex worker Rosie played by Kareena Kapoor who further adds shades of mystery to the puzzle. What looks like a simple car accident investigation turns into a haunting mystery as further investigations show many anomalies stringed to the death of the victim. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Locations: | elevatorhotel |
Characters: | actorprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomcar crasharrestcar accidentshowertitle spoken by characterdog |
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. β¦When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | actressgirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | player pianoworldalternate realityscissorshousepianoneighborcell phonetitle spoken by characterdog |
A bright-eyed young actress travels to Hollywood, only to be ensnared in a dark conspiracy involving a woman who was nearly murdered, and now has amnesia because of a car crash. Eventually, both women are pulled into a psychotic illusion involving a dangerous blue box, a director named Adam Kesher, β¦and the mysterious night club Silencio. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | actress |
Story: | tv series pilotactress playing multiple rolescaliforniatelephonecar crashcar accidenttitle spoken by character |
In 1941, New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle, Barton develops severe writer's block. His neighbor, jovial insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but Barton continues to struggle as a β¦bizarre sequence of events distracts him even further from his task. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevatorhotelswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | writer |
Story: | screenwriterneighborfiretitle spoken by character |
Dr. Joe Darrow is a recently widowed doctor. He is grieving due to the death of his pregnant wife in a Red Cross mission in Venezuela. Although being atheist, he began to believe that his dead wife wants to communicate with him, through her young patients in the Pediatrics of a Chicago hospital.
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Locations: | elevatorbus |
Characters: | best friendbabygirlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | pilotnunneighborarrestcar accidentcell phonetitle spoken by character |
Tarkovsky mixes flash-backs, historical footage and original poetry to illustrate the reminiscences of a dying man about his childhood during World War II, adolescence, and a painful divorce in his family. The story interweaves reflections about Russian history and society.
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | writerbabyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | burning houseactress playing multiple rolesactor playing multiple rolestelephonebedfireshowerdog |
Andrew Largeman is a semi-successful television actor who plays a intellectually disabled quarterback. His somewhat controlling and psychiatrist father has led Andrew ("Large") to believe that his mother's wheelchair bound life was his fault. Andrew decides to lay off the drugs that his father and h β¦is doctor made him believe that he needed, and began to see life for what it is. He began to feel the pain he had longed for, and began to have a genuine relationship with a girl who had some problems of her own. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiahotelswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godbest friendwriterbabyactorgirlprostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomtelephonetelevisionbeddog |
A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...
Locations: | los angeles californiabushotelswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | actressactorgirlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | reference to imdbnovelvideo cameramanhattan new york citycar accidentcell phonedog |
A Kansas City waitress with dreams of becoming a nurse becomes delusional after seeing her no-good car salesman husband murdered. Becoming delusional from shock, she becomes convinced that she is the former fiancee of her soap opera idol. What she also believes is that the soap opera is real and goe β¦s to LA to find the hospital where he works as a cardiologist. Meanwhile, her husband's murderers are searching for the drugs stolen by her husband and, as luck would have it, they are stored in the trunk of the car she drove off in. Freeman, an aging hit man planning his retirement after this job, also becomes delusional about the woman he is tracking. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiaswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | best friendactresswriteractormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | tv producerhotel roomgarageglassestelevisioncar accident |
The chief spokesperson and lobbyist Nick Naylor is the Vice-President of the Academy of Tobacco Studies. He is talented in speaking and spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. His best friends are Polly Bailey that works in the Moderation Council in alcohol β¦business, and Bobby Jay Bliss of the gun business own advisory group SAFETY. They frequently meet each other in a bar and they self-entitle the Mod Squad a.k.a. Merchants of Death, disputing which industry has killed more people. Nick's greatest enemy is Vermont's Senator Ortolan Finistirre, who defends in the Senate the use a skull and crossed bones in the cigarette packs. Nick's son Joey Naylor lives with his mother, and has the chance to know his father in a business trip. When the ambitious reporter Heather Holloway betrays Nick disclosing confidences he had in bed with her, his life turns upside-down. But Nick is good in what he does for the mortgage. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevatorhotelrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godactressactorgirlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | fictional tv showmortgagebillboardpilotwinebedcar accidentcell phone |
The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band an β¦d then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiabushotelswimming pool |
Characters: | reference to godbabyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | new housebus stopheroinmanhattan new york citypianoarresttitle spoken by characterdog |
A gripping story of a family in search of help for their son, Dalton, who fell into a coma after a mysterious incident in the attic. Little do they know that there is much more to this endless sleep than meets the eye as they explore the paranormal, and rediscover the past; the key to getting their β¦son back once and for all. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | babyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | new househaunted housebaby monitorhousevideo camerapianotitle spoken by character |
All 'Jay Baruchel' (qv) expected coming to LA was a fun time with 'Seth Rogen' (qv) with all the wild partying to have both by themselves and at 'James Franco' (qv)'s housewarming party. Suddenly, the Rapture hits and the Biblical Apocalypse has begun. Now, Jay and Seth are desperately sheltering in β¦ James' house for rescue along with a few other friends. Together, they must band together to attempt to survive the end of the world, only for Jay to find that they are all too dumb and superficial to do it until they discover the only way out. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Locations: | los angeles california |
Characters: | reference to godactressactor |
Story: | worldmatchhousevideo cameracar crashcar accidentcell phonefiremasturbation |
Alton Meyer is a boy unlike any other in the world with bizarrely powerful abilities and strange weaknesses. In the middle of the night, his father, Roy, spirits him away from the isolated cult that practically worships him and is determined to regain him at all costs. At the same time, Alton's abil β¦ities have been noticed by the US government as well and they are equally insistent on getting to the bottom of this mystery with Paul Sevier of the National Security Agency leading the Federal pursuit with his own questions. These rival hunts force father and son into a desperate run towards a looming date with destiny that could change everything. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | reference to godmother daughter relationship |
Story: | parallel universeintercomworldscissorsvideo cameratelephonecar crasharrestcar accidentcell phonefireshower |
Hector is an ordinary man who's moving to a new house with his wife. One evening, while he's looking through his binoculars, he sees a naked girl in the woods. He decides to go there just to find that same girl laying on a rock. Suddenly, a man with a pink bandage covering his face, stabs Hector in β¦his arm with scissors... (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | woods |
Characters: | girlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | batteryscissorshousetelephonecar accident |
Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice, is a stimulated man. Drinking, parties and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between jobs. He is the occasional father of a bright girl, Cleo, who may be spoiled but doesn't act it. When Cleo's mother drops her off and le β¦aves town, Johnny brings her along for the ride, but can he fit an 11-year-old girl into his privileged lifestyle? (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiahotelswimming pool |
Characters: | best friendactorgirlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | publicistcaliforniacell phone |
In colorful, bustling modern-day Manhattan, Rafi Gardet, a beautiful 37-year-old photography producer reeling from a recent divorce, meets David Bloomberg, a handsome 23-year-old painter recently out of college. Rafi's therapist, Dr. Lisa Metzger, who is working to help Rafi overcome her fears of in β¦timacy, finds out that Rafi's new lover is--unfortunately for Lisa--her only son, David. Both David and Rafi must contend with their 14-year age gap, vastly different backgrounds and the demands of David's traditional mother. Despite their intense attraction, the charmed couple soon realizes that vastly different ages and backgrounds create much conflict. A Jewish hip-hop lover and closet painter who still lives with his grandparents, David has little in common with Rafi--a non-practicing Catholic from a wealthy, broken family who travels in the sophisticated, high-end world of fashion. (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | babygirlmother daughter relationship |
Story: | jumping on a bedworldpush upsproducerwinemanhattan new york citybedcell phonedog |
Locations: | hotelswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | reference to godactresswriterprostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomproducertelephonecar crashtitle spoken by character |
On the brink of the new Millennium in the bustling City of Mexico, one horrible car accident intertwines inextricably the lives of three perfect strangers. Octavio, a rebellious adolescent who is secretly in love with his sister-in-law, dreams of escaping his miserable life, and for this reason, he β¦enters reluctantly the obscure world of dog fighting with his lethal dog Cofi. And then unexpectedly, Valeria, a stunning woman and famous supermodel, will cross paths with Octavio, while in the meantime, her pampered little dog Richie manages to vanish into thin air in the confined space of her apartment. Lastly, Chivo, an ex-guerrilla vagabond, after abandoning his little daughter, unable to make up for lost time, he channels his love to the city's strays and a mortally wounded Rottweiler. In the end, even though all the weary characters, men and beasts, wish for a bright future, in this life-changing journey in the pursuit of love, sometimes infidelity, sin and death can get in the way. (Read More)
Characters: | best friendbabymother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | worldbillboardmultiple storylinehandheld cameracar crashcar accidentcell phoneshowerdog |
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends β¦up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | elevatorbushotelnew york city |
Characters: | writer |
Story: | novelmanhattan new york citycar crasharrestcar accidenttitle spoken by characterdog |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a β¦murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorswimming pool |
Characters: | best friendprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | heroinwinetelephonecar crashcar accidentcell phonefiretitle spoken by characterdog |
In the 1960s, Richard Kuklinski is working as a porn film lab tech until his mob bosses persuade him to change his career into that of a contract killer. For years, Kuklinski gains a reputation for cold blooded professionalism even as he raises a family who are kept in the dark about his true career β¦. Unfortunately, mob politics ultimately forces him to secretly work independently with the psychopathic Robert 'Mr. Freezy' Pronge. As much as Kuklinski tries to keep his lives separate, circumstances and his own weaknesses threaten a terrible collision as the consequences of his choices finally catch up to him. (Read More)
Locations: | busrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | reference to godbest friendbabygirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | interrupted sexwinemanhattan new york citytelephonepianoarrestcar accidenttitle spoken by characterdog |
Locations: | elevatorhotelrestaurantnew york city |
Story: | burning housemutebeardarsonmanhattan new york citycar crashcar accidentcell phonefiredog |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen β¦ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Locations: | elevatorhotel |
Characters: | best friendbabyhusband wife relationship |
Story: | hotel roomgaragehousevideo cameratelephonebedarrestcar accidentcell phoneshower |
Detroit, the early 1960s. Curtis Taylor, Jr., a car salesman, breaks into the music business with big dreams. He signs a trio of young women, the Dreamettes, gets them a job backing an R&B performer, James "Thunder" Early, establishes his own record label and starts wheeling and dealing. When Early β¦flames out, Curtis makes the Dreamettes into headliners as the Dreams, but not before demoting their hefty big-voiced lead singer, Effie White, and putting the softer-voiced looker, Deena Jones, in front. Soon after, he fires Effie, sends her into a life of proud poverty, and takes Deena and the Dreams to the top. How long can Curtis stay there, and will Effie ever get her due? (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevatorbusswimming poolnew york city |
Characters: | actressgirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | rehearsalgarageheroinpianofiretitle spoken by character |
In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexp β¦ected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiarestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | tv producernetworkcaliforniatelevisionbedtitle spoken by character |
Raimunda, her daughter Paula and her sister Sole travel from Madrid to the windy and superstitious village of Alcanfor de las Infantas to visit the grave of their mother Irene, who died years ago in a fire with her husband. Then they visit Irene's sister Paula, an old senile aunt that raised Raimund β¦a after the death of her parents that insists to tell them that Irene is alive and living with her; later, they go to the house of her neighbor and friend Agustina, who gives a support to Paula. They return to Madrid, and after a hard day of work, Raimunda meets her daughter completely distraught at the bus stop waiting for her. When they arrive home, Paula tells her mother that she killed her unemployed father Paco, who was completely drunk and tried to rape her. While Raimunda hides his body, Sole calls her to tell that their beloved aunt Paula has died. The next morning, Sole travels alone to the funeral, and when she returns to Madrid, she finds her mother hidden in the trunk of her car. She brings Irene to her apartment, where secrets from the past are disclosed. (Read More)
Locations: | busrestaurant |
Characters: | prostitutemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | bus stopfictional tv showfictional reality showarsonhouseneighborcell phonefiremasturbation |
Stu Shepard is a fast talking and wise cracking New York City publicist who gets out of trouble and lies with his clever charm, connections, and charisma. Stu's greatest lie is to his wife Kelly, who he is cheating on with his girlfriend, Pam. Upon answering a call in a phone booth in belief it is P β¦am, Stu is on the line with a dangerous yet intelligent psychopath with a sniper rifle. When realizing it is not a joke, Stu is placed in a powerful mind game of wits and corruption. The New York City Police eventually arrive thereafter and demand Stu comes out of the phone booth- but how can he when if he hangs up or leaves the booth he will die? (Read More)
Locations: | new york city |
Characters: | actorprostitutehusband wife relationship |
Story: | publicistvideo cameramanhattan new york citytelephonetelevisioncell phonetitle spoken by character |
In Tokyo, Shigeharu Aoyama is a widower that grieves the loss of his wife and raises his son Shigehiko Aoyama alone. Seven years later, the teenage Shigehiko asks why his middle-aged father does not remarry and Shigeharu meets his friend Yasuhisa Yoshikawa, who is a film producer, and tells his inte β¦ntion. However, Shigeharu has difficulties to approach to available women to date and Yasuhisa decide to organize a sham audition for casting the lead actress for the fake movie. They receive several portfolios of candidates and Shigeharu becomes obsessed by the gorgeous Asami Yamazaki. Despite the advice of the experienced Yasuhisa, Shigeharu calls Asami to date and he falls for her. But who is the mysterious Asami? (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | elevatorhotelrestaurant |
Characters: | actressmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | golf ballproducerscissorsvideo cameratelephonepianobedcell phonetitle spoken by characterdog |
The Weiss family is the archetypical Hollywood dynasty: father Stafford is an analyst and coach, who has made a fortune with his self-help manuals; mother Cristina mostly looks after the career of their son Benjie, 13, a child star. One of Stafford's clients, Havana, is an actress who dreams of shoo β¦ting a remake of the movie that made her mother, Clarice, a star in the 60s. Clarice is dead now and visions of her come to haunt Havana at night... Adding to the toxic mix, Benjie has just come off a rehab program he joined when he was 9 and his sister, Agatha, has recently been released from a sanatorium where she was treated for criminal pyromania and befriended a limo driver Jerome who is also an aspiring actor. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiabusswimming poolrestaurant |
Characters: | reference to godactresswriteractormother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | reference to robert downey jr.reference to imdbinterrupted sexarsonfiremasturbationdog |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Locations: | woodselevatorbusrestaurant |
Characters: | babygirlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | intercomheroinvideo cameratelephonearrestcar accidentcell phoneshowerdog |
When an eccentric millionaire offer a group of opposites $1,000,000 to spend the night in a so called "Haunted House" with a murderous past, they figure it is a quick way to get quick money and leave. All of them are sure it is some made up story just to mess with their heads a little and test their β¦ courage. But, once they stay in the house they start to think about the mistake they made in coming there when mysterious things start to happen. (Read More)
Subgenre: | supernatural |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | los angeles californiaelevator |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | haunted househousecell phonefiretitle spoken by character |
Struggling private investigator Louis Simo treats his work more as a means to make a living than a want to do right by what few clients he has. Through connections with the investigation firm for which he used to work, Simo is hired by Helen Bessolo to investigate the death of her son, actor 'George β¦ Reeves (I)' (qv). Reeves was best known for his title role in _"Adventures of Superman" (1952)_ (qv), a role which he always despised, in part since it typecast him as a "cartoon", despite it bringing him a certain fame. His June 16, 1959 death by a single gunshot wound while in his bedroom in his Los Angeles home was ruled a suicide by the police, the death which occurred when the house was filled with people. Reeves' story is told in part in flashback as Simo, who is trying to make a name for himself with this case, talks to or tries to talk to some of the players involved, most specifically the wife of MGM General Manager 'E.J. Mannix' (qv), Toni Mannix, with whom Reeves was having a relatively open and gift-lucrative affair (she bought him that house), and Reeves' fiancee at the time of his death, Lenore Lemmon, an aspiring actress who some felt didn't love Reeves (or vice versa). As Simo proceeds with his high-profile investigation, he learns that someone doesn't want him snooping around. Through the process, Simo evaluates his own professional and personal life, the latter of which includes a somewhat strained relationship with his wife and son. (Read More)
Locations: | los angeles californiahotelswimming poolrestaurantnew york city |
Characters: | actressactorgirlhusband wife relationship |
Story: | lighter fluidbarbecue grillscreenwriterhousetelephonecar accident |