她骑自行车时不小心撞到了一名男子,致使他受伤。他过来道歉,但该男子默默地指着受伤的部位,要求就医。如果得不到道歉,她的处境就更尴尬了,所以她只能答应男人的要求……
故事发生在人头攒动的大都市纽约,在这里,生活着一位名叫伊莎贝尔(艾米·欧文 Amy Irving 饰)的姑娘,在这个物欲横流的城市里,伊莎贝尔的特质则显得尤为珍贵,她是书店的店员,整日博览群书,对知识的渴望永无止境。 可是,正直善良的伊莎贝尔在她祖母的眼中俨然就是一位“问题少女”,因为已经到了成家年龄的她似乎并没有任何想要结婚的打算。就这样,着急的祖母风风火火地开始为伊莎贝尔物色起了对象,通过祖母的牵线搭桥,伊莎贝尔结识了名为山姆(彼得·里格特 Peter Riegert 饰)的犹太男子。山姆是一名小贩,他对秀外慧中的伊莎贝尔很快一见钟情,可是,伊莎贝尔却并不这么觉得。
痞老板(劳伦斯先生 Mr. Lawrence 配音)想要统治世界的计划失败了,他继续打理海之霸餐厅,有防水电脑凯伦作为伙伴和妻子,蟹老板作为永不消停的对家…
夜店浪子亨利个性向来狂放不羁、过着荒唐的生活。有天深夜驾车,因为对红灯的不耐、他一反常态猛转弯,却迎面撞上了一个女人。出于害怕,肇事后的亨利竟仓惶逃逸… 怀孕八个月的娜塔莉在医院醒来,得知腹中小孩已经失去生命,使她原本充满希望的人生瞬间变调…。满怀悔恨的亨利,肇事后饱受良心折磨,他虽疯狂翻阅所有报纸,却未发现任何消息,于是央求邻居钱宁代为访查,这才找到了娜塔莉… 这场突来的剧变,使娜塔莉与丈夫米修的婚姻岌岌可危,此时万念俱灰的她、却意外认识了亨利。亨利与工作狂的米修截然不同,他除了热情体贴外,更像个守护天使照看着她。但当明查暗访的警方找上了钱宁时,亨利真正的肇事者身份也即将被揭穿…。面对无可弥补的过错,亨利该如何是好?娜塔莉又能接受这残酷事实吗?一场爱与宽恕的考验,自此登场…
An expert at sleight of hand and with a keen eye for identifying charlatans and tricksters, our story begins as Harry has fallen on hard times in recent years, professionally and ethically losing his way. He’s resorted to making his living as a fake medium and fraudulent ghost hunter, conducting séances for unsuspecting families who think their lives have been made a misery by ghostly mischief making. Harry’s duplicitous lifestyle has also had serious consequences when after leading a séance for a tragic soldier a young man commits suicide on the doorstep of Harry’s home. A couple of months later, Harry is offered the chance to investigate the haunting of a local MP’s home as the case threatens to ruin the politician’s reputation. With the prospects of leading his political party, Edward Curtis can ill-afford the scandal as his wife Grace begins to hallucinate and act bizarrely and very much out of character as she believes their family home to be haunted. There’s a possibility Grace may be committed to an asylum in scandalous circumstances if Harry doesn’t take on the investigation. Ghosts from Harry’s past influence his decision to take the case and he begins to think it might be time to take a new path. Together with the Curtis family maid, Sarah Grey, whose own mother has fallen prey to con artist mediums in the past, their detection and investigative skills complement one another and they make a formidable partnership. Smart, driven and open-minded, Sarah is a strong-minded woman who can handle herself when unravelling the mysteries behind the hauntings, which are seriously affecting Grace’s health and well-being. Harry also calls on the services of his old friend, Albert, during the investigation. An African pharmacist with a sideline in voodoo con-artistry, Albert has a keen interest in medical and scientific discoveries, which Harry exploits to the maximum. Journalist Vernon Wall also finds himself in Harry’s orbit. Cynical and hard-bitten, although clever at winning the trust of the people he’s interviewing, Vernon is keen to learn about Harry’s techniques and sensing a political scandal sets out to inveigle his way into his life by extracting information from Sarah.
一位深夜的电台脱口秀节目主持人决定他厌倦了讲故事和采访人们。他打开电话排队,直接听到马歇尔敦居民的故事。夜间谈话者是一本微型恐怖选集,其中比尔·莫斯利(Bill Moseley)是深夜广播主持人,招募了听众的奇怪故事。像市场上的大多数电影(微型恐怖片)一样,观众也有一个混合的袋子。“ Gruenwald House”很容易成为三个主要故事中最好的,但受到大型演员和欠发达的故事的阻碍。但是,珍娜·鲁伊斯(Jenna Ruiz)和布列塔尼·史密斯(Brittany Smith)的表演使观众参与其中。在SFX艺术家兼面具制造商的“后国” Scott Blake中,刻画了一个近乎杂种的Hillbilly,让人联想到Crypt Keeper的出色表现,但这个故事最终是一次跳跃恐慌的漫长尝试。同样,音频和摄影是一个混合的袋子。例如,该作品本可以使用搬运工毯子,甚至可以使用沉重的棉被来抑制通过房屋场景听到的一些回声/混响。总体而言,显然为Bill Moseley的细分市场节省了最大的努力。正是在那一刻,我们看到了导演Topher Chambers的大部分创造力,这就是为什么这部电影即使在7点也令人沮丧的原因。由于这部电影仅列出了Chambers作为导演,因此观众期望在制作过程中会有更多的凝聚力。无论是相机移动还是图像图案,甚至只是专注于演员,每个短片都感觉到它是通过完全不同的生产来完成的,尤其是与Bill Moseley的包裹相比。尽管如此,这仍然是Topher Chambers和Rutledge作品的略有改进,这是黑皮书(由多个作品创造的)选集,这最终就是为什么它值得获得7的原因。看到艺术家成长总是令人鼓舞。
律师之妻柿内园子(岸田今日子饰)为了排解生活上的沉闷,到艺术学校学习绘画,结识了富家千金德光光子(若尾文子饰)。园子被对方的美貌所吸引,以致绘画课时不知不觉画了光子的像。学校里流言纷纷,惭愧的园子偶遇光子,对方却十分友好,二人渐渐发展成同性恋人。 园子沉醉在这段同性恋情的同时,却发现光子在外头养了一个小白脸─棉贯荣一郎(川津佑介饰)。园子答应与棉贯共同分享光子,卑劣的绵贯却将双姝的私情 告诉园子的丈夫孝太郎(船越英二饰),使孝太郎对妻子和友人的关系起了疑心,园子和光子决定假扮自杀、怀孕等,以避开他们的耳目。 可是,连孝太郎都对光子产生非份之想,两夫妻与光子的关系更趋复杂,甚至甘愿被她玩弄于股掌之中…