Hal Shafer

A female cop goes undercover to trap a dangerous serial killer.

A two-part horror anthology, the first part about a serial killer who is executed for his string of murders, the second about a despondent actor who hangs himself and meets a clown on "the other side."

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Set in the present, the story takes place in Los Angeles. A foreign student from Taiwan , who is a great Chinese guitar player, arrives in the U.S. in the 70's. He decides to study nuclear engineering, but after graduation, he takes numerous menial jobs. The story begins when he receives a letter from his brother, notifying him of his visit from Taiwan. Exhaustedly, he tries to impress his brother by renting a new car and a new set of furniture. However, misfortune befalls him, as his house is robbed and he loses his job. For the first time, he is forced to think seriously about the meaning of his life in America.

Un groupe d'étudiants passe le weekend à retaper une maison où un massacre a eu lieu 10 ans auparavant. Comme convenu, ils y passent un par un.

Habitué aux conquêtes d'un soir, un écrivain alcoolique rencontre dans son bar de prédilection une femme aussi séduisante qu'atypique avec laquelle il vit une trouble passion. Tirée d'une oeuvre semi-biographique de Charles Bukowski, cette romance éthylique signée par Barbet Schroeder, cinéaste fasciné par la marginalité, offre à Mickey Rourke et Faye Dunaway l'un des meilleurs rôles de leur carrière.