Donna Casey

When a successful writer/director suggests brunch on her patio little do her four guests realize that by noon the patio will be stained with their blood.

Cleveland. 1973. Marv, the owner of an old neighborhood Jewish deli, must stay open 24 hours to cater to a new generation of clientèle, but straight-laced neighborhood do-gooders want to close him down. Meanwhile inside, hippies, bikers and crusty old Jewish men, caught in the throes of changing times and culture clash, fight over turf and yearn for a waitress to take their orders. Into this milieu drops new waitress, Susan, a wholesome small town beauty who must struggle with testy customers, a dubious romance, and a jealous head-waitress. Her future and the fate of the regulars hang by a thread as Marv takes increasingly desperate measures to save his deli.

「デスペラード」「フロム・ダスク・ティル・ドーン」のロバート・ロドリゲスと、「スクリーム」の脚本家ケヴィン・ウィリアムソンが組んだSFスリラー。気弱な少年ケイシーは、ある日、グラウンドで奇妙な生き物を見つける。その生き物を水槽に入れた時、その生き物は変形し、攻撃的な本性を露にした。やがて、ケイシーはやたらに水を欲しがる辺りの人達のおかしな行動に気づく。「あの生物が人間に寄生しているかもしれない」と感じたケイシーは、仲間と共に学園の調査を開始。そこで、取り付かれた先生が保険医を襲う場面に遭遇する……。