Sam
A murderous rampage ensues on the night of a kidnapping.
Roger
The murder of a gay recluse by small town religious fanatics forces the dead man's lover, a closeted divorced police detective, to find the remains of his former lover and come to terms with his loss.
Tony (as Scott Stepp)
Raising the subtext of "Fight Club" into text, "Shiner" depicts a pair of amateur boxers gratified by punching each others' lights out. Theirs is among a trio of twisted love stories in the narrative feature by 29-year-old Los Angeles director Christian Calson. There's also a woman literally fighting her male lover's affections and another boxer who stalks his own shy male stalker. "Shiner" transcends sadomasochism in that no one seems aware of what he or she is doing. "I'm trying to look at desire head on," the soft-spoken Calson said by telephone. "('Shiner') is about the politics of wanting and being wanted and how people respond differently." Rife with ugly behavior, "Shiner" rejects the trend of queer filmmakers seeking straight understanding. "In L.A., we have this kind of sadness we carry around, that the only way we can make gay stories is by making more like 'Will and Grace,' " Calson said. Like the activist-filmmakers tackling the marriage issue, Calson went into "...
White
Когда Дэйв и Карл пытаются украсть пугало с фермы Калеба, Дэйв убит и его душе дана новая жизнь, как ужасного пугала. Поодиночке пугало отправляет на тот свет каждого кто стоит между ним и объектом его желания — Мэри, его прежней подруги. Оно похищает ее и тащит к месту где можно воскресить ее в теле другого пугала. Карл пытается предотвратить это сумасшествие, но он убит. Теперь он тоже пугало. Сейчас у Мэри есть выбор чьей женой она хочет стать, но прежде она должна остановить битву пугал.
