Beverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
Η οικονομική κρίση του '30 μαστίζει τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες και μια μαθήτρια σοκάει την κοινωνία της πόλης της με ένα λογογοτέχνημα της που βραβεύτηκε σε ένα διαγωνισμό. Θα γίνει ηθοποιός, θα βρεθεί στο Χόλιγουντ αλλά θα το εγκαταλείψει, προτιμώντας ένα θίασο αριστερών προσανατολισμών.
Τα ετήσια καλλιστεία μιας μικρής πόλης της Μινεσότα καλύπτονται από την τηλεόραση. Η πρώην νικήτρια Γκλάντις Λίμαν θέλει να σιγουρέψει ότι η κόρη της θα ακολουθήσει τα βήματα της. Έτσι, οι Λίμαν κάνουν οποιαδήποτε ακρότητα τους κατέβει, για να προβληθεί η κόρη. Η αστυνομία δεν δείχνει να ανησυχεί, καθώς οι Λίμαν είναι οι πιο πλούσιοι στην πόλη. Όμως, η βασική αντίπαλος, η γλυκιά Άμπερ, δεν έχει σκοπό να σταματήσει με τίποτα πριν την τελική επικράτηση. Μόνο ο θάνατος ίσως να τη σταματήσει
Μια οικογένεια εγκληματιών εισβάλλουν απρόσκλητοι στο παλιό τους σπίτι, όπου πλέον κατοικεί ένα νεαρό ζευγάρι που έχει καλέσει τους φίλους του να περάσουν μαζί το βράδυ. Η οικογένεια, υπό τις οδηγίες της μητέρας τους, τρομοκρατεί και κρατά ομήρους τους νέους ενοίκους και τους καλεσμένους τους, ενώ έξω επικρατεί κατάσταση συναγερμού για ακραία καιρικά φαινόμενα. Τα πράγματα θα βγουν τελείως εκτός ελέγχου όταν κάποιοι προσπαθούν να αποδράσουν και τιμωρούνται παραδειγματικά.
Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw turns to the bottle as her life falls apart -- until deliverance appears in the form of a hunk named Todd Tomorrow.
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready and willing to exact a vicious, deadly revenge on anyone who dares to bully their sensitive new master.
An emerging rock band, managed by industry vet Jimmy Kleen, strike a deal with record executive Rick Roland. Things take a sinister turn when the band's lead singer, Rachel, and her mother Barb are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel is brought back to life, but she is different than before. Lightning courses through her veins and she uses her new strange electrical powers to drain the life from men, turning it into electrifying stage performances, but just how far are the band willing to go to make it.
When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon shipped him off to one of the toughest youth welfare institutions in Freistatt. This was followed by a career as a bouncer in the city's most notorious music club and an attempt to start a family. Today, the 77-year-old from Bielefeld lives with his dog Lucky in a lonely house in the country. Despite adverse living conditions, he has survived in his own unique and inimitable way.
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an entire month to clean out the place. Among the chaos, they find films going back to the 1930s, photos and other memorabilia.
A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.
