There was an amusing Fark thread on people giving vague but accurate (or correct but misleading) movie summaries, and people guessing the movie. I enjoyed it enough that I thought I would offer it up here with my own vague summaries. A good number of these are science fiction, fantasy, or horror.
Shepherd engages in unnatural porking.
Guy sacrifices livelihood to raise the dead.
Someone comes to town. Lots of people leave.
Hustler falls for sap.
Neglectful parent meets brainless bimbo on roadtrip.
Amoral businessman’s life turned upside down by arrival of ex-girlfriend and her current boy-toy.
Foul-mouthed racist electrocutes gay man.
Famous actor gets strung out after life invaded by amoral threesome.
Mother flees to protect son, only to find new, drug-filled neighborhood changing him.
Courier for elderly man thwarted by last-minute theft.
Crazy rich guy goes completely coconuts.
Man’s life work crumbles around him while his wife’s underground party scene blows up in her face.
Overweight family man drawn into reckless adventure by hot babe.
Redneck leads killing spree.
Subjected to relentless abuse, teenager goes on violent, drug-fueled spree.
Serial rapist infiltrates hippie commune.
Killing spree ended when Clint Eastwood breaks out the big firepower.
Post your answers below.
About Lawrence Person
Lawrence Person is a science fiction writer living in Austin, Texas. His short fiction has appeared in Asimov's, Analog, Postscripts, Jim Baen's Universe, Fear, and several anthologies. He also edits the Hugo-nominated SF critical magazine Nova Express, and runs the Turkey City Writer's Workshop. His non-fiction has appeared in National Review, Reason, Whole Earth Review, The Freeman, The World & I, Science Fiction Eye, The New York Review of Science Fiction, and Slashdot.org. He owns such a large library (mostly science fiction first editions) he had to buy a two-story house to put it in, and then adopted a golden retriever to drag him out of his house on a regular basis. He also makes a mean batch of salsa.
