Susan Doukas is known for Liquid Sky (1982), Slow Dancing in the Big City (1978) and The Prowler (1981).
An alien creature invades New York's punk subculture in its search for an opiate released by the brain during an orgasm.
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.
Happy couple Geoffrey and Lillian move out to a rural country location so Geoffrey can concentrate on his work. Shutting himself off in a shed out back, Geoffrey is slowly consumed by his work as well as his impending madness.