Collette Porteous

A young serial killer preys on families during lightning storms.

Four independent short films comprise this quirky anthology. "Coriolis Effect" (1994) is an offbeat love story involving storm chasers. In the Oscar-nominated "Solly's Diner" (1979), a homeless man (Larry Hankin, who also directs) witnesses a holdup. "Looping" (1991) satirizes independent moviemaking. And the dialogue-free "Joe" (1997) features David Aaron Baker as a psychiatric patient searching for enlightenment.

A quietly observed story of a man holding on to his precarious sense of identity in a mental hospital.

A young real estate agent starts having second doubts about his upcoming marriage.