Prism

Jun 9, 2017

1h 30m

★ 6.0

7 stories, 7 directors, 1 brutal subject: LOVE.

Overview

Some have described love as a spell. Others have described it as a sickness. What they have in common is the idea that love, in its many forms, has the power to overwhelm the senses and control behavior. Prism is an anthology feature in 7 chapters exploring several genres – comedy, dark-comedy, drama, science-fiction, and suspense.

Genres

Science Fiction

Drama

Romance

Comedy

Production Companies

Treo Pictures

The Shorts Show

Dashford Media

Prism Trailers

Cast

Labrada (Chapter 1: Logic)

Andrew Ruth

Meade (Chapter 1: Logic)

Bristol Pomeroy

Rodero (Chapter 1: Logic)

Janice Mann

Angela (Chapter 1: Logic)

Candace Janée

Guard (Chapter 1: Logic)

John Offreda

Male Robot (Chapter 1: Logic)

Ben Rezendes

Jim (Chapter 2: Changeless)

Mike Starr

Gary (Chapter 2: Changeless)

Victor Verhaeghe

Young Man (Chapter 2: Changeless)

DeShawn Harold Mitchell

Bartender (Chapter 2: Changeless)

Mark Garkusha

Wife (Chapter 2: Changeless)

Cindee Weiss

Girl (Chapter 3: Unclaimed Baggage)

Natasha King

Seemingly mild-mannered businessman Edmond Burke visits a fortuneteller and hears a remark that spurs him to leave his wife abruptly and seek what is missing from his life. Encounters with strangers and unsavory people weaken the barriers encompassing his long-suppressed rage, until Edmond explodes in violence.

6.0

Better Than Chocolate

Jul 8, 1999

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially bad, considering Maggie has fallen hard for an attractive woman, Kim, only hours before they move in. What could be a nonissue becomes increasingly complicated -- since Maggie's family is unaware of her sexual orientation, and Maggie is not open to sharing that information.

4.9

Black Eagle

May 1, 1988

One of the US Air Force's most modern tactical aircrafts, an F-100 with a new laser guidance system, crashes into the sea near Malta - a region where the Soviet forces are highly present, too. The CIA immediately sends out their best secret agent, Ken Tani, to salvage the system before it falls into enemy hands. To ensure his loyalty, they bring his two young sons to a nearby hotel on the island.

4.5

Brutal Massacre: A Comedy

Jul 22, 2008

Harry Penderecki, a once heralded horror auteur, finds himself on the outside looking in at Hollywood. He hasn't had a hit film in years, and most in the industry, including his close friends, think he's washed up. Harry is given one last chance to redeem himself with what could be his best or last picture. Brutal Massacre becomes just that, as the cast and crew find themselves battling one mishap after another as Harry struggles to keep his sanity against overwhelming resistance to finish the picture and find himself at the top once again.

4.6

Poison Ivy 2: Lily

Apr 26, 1996

A young and naive college art student becomes obsessed with assuming the identity and personality of a departed coed who used to live in her room, and in so doing causes complications that result in two men, a student and her art professor, lusting after her.

6.3

Dr. Phibes Rises Again

Jul 1, 1972

The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.

7.3

Saving Face

Sep 12, 2004

A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.

6.0

Zorro, The Gay Blade

Jul 17, 1981

In 19th century Mexico, legendary swordsman Zorro has passed on his weapon and his sense of duty to his noble son, Diego, a dashing swashbuckler like his father. But after an injury sidelines Diego, he is forced to hand the mask over to his twin, Ramon.

6.5

Loving Annabelle

May 24, 2007

Annabelle is the wise-beyond-her-years newcomer to an exclusive Catholic girls school. Having been expelled from her first two schools she's bound to stir some trouble. Sparks fly though when sexual chemistry appears between her and the Head of her dorm and English teacher, Simone Bradley. Annabelle pursues her relentlessly and until the end the older woman manages to avoid the law.

4.1

3-Day Weekend

Jun 3, 2008

Long-term couple Simon and Jason, along with daddy-ish Cooper and his boy du jour, escape to a mountain cabin for a three-day weekend away from their hectic city lives. Looking to spice up this long-standing tradition, they add a special twist to this years retreat - each of them must invite one attractive single friend to their mountain getaway.

5.7

The Executioner's Song

Sep 10, 1982

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.

6.2

Were the World Mine

Jun 24, 2008

If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.

7.0

Targets

Aug 15, 1968

An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.