“The Unshaven”: A man with a skimpy beard (Keanu Reeves) tries the rugged look, horrifying everyone he meets.
“House of Shadows”: A house grows ever darker as a husband puts off his lightbulb-changing duties. Based on true events.
“Living Hell”: Two people fall in love. Then tragedy strikes—they get married.
“I’ve Become My Mother”: A woman becomes her mother.
“The Kincaid Code”: Two detectives follow a trail of clues in a series of paintings, only to discover that America’s most popular artist is, in fact, a marketing genius.
“The Bus”: A man whose car is in the shop must rely on public transportation. Based on true events.
“Motel Hell”: A family traveling to Walt Disney World checks into a motel for the night, only to discover that the cable is out and they must talk to one another.
“House of Secrets”: A woman discovers that her husband has been using her eyebrow tweezers to pluck his nose hairs. What else doesn’t she know?
“Carnival of Lost Souls”: A man goes on a Carnival cruise ship vacation, and is bedeviled by empty, parrotlike conversation for days.
“The New Hire”: A college graduate is hired by a prestigious firm and discovers, to her horror, that they expect her to do actual work.
“Hummer 2: Buyer’s Remorse”: A man purchases a Hummer. Then gas prices top four dollars a gallon.
“When a Stranger Calls”: A man is tormented by telemarketers, even after he signs the National “Do Not Call” Registry.
“Britney’s Revenge”: A man who can’t get a pop tune out of his head goes gradually insane. Nobody cares.
“Children of the Corn”: An ex-Vaudeville star has all the children in the village repeating his cornball jokes until somebody goes seriously nuts.
“The Diet”: A teenager follows a new “Fad Diet” in a magazine, only to discover that, because of a typo, it is actually a “Fat Diet.” Can she get an appointment with her liposuctionist (i.e., her family physician) in time for prom?
“The Game”: An expatriate returns to America, only to discover that his country’s national pastime has become a drug-fueled mockery of home-run derbies, parks named for corporations, and grown men trampling kids to grab souvenirs they can sell on eBay. Fantasy.
“The Doctor”: A Ph.D. has a dark night of the soul when he realizes that he can converse for hours about the sex life of fire ants, but cannot feed a parking meter.
“The Conversation”: When her cell phone minutes run out, a girl comes to realize that she has been kidnapped and held hostage in the middle of nowhere for a week.
“The Accidental Exterminator”: A kindergarten teacher takes her students to a bounce house down the street, only to discover, too late, that it is actually a residence tented for termite extermination.
“The Haunted Skirt”: A woman buys a secondhand skirt and becomes possessed by its former owner’s penchant for tacky accessories.
“The Haunting”: A man buys a 700-square-foot house in Pacific Grove, California for a million dollars, and is haunted by what an idiot he is.
