Carrie Hamilton

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend. (imdb)

A young girl named Debbie is attacked by a bus stop one evening as she waits for a bus by a man blindfolds her and rapes her. Her mother, Lila, is consumed with guilt and determination to catch the rapist, to when it is discovered he may well be the attacker of over sixty women in the same place. Convinced the police aren't doing anything to catch him, Lila sets herself up as a decoy in the place where he usually strikes.

A young rock singer is not appreciated by her band, and gets a postcard from Japan saying "wish you were here". She takes what little money she has including ex-boyfriend's rent money and goes to Tokyo. She has numerous cross-cultural adventures and ends up singing with a Japanese rock group looking for a gaijin gimmick. They get their fifteen minutes of fame, and our heroine realizes she has no future there, and will hold them back if she stays. Everyone lives happily ever after.