On the eve of their wedding, Jan returns with his bride to the opulent house he grew up in. Instantly, memories emerge of a childhood marked by his Oedipal relationship with his mother — beautiful, decadent and perverse. An adaptation of an unfinished novel by Zetterling and featuring scenes of incest and masturbation, Night Games was the subject of explosive controversy on release — Venice Film Festival only allowed the film to be shown in private, while Shirley Temple resigned as a jury member at San Francisco Film Festival over the decision to screen it. The filmmaker John Waters has called this his favourite film.