In Manhattan, prostitutes are being murdered by a psycho. A detective is assigned to track him down and bring him in.
A slick, womanizing magician and his pretty assistant perform regularly at a hotel cabaret. They are having an affair with each other, as well as with several other employees at the venue. When one waitress spurns the magician's advances, the assistant hypnotizes her so that she will yield to his advances. Complications ensue.
The Cocoa Poodle bar is the central meeting place for the denizens of a bohemian suburban area. Janet, a rather colorless model, is jealous of her artist/mentor Tanya, who attracts the attention of all the local guys. An exotic card-reader offers her a pair of earrings which will give her power over others. She soon becomes the center of attention, but commits a fatal error.
Scheming Judy and her affable husband Jack move back east and shack up temporarily with her staid Aunt Edna. Edna's reclusive, auto-erotic roommate and business associate, Louise, takes an ...