Roger Vadim make a star of Cindy Pickett, with whom he became romantically involved. He directed a caper film in Canada, "The Hot Touch" (1981), starring Marie-France Pisier. Back in France he wrote and directed "Surprise Party" (1983). He directed episodes of "Faerie Tale Theatre" (1984) and "Deadly Nightmares" (1986). Vadim attempted to recapture his former success with a new version of "And God Created Woman" (1988), with Rebecca de Mornay. Very different from the original – it only really used the same title – it failed critically and commercially. His final years were spent working in TV, where he directed "Safari"
Night Games (1980 film) has a running time of only 96 minutes. Roger Vadim had previously made a number of provocative films, including "And God Created Woman" and "Barbarella", whose respective stars Vadim also married, Brigitte Bardot and Jane Fonda. He was going to make a vampire film starring an ex-girlfriend, Catherine Deneuve, but postponed it to make "Night Games". Vadim said he was "looking for a new Vivien Leigh, about 27 years old" to star in the film. Part of the funding came from the Philippines and some of the movie was shot there. Other funding came from Raymond Chow of Golden Harvest.