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Masters of Horror Marathon
Now that I have the complete series on DVD I thought it was about time to have a marathon of all the episodes. As most probably already know Masters of Horror is a TV Series that aired on Showtime for 2 seasons. It was recently canceled so there will be no third season. I never got to watch these on Showtime as they aired... only watching them as I bought the DVDs. So I thought it would be fun to watch these in the order they aired on TV. There was one episode that got banned from Showtime and never aired. That episode (Imprint) will be watched where it would have aired. This is only the second time I have watched any of these episodes. So... I watched....
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Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
"You've always got to expect the unexpected...and do the unexpected." It's the chilling advice a young woman ('Bree Turner') thinks about late one night on a lonely stretch of mountain road.The warning, from her survivalist ex-husband, becomes all too real when a car accident leaves her alone, hurt and hunted by a backwoods maniac called "Moonface" ('John De Santis'). She's learned how to live. She's been trained how to kill. But when trapped in a monster's killing ground, will she know how to survive the most horrific confrontation of them all?
'Ethan Embry' and 'Angus "The Tall Man" Scrimm' co-star in this grisly shocker directed by 'Dan Coscarelli' and adapted from the short story by 'Joe R. Lansdale' (BUBBA HO-TEP) that 'The New York Daily News' hails as "tantalizingly creepy and scary good!"
My Thoughts:
This was a very strong start to the series. A very good story similar to ones like Texas Chainsaw Massacre.... what with the backwoods maniac. I really liked the twist ending to this episode. DVD quality is great... and is completely loaded with extras. Masters of Horror is well known for all the gore that is in some of the episodes... and even though there is some decent gore... it really was pretty light for this first episode.
For those interested Here is the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRDygPvQHhI
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Title: Masters of Horror: Family
Year: 2006
Director: John Landis
Rating: NR
Length: 58 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles:
Stars:
George Wendt
John B. Scott
Meredith Monroe
Matt Keeslar
Hailey Guiel
Kerry Sandomirsky
Plot:
It's a beautiful day in suburbia where mild-mannered bachelor Harold Thompson (George Wendt of CHEERS) is happily at work in his basement building the perfect family. But when a young couple moves in nextdoor, Harold sets his sights on the sexy young wife (Meredith Monroe of DAWSON'S CREEK). In a sunshine world of picket fences and manicured lawns, is it ever possible to know what gruesome plans are percolating in the minds of your neighbors? Matt Keeslar (SCREAM 3, ROSE RED) co-stars in this grisly black comedy with a killer twist from Director John Landis (AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, ANIMAL HOUSE) and Writer Brent Hanley (FRAILTY).
Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned
My Thoughts:
This episode is a good mixture of horror and comedy. Not to mention it has it's fair share of gore as well. I thought George Wendt was great for this episode. The story is also good... found it very interesting with a nice little plot twist at the end. Definitely one worth checking out!
My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5
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