"Masters of Horror" (2005)TV series 2005-????

Creator:

Mick Garris

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Romance

Tagline:

Their wildest dreams are your worst nightmares

Plot:

Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series...

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Death | Nudity | Fear | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 26	10:45 PM	TMC	Dream Cruise	#2.13
Sun. July 27	1:30 AM	TMC	Dream Cruise	#2.13

Cast

Karen Austin	...	Mom / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
J. Winston Carroll	...	General / ... (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Miho Ninagawa	...	Naomi Saito / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Anthony Harrison	...	Detective (2 episodes, 2005-2006)
Diego Martinez-Tau	...	Actor / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
Angela Case	...	Bikini Girl / ... (2 episodes, 2006)
Juan Carlos Velis	...	Dude (2 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

A Horror mesterei (Hungary) [hu]
Masters of Horror (Greece) [el]
Masters of Horror (Germany) (Pay-TV title) [de]

Runtime:

60 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Canada | USA | Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:R (DVD rating) | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 (some episodes) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:TV-MA | New Zealand:R18 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

This show was fully financed even before Showtime came along. Originally the episodes were just going to be released on DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Goofs:

Continuity: In "Jennifer", Frank rolls up his car window after swatting a fly, but when he gets out of the car moments later his window is down.

Quotes:

Stacia: The only question is which one of you is the bigger psycho?

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Fear Itself" (2008)

A few great episodes, but terrible far more often.

Masters of Horror has a few great episodes, but far more often, the episodes are terrible. It has a huge array of very bad episodes, many of which are not even horror.

The following episodes of Masters of Horror are great, and 10/10:

"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road"; "H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House"; "The Fair-Haired Child"; "Pick Me Up"; "Cigarette Burns"; "Family"; "Right to Die"; "The Black Cat"

All the episodes listed above have amazing acting, writing, directing, and a great horror story behind them. But that is only 8 episodes out of a 26 episode series. The other 18 episodes are either mediocre, or terrible. Not a good track record. Not a good series, overall.

Some of the episodes, like "Homecoming", are nothing more than anti-G.W. Bush administration political propaganda. I am not defending the G.W. Bush administration and it certainly deserves some criticism --- but in *appropriate* mediums. Not in what is *supposed* to be a horror series! The episode "Homecoming" is not *horror* at all, therefore it has no place being in a horror series.

There is an episode called "Chocolate" which is the biggest pile of crap *ever* put on film. No exaggeration. It too, is not horror. It's not really anything. Just an abysmally boring, pointless hour worth of banal, asinine drivel. One of the reasons "Chocolate" is so unbelievably bad is because it was written and directed by the series creator, Mick Garris. Mick has publicly admitted in interviews that he isn't very good at making movies or TV episodes; that his strength is being a nice guy and brokering deals with really talented people to make good work for him with his producing company. Despite knowing he is no good at it, Mick Garris still went right on ahead and made "Chocolate" and a bunch of other episodes in the series which are little better. Right there is a waste of several potential episode slots that *good* episodes made by real "Masters of Horror" (instead of Mick Garris) might have filled.

Best way to watch Masters of Horror is to cherrypick the 8 good episodes listed above and watch them only, and skip all the rest. Or simply not watch it at all.

Tales from the Crypt is another horror anthology series. It was far better, with the vast majority of the Tales from the Crypt episodes being great (barring Season 7 only, which was terrible). It is advisable to pick up Tales from the Crypt for a much better overall horror experience than Masters of Horror can provide.