That's it! Woo now I can rest easy, cuz I no longer hafta try to think of what I've seen him in.

I just watched tonight's Master of Horror "Fair Haired child" And I gotta say, I think it's 1 of the best. Quite possibly the best. I've been mildly disapointed with the series, since the third one and just got more & more disapointed with it. But I always watched it, cuz I thought " well maybe they'll get back to really fucking good." And it did! If some of you gave up on this series, I highly recommend "fair Hair Child"


Side note: I don't keep up w/ who the director's are, so I have obviously no clue who did this one.

OMFG, Fair-haired Child was AMAZING. Every shot in this film screams artwork, it's shot very well & visually appealing. The story is one of the BEST, if not THE BEST (haven't seen them all yet). It kept my interest all the way through and the ending was very satisfying with that little twist. :D New favourite director.

William Malone's Fair Haired Child

A bit of a stretch, this one. Before watching this, my husband and I were talking about the director. In another forum, someone mentioned that the only reason Malone made it to the "masters" list is because he knows Mick Garris. Perhaps that is a cruel conclusion. Having seen Chocolate (it's not the worst episode in my opinion), one can relatively trust Garris' judgement that Malone does have something to offer up for the series.

And he does. This particular episode did not ring any alarm bells for me during the first half. It was beautifully executed. The story was interesting and the actors mold well into their characters. However, the moral ending for me leaves something to be desired. Early on Nietzsche was mentioned. That any act of love is beyond good and evil. The ending does away with that statement altogether. For that reason...here's my list:

my MASTERS OF HORROR Ranking List
1. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
2. Joe Dante's Homecoming
3. Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead
4. Don Coscarelli's Incident On & Off a Mountain Road
5. Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
6. Mick Garris' Chocolate
7. William Malone's Fair Haired Child
8. John Landis' Deerwoman
9. Dario Argento's Jenifer

I LOVED Fair Haired Child!! VERY creepy. Definitely the best episode so far. I can't wait to see more from Malone.....he's amazing. I hope he makes another feature soon.

:cool:

The last 1 ( I forgot what it was called, it was a week ago, but it had bugs) was good but not jump out of your skin scary.

Lucky McGee's Sick Girl


Having just seen Tobe Hooper's Toolbox Murders, Angela Bettis' re-appearance in this episode was very welcome. Evidently a talented actress, she imbued her character with a unique charm. I think this is a very well-made comedy-horror episode, right beside John Landis' Deerwoman.

While the element of horror is not blatantly expressed, I thoroughly liked the body-invasion tones in several sequences: Misty's dream, the "ear-probe", the insemination (for lack of a better word), and the transformation. Reminds me of Cronenberg...and the fact that he's NOT on the Masters list.

Well...onward!

my MASTERS OF HORROR Ranking List
1. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
2. Joe Dante's Homecoming
3. Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead
4. Don Coscarelli's Incident On & Off a Mountain Road
5. Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
6. Lucky McGee's Sick Girl
7. Mick Garris' Chocolate
8. William Malone's Fair Haired Child
9. John Landis' Deerwoman
10. Dario Argento's Jenifer

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SideNOTE I just learned that they are not going to be airing Miike's Imprint episode because it's too disturbing. They are, however, going to be pressing it onto DVD. There are rumors that this is just an elaborate ploy to get people to buy the DVDs. Hardly surprising, eh?

Just saw Pick Me Up and really liked it, some of the acting was questionable but a good story and some good shots really made up for it.

Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up
Whether or not it was an actual shot of a real snake being run over, the opening of this episode already tripped an alarm in my mind.

I actually thought Dario Argento's Jenifer would be the worst. He has artistic -- though often overly executed -- visions that leave little room for a sensible story and dialogue. Larry Cohen's was just astounding in its mediocrity.

What you have is a pastiche of scenes -- its only trump card being the motel torture scene -- that seemingly revolve around a story. Once you start chewing, it doesn't take long to realize there's absolutely NOTHING remotely resembling a story.

The dialogue is a compendium of psuedo-psychological interpretations of what a "maniac" would be like. How one would behave, act and speak. Appallingly bad, equalled only by the performance of its actors.

In a way, I'm really glad Argento climbed up the list. So, onward...

my MASTERS OF HORROR Ranking List
1. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
2. Joe Dante's Homecoming
3. Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead
4. Don Coscarelli's Incident On & Off a Mountain Road
5. Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
6. Lucky McGee's Sick Girl
7. Mick Garris' Chocolate
8. William Malone's Fair Haired Child
9. John Landis' Deerwoman
10. Dario Argento's Jenifer
11. Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up

I thought Pick me Up was pretty good.


I stopped with the making of the lists quite a while ago, but I appreciate the ones that can keep putting the lists.

i just found out last night that my sisters friend is working on masters of horror (my sister is an AD in 'the biz' out on the west coast)
she said that if i go visit in May - thats when the 2dn season of MofH starts up and i could get on the set to check it out ..

sounds like that might be a plan .. i can post the pics here if it works out.

I see the MoH dvds coming out and I'm kind of upset I don't see one big box set but instead plenty of seperate dvds with like 2 episodes on them. Really dissapointing considering to see Miike's Imprint I have to wait for the dvd because it was too "shocking" for Showtime. Bah.

thats a pisser ..
i wonder if a box set will come out after the entire season is released ...

There's not really any other point to releasing the MoH DVDs in pairs instead of an entire boxset collection...

...than to milk it for all the profit it's worth.

Am also looking forward to seeing just exactly how "disturbing" Miike's episode is.

Miike's includes fetuses so that's a step in the right direction heh.

I just saw "Haeckel's Tale" earlier. It was good, but lol woulda been a lot better withough voyueristic zombies, watching a chic fuck another zombie. Once again, zombies are just amusing. I did enjoy when the 1 voyuer zombie, ribbed out that 1 guy's intestines & eye. Now THAT'S what I wanna see in zombie things.

wow...can i come with you? :p

:eek: :eek: :eek: i'm going to try to answer this politely :eek: :eek: :eek:


yes !! :p

I hope someone can answer this one for me...

So they are going to be releasing the entire series on DVD, right? At this moment, I only see Carpenter and Gordon's episodes listed on Amazon. I only have basic cable, so the DVDs are my only hope of seeing this series.

:p

so are you gonna fly up or do i have to drive down there to get you ? :D

come get me :p

there you go again ..

always baiting me :D

get a room you two



one with a security camera

now now you perv,

she's young enough to be my daughter.
or neice.
or the girl next door that you'd watch with binoculars if she was sunbathing in the back yard,






shit .... did i type that out loud ?

i wear my badge with pride

http://www.oneposter.com/UserData/Po...oster_5718.jpg

i cant wear mine anymore ... cant pin them on bare skin ..


(well, you can .. but i'm a pervert, not a sadist)

From what I've seen the DVD releases are going to be one or two movies at a time on dvd. VERY dissapointing.

I'm a sadist. :p


















just kidding. ;)

My favorite ep. so far was Jenifer. So far the show is a bit of a deception. Tales from the Crypt was better.

Yea! Now 1 of my fave Tales From The Crypt episodes was when this couple had a squid diner, that had no business, but then eventually they started serving human meat & business was booming. On a related note I have a talking Crypt Keeper doll.

Yeah, the episode was called "What's cooking" I think, with Christopher Reeves. I loved "Death of Some Salesmen", with Tim Curry.

How so?

I guess I was expecting more from the "masters of horror".

I think it's one of the best shows on cable personally. Every episode isn't a classic but they try. Decent budgets, good stories usually... I'll wait for the DVD release and see how satisfied I am after I spent some money on them.

The basic intention behind the series was obviously to bring the Masters of horror to us. I must admit a certain amount of disappointment that some of the directors originally invited for it, couldn't make it for one reason or other. Despite the substitutions, this horror series has been satisfactory, overall.

As Despare already stated, they do try their best inspite of certain limitations. Which brings me to briefly point out the varying quality in the episodes which I daresay, clearly reflect the capabilities of the director in charge. John Carpenter obviously, demonstrated his skill, craft, and inventiveness with the material provided, and turned it into a cinematic episode. On the other hand, a director like John McNaughton comes across as one of lesser capabilities, resulting in a very uneven and ultimately unsatisfying finale for the season.

John McNaughton: Haeckel's Tale
Having only the so-called art film Henry: The Portrait of a Serial Killer under his belt and not much else in the genre, I couldn't understand what exactly he was doing in this series. Reviews in imdb.com seemed rather mixed, with most people praising it for its disturbing atmosphere and truly-graphic-horror content. On the opposite bank, there are some who find it rather disappointing and generally unsatisfactory.

From watching Haeckel's Tale, I can already take a step toward the latter.

What is set to be a period piece of an episode -- I don't understand why stacylaine refers to Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House as another -- comes off as a clumsy and unconvincing attempt to bring Deadwood and Night of the Living Dead together. In the capable hands of a better cast, perhaps the dialogue might not have sounded as pretentious. Hardly the point, though, because the overall acting was much too emphatic to be believable.

Which is not to say I hated the episode immensely. The animatronics were quite convincing and the zombies looking on, and waiting for their turn, certainly breathed some fresh air into the episode's zombie theme. But that's just about it.

Onward...and yes, Argento climbs up another rung!

my MASTERS OF HORROR Ranking List
1. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
2. Joe Dante's Homecoming
3. Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead
4. Don Coscarelli's Incident On & Off a Mountain Road
5. Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
6. Lucky McGee's Sick Girl
7. Mick Garris' Chocolate
8. William Malone's Fair Haired Child
9. John Landis' Deerwoman
10. Dario Argento's Jenifer
11. John McNaughton's Haeckel's Tale
12. Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up


Looking forward to...

- Takashi Miike's episode on DVD; hopefully it comes out soon.

- the Second Season: hopefully with better stories and the "other" directors who couldn't make it to the first season, to finally come aboard

It was a shame John McNaughton: Haeckel's Tale was simply thrown in there due to Miike's episode not being able to be shown. Obviously McNaughton wasn't doing much because they seemed to get a hold of him rather quickly.

What directors are you all hoping will be in season 2? Sam Raimi, David Cronenberg, Peter Jackson, Wes Craven, Ridley Scott, George Romero, Kiyoshi Kurosawa would all be great picks. I'm sure you'll get people who aren't really masters of horror mixed in like Eli Roth, James Cameron, Rob Zombie, Tarrentino, and who knows maybe even Guillermo del Toro. Not that these guys are bad but they aren't horror masters really. I wonder if they'll have any good B movie directors tossed in there like Henenlotter, Lloyd Kauffman, or maybe even Bruce Campbell (although I'd rather see him in there acting). It'd also be cool to see Robert Rodriguez make one but who knows.

I'm very excited about Masters of Horror 2 because of the possibilities. They could have some big names with great shorts or some rising stars that just bring it and I'd be very happy. Unfortuanatly there is that possibility they bring in guys like Lloyd and the whole thing blows up. We'll see though.

Takashi Miike: Imprint

This has to be the best episode. Having seen Audition no more than a month ago, the impact of his work had not fully dissipated. Then this episode happens along. For lack of a better word, mindblowing. The visuals and use of colour was frighteningly and enchantingly beautiful. Only the subtle hint of the American's mode of dress betrays the period of this otherwise timeless setting. I was a bit surprised upon seeing the opening credits as most of the crew are Japanese. I hear that Miike had to shoot this elsewhere?

The story starts out as somewhat romantic, the American coming back for his beloved. I really liked the way the dialogue was played out between the disfigured geisha and the American. It was real, natural. Having only seen his performance as the Jail Free Pass -toting assassin in the Untouchables, it was a welcome surprise to find him in a more central role.

As for the gore, Miike puts it best: "I couldn't hold back on the horror."

He certainly didn't.

my MASTERS OF HORROR Ranking List
1. Takashi Miike's Imprint
2. John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns
3. Joe Dante's Homecoming
4. Tobe Hooper's Dance of the Dead
5. Don Coscarelli's Incident On & Off a Mountain Road
6. Stuart Gordon's Dreams in the Witch House
7. Lucky McGee's Sick Girl
8. Mick Garris' Chocolate
9. William Malone's Fair Haired Child
10. John Landis' Deerwoman
11. Dario Argento's Jenifer
12. John McNaughton's Haeckel's Tale
13. Larry Cohen's Pick Me Up

I bought the first 2-Pack yesterday, and will be watching them today. Really looking forward to it, they released my 2 favourite directors first:D

Just watched Cigarette Burns and it was great, 8.5/10. I posted a mini-review in Last Seen Movie if anyone's interested.