Horror update

[Gary Floyd 0]

Well folks, it seems that over at Dread Central, there have been ten episodes announced for season two of Masters of Horror. Here's a list of episodes so far:

 

-"Family", directed by John Landis and written by Brent Hanley, tells the story of a young married couple (Meredith Monroe and Matt Keeslar) that moves into a new home in a new city and finds out that their neighbor (George Wendt) is not what he seems.

 

-"Pelts", directed by Dario Argento, written by Matt Venne, adapted from F. Paul Wilson’s short-story, is an erotic tale about stolen raccoon pelts that violently turn against those that covet them in this Giallo-style adaptation of F. Paul Wilson’s short story. Meatloaf and John Saxon star.

 

-"The Damned Thing", directed by Tobe Hooper, inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s classic short-story and written by Richard Christian Matheson, is the apocalyptic tale of a monstrous force that devastates Sheriff Kevin Reddle’s family and his small Texas town. Sean Patrick Flanery, Marisa Coughlan and Ted Raimi star.

 

-"Pro-Life", directed by John Carpenter, written by Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan, tells the story of a young girl trapped inside a clinic, that discovers the only thing more dangerous than her pursuers is the demonic secret that she carries within her. Ron Perlman, and Caitlin Wachs star.

 

-"The V Word", a vampire film directed by Ernest ("Bones","Tales From The Crypt Presents: Demon Knight") Dickerson and written by Mick Garris, reveals the punishment visited upon two teenage boys who make the very poor decision to break into a mortuary. Michael Ironside stars.

 

-"Sounds Like", directed and written by Brad ("Session 9","The Machinist") Anderson, adapted from a short-story by Mike O’Driscoll, tells the story of Larry Pearce - an ordinary man blessed with a gift of extraordinary supernatural hearing that drives him to the brink of insanity and forces him to take violent action to silence the horrific cacophony in his head.

 

-"The Screwfly Solution", directed by Joe Dante, written by Sam Hamm and adapted from the Raccoona Sheldon short-story, is about a nightmare virus infecting our nation, transforming men into psychotic killers who attack every woman that crosses their paths.

 

-"Valerie On The Stairs", directed and written by Mick Garris from a Clive Barker original screen story, tells the tale of a novelist who discovers there are fates worse than literary anonymity in this sexually-charged tale of terror.

 

-"We Scream For Ice Cream", directed by Tom ("Fright Night","Thinner") Holland from David J. Schow’s adaptation of John Farris’ short-story, depicts a local ice cream man who, in this case, is turning sweet-toothed children against their parents.

 

-"The Black Cat", directed by Stuart Gordon and written by Gordon & Dennis Paoli, has the great Poe, out of ideas and short on cash, tormented by a black cat that will either destroy his life or inspire him to write one of his most famous stories. Jeffrey Combs is slated to star as Poe.

 

Other episodes that are possible include adaptations of Bentley Little's "The Washingtonians", Joe Landsdale's "The Fat Man", and Graham Masterson's "Anti-Clause"

[FroGG_NeaL 0]

Sounds like good shit.

 

Any idea if this series is doing well enough to be aroun for a while?

 

I'm hopin' so.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Personally, the episode I'm looking forward to the most is "We All Scream For Ice Cream". That premise is just too cool.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Where does this stuff air?

[FroGG_NeaL 0]

Showtime.

[FroGG_NeaL 0]

Chat transcript with Kane from that site.

[NoCalMike 0]

Showtime's Tales From the Crypt....but better

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Any chance this would be released on DVD?

[Gary Floyd 0]

Showtime's Tales From the Crypt....but better

Oh, it's definately better than "Tales from The crypt", mainly because it doesn't have any Hollywood interference. Plus, there's no cheap marketing towards teeneagers, which is a huge plus, and it's from people who clearly love the genre. I think it's the best thing Horror on TV has had in a long time.

 

Of course, the show has split a lot of horror fans, but most of the complainers are the tpes who complain about remakes and PG-13 horror movies while still going to see each one so they can talk about how they think horror sucks now. I hate people like that.

[Gary Floyd 0]

Any chance this would be released on DVD?

So far, four episodes from season one have been released on DVD (I recommend "Incident on and Off a Mountain Road" and "Cigarette Burns"), with more in the coming months. Personally, I think it sucks that their being released seperately, and not in a box set, but oh well.

 

Also, "Cigarette Burns" (which was directed by John Carpenter) was the best episode from season one, while William Malone's "Fair Haired Child" being the second best (and the biggest suprise), and John Landis's "Deer Woman" is third best.

 

I haven't seen Takashi Miike's season one episode yet, as it was banned from showing on Showtime (due to extremely graphic torture similar to the one's in "Audition"), though it aired uncut on Bravo in the UK. It should be on DVD some time this year.

 

Oh, and finally, if you noticed my avatar, that's the title character from Dario Argento's season one episode "Jennifer".

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Thanks. I don't have Showtime, and I'd love to watch these episodes, so yeah the DVD is the way to go, I guess.

[Guest El Satanico]

I haven't seen every episode, but I thought Season One was mostly crap. Hopefully season two will be an improvement.