Masters Of Horror: Season 1
Starz / Anchor Bay (2005)
Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
In Collection
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IMDB   7.6
350 mins USA / English
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1   UR (Unrated)
Holly Marie Combs Trysta Turner
Norman Reeduss
Udo Kier
Lucie Laurier
Jonathan Tucker
Henry Thomas
Steven Weber
Bree Turner Ellen
Norman Reedus
Brian Benben
Cinthia Moura
Carrie Fleming
Jessica Lowndes
Ethan Embry Bruce
Karen Austin Mom 
Angus Scrimm Buddy
John DeSantis Moonface
Heather Feeney Young Woman
Ezra Godden Walter Gilman
Campbell Lane Masurewicz
Julia Benson Abbey Addison
Director
Don Coscarelli
Larry Cohen
John Landis
John Carpenter
Producer Mick Garris
Keith Addis
Writer Stuart Gordon
Clive Barker
Cinematography Attila Szalay
Brian Pearson
Musician Peter Bernstein
Nicholas Pike


Anchor Bay has amassed some of the greatest horror film writers and directors to bring to you the anthology series, "Masters of Horror". For the first time the foremost names in the horror film genre have joined forces for the series consisting of 13 one-hour films each season.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    10/28/2005  1.  Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
When Ellen's (Bree Turner) car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like man who is intent on killing her. Ellen will not go down without a fight and the game of cat-and-mouse soon shifts as Ellen fights back.
Director:  Don Coscarelli  / Joe R. Lansdale  Writer:  Don Coscarelli  / Stephen Romano 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/4/2005  2.  Dreams in the Witch House
Walter Gilman, a college student rents a loft in a building in the New England town of Arkham. While studying interdimensional string theory at college he is haunted by nightmares of a 17th century witch and her rat with a human face. He must prevent the death of his neighbour's baby at the hands of these forces while it's possible he could become the murderer himself.
Director:  Stuart Gordon  / H.P. Lovecraft  Writer:  Stuart Gordon  / Dennis Paoli 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/11/2005  3.  Dance of the Dead
This story revolves around a post-apocalyptic town where re-animated corpses of friends and enemies dance on stage for the few people who survived a nuclear holocaust. Peggy a naïve girl learns of the dangers of the outside world and the sacrifices made to guarantee her survival.
Director:  Tobe Hooper  / Richard Matheson  Writer:  Richard Christian Matheson 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/18/2005  4.  Jenifer
Jenifer is a tale of a modern-day Lolita who with her good looks and charm destroys the bodies and souls of all the men who crosses her path. Police officer Frank unfortunately saves this young girls life only to find out in this horrific twist that that no good deed goes unpunished.
Director:  Dario Argento  / Steven Weber  Writer:  Steven Weber 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    11/25/2005  5.  Chocolate
Jamie, a newly divorced man who creates artificial flavours for the food industry, suddenly and inexplicably starts to experience brief and random flashes from someone - and somewhere - unknown: sight, sound, smell, touch. Learning that he's experiencing life through the senses of a mysterious woman, he begins to fall in love with her-without having met her. Eventually, he discovers a horrifying secret that binds him inexorably with the perfect woman in an erotic, horrifying dance of death.
Director:  Mick Garris  Writer:  Mick Garris 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/2/2005  6.  Homecoming
In this contemporary political satire, The living dead have been found tampering with the Presidential election. Fear sweeps the nation as the media uncover this chilling fact which leads to widespread panic.
Director:  Joe Dante  / Dale Bailey  Writer:  Sam Hamm 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/9/2005  7.  Deer Woman
In this horror comedy, A set of peculiar murders leads sceptical detective Dwight Faraday to suspect that an ancient Native American mythological creature is in fact real.
Director:  John Landis  Writer:  John Landis  / Max Landis 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    12/16/2005  8.  Cigarette Burns
In this episode Jimmy Sweetman ventures out to locate a rare film print called "Le Fin Du Monde". The film once shown has been known to drive its audience into a crazed frenzy before the theatre goes up in flames. He finally discovers that the film does live up to it's reputation on the results are quite shocking.
Director:  John Carpenter  Writer:  Drew McWeeny  / Scott Swan 
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/6/2006  9.  Fair Haired Child
A 13 year old is kidnapped and locked in a basement by a scary couple with their younger son. During there incarceration in the basement the two children develop a special relationship and try and get through the night.
Director:  William Malone  Writer:  Matt Greenberg 
Guest starring:  Walter Phelan, Jesse Hadock, Haley Morrison, Ian Wallace, Lindsay Pulsipher, William Samples,  Lori Petty
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/13/2006  10.  Sick Girl
Sick Girl is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair.
Director:  Lucky McKee  Writer:  Sean Hood 
Guest starring:  Angela Bettis, Jessica Hlubik, Erin Brown, Mike McKee, Chandra Berg, Marcia Bennett
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/20/2006  11.  Pick Me Up
This bloody tale will give you an interesting twist to hitchhiking. Both driver and passenger have a little surprise for the 25 year old heroine of the story
Director:  Larry Cohen  Writer:  David Schow 
Guest starring:  Mar Andersons, Michael Petroni,  Crystal LowePaul AnthonyMichael Eklund, Kristie Marsden, Peter Benson, Tom Pickett,  Laurene Landon, Warren Kole,  Michael MoriartyFairuza Balk
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    1/27/2006  12.  Haeckel's Tale
Based on Clive Barker's short story. While on his way to see his sick father, Ernest Haeckel takes shelter with an elderly man and his young wife but soon discovers their horrible secret...
Director:  John McNaughton  Writer:  Mick Garris 
Guest starring:  Christopher Delisle, Elizabeth McQuade, Jill Morrison, Warren Kimmel, Pablo Coffey,  Jon Polito, Micki Maunsell,  Gerard PlunkettTom McBeath, Leela Savasta, Derek Cecil,  Steve Bacic
    Seen it: Yes   60 mins    2/25/2006  13.  Imprint
An American journalist in 19th century Japan is hoping to find the love he left behind. His long search leads him to a dark island where the only sanctuary is a brothel. He ends up spending the night with an interesting woman where he learns that some things are better off left in the past.
Director:  Takashi Miike 
Edition Details
Series Masters of Horror
Distributor Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date 12/11/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
No. of Disks/Tapes 1