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Masters of Horror is a new anthology series featuring prominent directors of the horror film genre who have joined forces to produce a series of new original horror films that promises to shock, terrify and captivate even the most discriminating horror film fans. The series grew out of an informal bi-monthly dinner attended by many of the horror genre's most highly regarded directors.
Here are the episode summaries:
Scripts: (These are in filming order and subject to change.)
Episode 1.) "Family" (Filming Completed)
Director : John Landis
Writer : Brent Hanley (Frailty)
Actors : George Wendt, Meredith Monroe, and Matt Keeslar
Vague Plot Description : George Wendt stars as a seemingly normal suburban man who works from home, but has serious skeletons in his closet and voices in his head. It's extremely dark material, and unlike anything we've seen from Landis before.
Says Landis : "For me, the most fun was casting George," Landis tells Fango. "I asked all my friends, 'Who's the least threatening guy you know?' At least six said, 'Norm from CHEERS.' So I called George, and asked, 'Would you be interested in doing this?' And I sent him the script. I'm delighted he's doing it. I don't think people are prepared for how scary he can be."
Episode 2.) "Pelts" (Filming Completed)
Director : Dario Argento
Writer : Matt Venne (White Noise 2)
Adapted from F. Paul Wilson's short story
Actors : Meat Loaf and John Saxon
Vague Plot Description : A disturbing look at the fur trade. "Pelts" can be found in the Wilson collection "The Barrens and Others" and Wilson has said "Pelts" is the only politically correct story he's ever written, concerning animal rights and fur getting its revenge... Coincidentally, its also been called Wilson's bloodiest story.
Says Berger : Also returning this year, one Academy Award heavier, is Howard Berger and the makeup FX team from KNB. Berger, who won the Oscar for his work on THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, is thankful to be starting the second series off with a somewhat light workload. "[FAMILY] is not a huge episode for us," he says. "It's kind of nice. It's definitely a fun episode to start with. The next one we have is Dario Argento's, which is chock full of stuff, tons and tons of stuff."
Episode 3.) "Damned Thing" (Filming Now)
Director : Tobe Hooper
Writer : Richard Christian Matheson
Actors :
Vague Plot Description : See below(sort of)
Says Hooper : Its called "Damned Thing," and as Hooper explains, "It's about the exploration of some 'damned thing,' and people find it, and they'll say, 'What is that damned thing?' And that's what the story is about."
Episode 4.) "Pro-Life"
Director : John Carpenter
Writers : Drew McWeeny & Scott Swan
Actors :
Vague Plot Description : A young girl turns to a group of strangers for help and protection, leading to a terrifying showdown that pits a group of clinic workers against her family. What no one seems to realize is that larger forces are at work, and this girl carries within her a dark secret that puts them all at risk.
Says Nicotero : Were actually getting into monsters on that one.
Episode 5.) "The V Word"
Director : Ernest Dickerson
Writer : Mick Garris
Actors : Michael Ironside
Vague Plot Description : A vampire story.
Says Garris : "Its just pure horror," he told Moviehole. "Its all just dealing with as much of the troves of horror as possible." ********* "There was one that I wrote for this season as a reaction to the whole Not enough true suspenseful horror complaint called The V Word, which Ernest Dickerson is going to direct, and Michael Ironside will be in, that is a really strong well, you can imagine what the V word might be in a horror series."
Episode 6.) Unknown at this time
Director : Joe Dante
Writer : Sam Hamm
Actors :
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Says Dante :
Episode 7.) "The Black Cat"
Director : Stuart Gordon
Writers : Stuart Gordon & Dennis Paoli adapted from Edgar Allen Poe
Actors : Jeffrey Combs playing Poe
Vague Plot Description : A murderer carefully conceals his crime and believes himself unassailable, but eventually breaks down and reveals himself, impelled by a nagging reminder of his guilt, the black cat.
Says Gordon : Stuart assures us "that real cats would be used in the episode."
Other Scripts :
Episode ?.) "Anti-Clause"
Director :
Writer : Graham Masterton
Actors :
Vague Plot Description : Graham Masterton revealed to Fango that his favorite story is going to be adapted for the second series of MASTERS OF HORROR. He says of the tale, titled Anti-Claus, "It puts a new and disturbing face on a popular character, and that is something that I always enjoy doing. Anti-Claus also has parallels with The Pied Piper, who offers people magical solutions to their problems. Once their problems are solved, however, they refuse to pay what they promised, and he takes his revenge."
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Episode ?.) "The Fat Man"
Director :
Writers : Joe R. Landsdale & Neal Barrett Jr.
Adapted from Landsdale's own short story
Actors :
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Episode ?.) "I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For Ice Cream"
Director :
Writer : David J. Schow
Adapted from a story by John Farris
Actors :
Vague Plot Description :
Says ? :
Episode ?.) "Untitled Brad Anderson Script"
Director : Brad Anderson
Writer : Brad Anderson
Actors :
Vague Plot Description :
Says Anderson :
Episode ?.) "Valerie on the Stairs"
Director : Mick Garris
Writer : Mick Garris
Adapted from an original treatment by Clive Barker
Actors :
Vague Plot Description : "Valerie on the Stairs" is set in a dead writers' house that has become a hospice for failed authors, with a desperate scribe in each of nine rooms.
Says Garris : Clive Barker wrote an original treatment for MASTERS OF HORROR, for me," Garris says. "I adapted it, and its called Valerie on the Stairs. Ill be directing that one, and its sort of a ghost story and extremely twisted sexuality runs through it. Hes extremely good at that, and I enjoy it. ******* "Its an original treatment he wrote for the show. Its very dark and very erotic in a twisted way, but much more horrific than Chocolate was. It really goes into some very dark places theres a demon, and its sort of a ghost story that ends up being more bizarre than that."
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