Masters Of Horror

[frankenjohn]

No, I just read about it on Fangoria's website. The only MoH episode I've seen is 15 seconds of "Jenifer" at my Uncle's house on New Year's.

[slayrrr666]

Well, but at least it's Mundae. For some reason, she was credited as Erin Brown. That's her birth name, right?

[frankenjohn]

I believe so.

[slayrrr666]

All right, thanks Frank.

[frankenjohn]

Your welcome.

[Quorthon]

slayrrr666 said:

Well, but at least it's Mundae. For some reason, she was credited as Erin Brown. That's her birth name, right?

Misty Mundae isn't a porn star. She's just an "adult film" star. Like Julie Strain, but pretty. Softcore type stuff at best. Just nudie flicks. Like Roxanne. I think that's what it was called. Damn it was boring. I never thought watching chicks make out could be so damn dull.

She's like a step below Bruce Campbell--a C-grade star if you will, popping up generally in really low independent films that look like they're made with digital camcorders.

[slayrrr666]

Here's some relevant information about the series, if anyone cares:

We all knew it was inevitable that there would be a season two of IDT Entertainment’s MASTERS OF HORROR, following its successful debut run on Showtime. But who will the next round of MASTERS be? A mix of the old and new, Fango has learned. Creator/executive producer Mick Garris confirms that John Landis, Stuart Gordon, Joe Dante, Tobe Hooper, John Carpenter and himself will be back to helm more segments of the critically praised anthology.

Regarding directorial newcomers, “Brad Anderson is one of the new faces on board this time,” Garris reveals. “I’m a huge fan of his SESSION 9 and THE MACHINIST. We’re trying to lock up several others, but schedules this year are increasingly difficult to coordinate. We hope to have Guillermo del Toro and Rob Zombie on board as well.” Both del Toro and Zombie could not squeeze in MASTERS gigs last time.

Of season two’s writers, PICK ME UP’s David J. Schow just completed his adaptation of the John Farris story “I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream,” while CIGARETTE BURNS’ Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan will collaborate on a new teleplay for Carpenter again. Horror author Graham (THE MANITOU) Masterton’s “Anti-Claus” has also been optioned, while DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE’s Stuart Gordon and fellow H.P. Lovecraft scholar/co-author Dennis Paoli have another classic author in mind for their MASTERS follow-up. “We are doing THE BLACK CAT,” Gordon tells Fango, “ideally with Jeffrey Combs playing Poe! We are excited to be back, as MASTERS OF HORROR is a groundbreaking show.”

And the news gets even better. “Clive Barker is writing an original screen treatment, which I will adapt and possibly direct,” adds Garris, who tackled Barker’s “Haeckel’s Tale” to close out the first batch of MASTERS episodes. “I also wrote another script called THE V WORD, which is an original.” Regarding MASTERS OF HORROR’s future, Garris concludes, “All we really want to do is give voice to the best people in the horror genre and make the best fright films possible. We truly want to continue to stretch the envelope and do the kinds of things that go beyond the commonplace mall-cinema fare.”

Now this is some promising news indeed.

[Quorthon]

slayrrr666 said:

Here's some relevant information about the series, if anyone cares:

Don't think that just because I didn't watch it, I don't care, man. I don't get fucking Showtime. All we have is HBO--and in 6 or 7 months, that might be gone, too.

I'm gonna miss the next season of Rome! Dammit!

[slayrrr666]

Sorry, just tired at the time, I guess. Just looking back and seeing me and Bart talk about, so I think that's it. Sorry.

[LivingDeadGirl]

slayrrr666 said:

And the news gets even better. “Clive Barker is writing an original screen treatment, .

Whooooooooooo!

Anyway...I don't get showtime either, but I'll definately see them as soon as they hit dvd. The ones worth watching anyway...

[slayrrr666]

True, but look who's directing it: Mick Garris. Doesn't exactly bode well.

[slayrrr666]

Just finished the Larry Cohen one, "Pick Me Up," about a deranged series of games played by a trucker driver and a hitch-hiking cowboy, or at least as my interpretation of it, I'm a little confused on the plot. That's the way I took it. Starts off pretty good: a bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere, and a truck comes along to take everyone but a couple and the driver to safety. After killing the three other people left at the scene, the cowboy and the trucker engage in a series of weird games with the sole survivor: Fairuza Balk. Double crosses galore, secrets and half-truths are abundant, so it gets hard halfway through to know allegiances and true motives. Still a lot of fun, as it was cool to see who would lie their way out of the bag and what they would do to keep it secret. Again, not nearly as gory as previous ones, which helps as there was no real opportunities for it, other than a brief torture sequence. Definitely earns points for having one of the greatest endings in the series, that just came out of nowhere and was great. Still doesn't enter the upper echelons of the series, but far, far better than it's lowspots. Almost unseated Carpenter's, but that one was good fun.

Here's how it now stacks up for me:

1. Argento
2. Gordon
3. Landis
4. Coscarelli
5. Carpenter
6. Cohen
7. McKee
8. Dante
9. Malone
10. Hooper
11. Garris

[Bartwald]

slayrrr666 said:

The first half was pretty dull as they had to build up the relationship. A couple of nude scenes didn't help...

DIDN'T help, slayrrr? Are you sure this is what you wanted to say here?

McKee's episode was pretty good, I think. Unfortunately, it was also annoying in some departments - Mundae's acting, for one, was driving me crazy as hell! I love bug-horrors, though, so all in all this one's very welcome.

Malone's film, #9, was weaker, yes. I liked the OTT figure of a killing child/skeleton/whatever - this elevates the episode somewhat.

Still waiting for Cohen's film!!!

So far:

1. Argento
2. Coscarelli
3. Carpenter
4. McKee
5. Landis
6. Gordon
7. Malone
8. Dante
9. Garris
10. Hooper

[slayrrr666]

Thanks for catching that, Bart. Just used to always writting it that way. Fixing it now.

[Bartwald]

slayrrr666 said:

Definitely earns points for having one of the greatest endings in the series, that just came out of nowhere and was great.

Yeah, the ending was nice - though I must admit I expected something like that the second I heard the ambulance sirens! Good thing Larry Cohen cast Michael Moriarty again, another great role of his here - and he even gets to play with the same woman who went to bed with him in It's Alive III!

A good episode, and you can feel Cohen got much better as a director since his early efforts (notice the scene where the camera flies through the three motel rooms with a sheer De Palma grace!), but not scary enough.

Here goes the list again:

1. Argento
2. Coscarelli
3. Carpenter
4. McKee
5. Cohen
6. Landis
7. Gordon
8. Malone
9. Dante
10. Garris
11. Hooper

The first seven films are strong, the last two poor, so the series still is rather thrilling overall.