Masters of Horror Season 2

[GL]

Thanks. I just wish others woud at least take an interest.

[Conan]

Yeah its very odd. You can't be the only person to have Showtime.

[GL]

Or know about it. It's been here since the start of the new season.

[GL]

Episode 10-We All Scream for Ice Cream by Tom Holland

A vicious prank comes back to haunt a group of childhood friends as grown-ups in the form of a murderous clown.

Well, um....hmm. Let's see, uh, the clown looks pretty spooky at times, as the face paint doesn't really fit the traditional pattern used for the occaision, but it's kinda spoiled by the fact that the more child-friendly paint-job is used more often in the film and the idea of melting into a pool of ice cream is pretty creative.
Once again, where's the horror? This offered absolutely nothing in terms of horror, scares, supsense or scares, and this is due to a plot-frame that doesn't offer any chances for it. It's more of a drama and has absolutely nothing to do with being scary. There's nothing in here that kept me waiting for scares, and it was just a plain, boring nothingness. In addition, nothing happened. Some kids slurped ice cream and their dads melted into ice cream was about the highpoint in terms of anything happening, and just sitting around waiting for something to happen. Just a boring mess.
1/10

1. Argento
2. Dickerson
3. Landis
4. Carpenter
5. Dante
6. Hooper
7.Schmidt
8. Garris
9. Anderson/Holland

[GL]

Episode 11-The Black Cat by Stuart Gordon

Edgar Allen Poe is tormented by a strange cat while trying to write his new literary masterpiece.

I'm kind of on-the-fence about this one. There were times when it wasn't completely terrible. The cellar sequence is naturally it's best part, full of Gothic style atmosphere and mood, with the raging thunderstorm illuminating the darkened room, the chase with the cat, and it's one moment of gory brilliance, a beautiful ax to the head wound, which does result in a fairly obvious goof as the ax clearly hits the top of the head full-on when shown entering the head but there's a nice facial split when the ax is removed. Still, it didn't disrupt from the sequence.
There was a couple of things that really seemed off on this one. The major one was that this was just a painfully slow experience. The main body of the film didn't start until after the half-hour mark, which leaves the first half with some really useless and unneeded scenes. The amount of time spent in the bar is a major source that could've been stripped, and several of the times between them really could've been downed down. It suffers from the nearly inescapable error of feeling more like a drama than a horror film that so many of this season feel like. Another big problem is the film doesn't really feel too historically accurate. The constant dying of the main characters don't really feel true, and the sequence of Poe chasing a car around a darkened room don't seem too accurate either. It's only an issue to be brought up due to the fact that it's based on a real figure and not something made up, so there has to be a semblance of reality thrown in which this one didn't for the majority of the time. Even the police at the end didn't really seem realistic, and there wasn't a slam-bang ending that so many others had. It just ended, with a lot of questions still left up in the air. Not needed to be spoiled, but there definitely was some that were unanswered.

Better than the last couple, but it's still a painfully agonizing entry in what is a rapidly sinking and painfully disappoiting second season. The good news: the ending is right around the corner.
4/10

1. Argento
2. Dickerson
3. Landis
4. Carpenter
5. Dante
6. Hooper
7.Schmidt
8. Garris
9. Gordon
10. Anderson/Holland

[Conan]

Just so you know. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 4: Jenifer was based on a short story that was in Creepy #63. I would have posted this is a Masters of Horror thread, but we don't have on. Anyone feel free to fork this. lol

SPOILER: Click to show

[CT]

Still havn't seen all of the 1st series. (Apart from a screener Toadie sent me.)

[GL]

conan said:

Just so you know. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 4: Jenifer was based on a short story that was in Creepy #63. I would have posted this is a Masters of Horror thread, but we don't have on. Anyone feel free to fork this. lol

SPOILER: Click to show

The writers admitted this on their interview on the DVD. It wasn't exactly news, at least to me, but at least now the cover art is availiable.

[Conan]

I wish it got the cover, and not just a few lines.

[Canetoad]

I have the Oz equivalent of Showtime and am yet to see season 2 here unless I was asleep and missed it?

[The Walking Dude]

i don't have pay tv myself but i always check the listings and get someone to tape the good stuff for me, but i havent noticed season 2 yet.

[Conan]

Most if not all of season 1 is out on DVD here is the states. Season 2 dvds might be out now, not to sure. GL might know.

[GL]

Season 1 is out everywhere in it's complete form, just not in a box set. I don't count the R4's, as I ain't paying $300 bucks for the series.

Season 2 has Pelts out officially, with Family, Right to Die, and one more I can't remember coming out shortly. Don't have release dates yet, I'll come back to this tomorrow.

[Conan]

Episode 6: Pelts by Dario Argento

I just watched this dvd, I loved it. Both of Dario's Masters of Horror esp I have seen I have loved. As soon as I can I am going to get the box set of both seasons if they have it, if not I will get every Masters of Horror dvd I can find.

[GL]

Sweden is the only place I know of that has the complete box set, although Australia and Thailand (?) have them in volumes. R1, individually is the way to go.