Masters of Horror Season One (2006)

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Ah the rebirth of the horror television show. Thanks to Showtime, Mick Garris was given the chance to create a weekly horror program with very few limits. Each episode is treated like a separate short film and the end product is pretty friggin' screamtastic. The first season of the series is composed of 13 movies by some of the best Directors and Writers in the horror genre. Some are funny, some are terrifying, but for the most part they're all nice and gory. Below is the full list of the episodes, the director and a brief plot summary of each story.

Jennifer / Directed by - Dario Argento

Girl with smokin' body has very very very deformed face. She like to eat cats and people. Guys fall madly in love with her because she's very very very easy, but it's possible that Jennifer isn't exactly human.

Imprint / Directed byTekashi Miike

A man goes in search of his one true love after leaving her to life in a brothel. When his search comes to a dead end he finds and odd quiet prostitute that know all about his missing love...but she has an evil secret herself. Imprint is very graphic, if you can't handle scenes of torture this may not be your cup of tea.

Chocolate / Directed by Mick Garris

A former fatty starts to have visions form the point of view of a woman he has never met. He decides to go in search of her and when he finds her a murder unravels. Were they destined to meet? Or was it just a cruel twist of fate?

Sick Girl / Directed by Lucky Mckee

Is almost the cutest lesbian date movie you've ever seen. That is until one of them is taken over by a large mutating beetle.

Dance of the Dead / Directed by Tobe Hooper

This is one of my favorites in the first season of the show. Based on a short story by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend), takes place in a post apocalyptic world where teenagers steal blood to earn money. The dregs of humanity hang out in a crazy thrash punk club called the Doom Doom Room where a pasty M.C. (Robert England) dopes up dead bodies that dance on stage with the coxing of cattle prods. The plot goes a bit deeper than that but is most effective because of the awesome sets and ever impending doom surrounding our characters.

Cigarette Burns / Directed by John Carpenter

A film depicting the death of an angel is rumored to ...

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