Getting in the spirit of the Halloween season, I have been watching the movies to come out of Showtime’s Masters of Horror television series. So far, I have been pretty impressed with the quality of the movies. They tell some good stories in the space of each one hour episodes. They pack a lot into a little time. Masters of Horror harkens back to The Twilight Zone/ Outer Limits/ Tales From The Crypt anthology shows.

The first one that I watched is Deer Woman by John Landis based off a script written by his son. It tales the tale of a damaged police detective (Brian Benben) who is called in on a series of murders where all the victims appear to have been trampled to death after being seen in the company of a very sexy American Indian woman (Cinthia Moura), he tracks the killer and finds more than he bargins for. Equal parts horror & humor, this film is a good intro to the series. Cinthia Moura is absolutely stunning in this movie, I hope she becomes a big star in Hollywood.

The second one that I watched is Incident On And Off A Mountain Road. It is an adaption of a Joe Lansdale story by Don Coscarelli of Phantasm fame. It tells the tale of a woman driving in the mountains on a dark country night. She comes around a curve in the road, only to come face to face with a stopped car. she swerves but barrels into it. She goes to check on it, only to come face to face with a serial killer by the name of Moonface. She tries to escape from him into the woods, but eventually is captured. She is taken back to his shack, and it looks like the worst. How and why she turns the tables on him is a great twist ending worthy on M. Night.

The third and final one that I have got to watch so far is Stuart Gordon’s adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s Dreams in the Witch House. Stuart Gordon’s contribution to M.O.H. is one of his continuing efforts to bring HPL to the Movie-going masses. After his work with Re-Animator, From Beyond & Dagon, he turns to one of HPL’s more famous short stories. The visuals on this one are pretty good.

If this series rolls on at this level, I might actually have to add Showtime to my channels……