Anthology television series
Masters of Horror is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network.
Origin 💶 [ edit ]
In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman 💶 Oaks, California. The original ten "masters" attending were John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Don Coscarelli, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Stuart 💶 Gordon, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, Bill Malone, and Garris himself.
Subsequently, Garris organized regular dinners with the group and invited other 💶 horror and other genre directors to attend, including Dario Argento, Eli Roth, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Tim Sullivan, Rob Zombie, 💶 Bryan Singer, Fred Dekker, William Lustig, Lucky McKee, Ernest Dickerson, Katt Shea, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, James Gunn, Mary Lambert, 💶 Tom Holland, Peter Medak, Ti West, Lloyd Kaufman, and others. In 2005, Garris created and produced an original anthology television 💶 series of one-hour movies, written and directed by many of the "masters," which was originally broadcast in the U.S. on 💶 the Showtime cable network. In several international territories, the films were released theatrically.
The series debuted to excellent reviews in the 💶 U.S. on October 28, 2005, with the premiere episode "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road," co-written and directed by 💶 Don Coscarelli, based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale. New episodes premiered every Friday at 10 p.m. EST 💶 throughout the series' two seasons. The show followed an anthology series format, with each episode featuring a one-hour film directed 💶 by a well-known horror film director. In 2009, Chiller began airing the show on their Sunday evening line-up of shows, 💶 and in 2010, Reelz Channel began airing episodes of Masters of Horror edited (despite keeping its TV-MA rating) and with 💶 commercials.[1]
Series overview [ edit ]
Season Episodes Originally aired First aired Last aired 1 13 October 28, 2005 February 25, 2006 💶 2 13 October 27, 2006 February 2, 2007
Episodes [ edit ]
Season 1 (2005–06) [ edit ]
Episode 4, "Jenifer", was accidentally 💶 made available on-demand to a select audience at the same time as episode 2, "H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the 💶 Witch-House". The episode was cut for graphic violence during its initial television broadcast, and the cut scenes can only be 💶 viewed in a featurette separate from the film on the R1 DVD release.
Episode 13, "Imprint", originally scheduled to premiere on 💶 January 27, 2006, was shelved by Showtime due to concerns over its content. Mick Garris, creator and executive producer of 💶 the series, characterized the episode as "the most disturbing film I've ever seen".[2] It is available only on DVD and 💶 Blu-ray by Anchor Bay Entertainment, along with the rest of the episodes in the first season.[3] "Imprint" was shown in 💶 the UK on Bravo (7 April 2006).[4]
Season 2 (2006–07) [ edit ]
Related series [ edit ]
Fear Itself [ edit ]
Series 💶 creator Mick Garris stated that Showtime opted not to show the third season and that film studio Lionsgate had begun 💶 funding the series.[5] The Hollywood Reporter reported on September 25, 2007, that Mick Garris and Lionsgate signed a 13-episode deal 💶 with NBC. Instead of a third season of the show, a new show, Fear Itself, was created with the same 💶 premise as Masters of Horror. It premiered on NBC in Summer 2008.
Soundtrack [ edit ]
A two-disc soundtrack was released for 💶 the series in October 2005 on Immortal Records. The album features heavy metal and hard rock acts with a few 💶 acoustic pieces. A second volume was released a year later.
Comic adaptations [ edit ]
IDW Publishing produced a series of comic 💶 book adaptations of several episodes from the series. The first four issues are two-parters, adapting "Incident On and Off a 💶 Mountain Road", based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale, and "Dreams in the Witch-House".[6][7] The first two comic 💶 covers were painted by the award-winning artist Jeremy Caniglia.
Awards and nominations [ edit ]
