Masters of Horror Season 1

Masters of Horror Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it earns its premise rather than just borrowing genre trappings. The 1-season run is exactly the right length for what it is doing. A 7/10 rating says what the writing already makes obvious: this one works. The ensemble never lets the concept overwhelm the characters. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Masters of Horror Season 1 is worth clearing space for. What makes Masters of Horror Season 1 work is that the ideas never crowd out the people having them. Season 1 of Masters of Horror includes 12 episodes. It aired from October 2005 to January 2006. Episodes include "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road", "Dreams in the Witch House", "Dance of the Dead". It was aired in 2005. The rules of Masters of Horror Season 1's world are consistent enough that the big swings never feel like cheating. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Masters of Horror Season 1 is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. Short enough to finish in a weekend, substantial enough to feel satisfying. Nobody has to carry the concept alone — the whole cast is doing the work. If you have been burned by ambitious sci-fi before, this is the exception.

🎬 Masters of Horror Season 1 — Episode Guide

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

2005-10-28

While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

Dreams in the Witch House

2005-11-04

Walter Gilman, a college student rents a loft in a building in the New England town of Arkham. While studying interdimensional string theory at college he is haunted by nightmares of a 17th century witch and her rat with a human face. He must prevent the death of his neighbour's baby at the hands of...

Dance of the Dead

2005-11-11

This story revolves around a post-apocalyptic town where re-animated corpses of friends and enemies dance on stage for the few people who survived a nuclear holocaust. Peggy a naive girl learns of the dangers of the outside world and the sacrifices made to guarantee her survival.

Jenifer

2005-11-18

Jenifer is a tale of a modern-day Lolita who with her good looks and charm destroys the bodies and souls of all the men who crosses her path. Police officer Frank unfortunately saves this young girls life only to find out in this horrific twist that that no good deed goes unpunished.

Chocolate

2005-11-25

Jamie, a newly divorced man who creates artificial flavours for the food industry, suddenly and inexplicably starts to experience brief and random flashes from someone - and somewhere - unknown: sight, sound, smell, touch. Learning that he's experiencing life through the senses of a mysterious woman...

Homecoming

2005-12-02

In this contemporary political satire, The living dead have been found tampering with the Presidential election. Fear sweeps the nation as the media uncover this chilling fact which leads to widespread panic.

Deer Woman

2005-12-09

In this horror comedy, A set of peculiar murders leads sceptical detective Dwight Faraday to suspect that an ancient Native American mythological creature is in fact real.

Cigarette Burns

2005-12-16

In this episode Jimmy Sweetman ventures out to locate a rare film print called "Le Fin Du Monde". The film once shown has been known to drive its audience into a crazed frenzy before the theatre goes up in flames. He finally discovers that the film does live up to it's reputation on the results ar...

Fair Haired Child

2006-01-06

A 13 year old is kidnapped and locked in a basement by a scary couple with their younger son. During there incarceration in the basement the two children develop a special relationship and try and get through the night.

E10

Sick Girl

2006-01-13

Sick Girl is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair.

E11

Pick Me Up

2006-01-20

In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect to anywhere, recently divorced Stacia, a passenger on a broken-down bus, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between serial killers.

E12

Haeckel's Tale

2006-01-27

Based on Clive Barker's short story. While on his way to see his sick father, Ernest Haeckel takes shelter with an elderly man and his young wife but soon discovers their horrible secret...

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