Masters of Horror Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

First aired: Oct/28/2005
Writer: Don Coscarelli, Stephen Romano
Director: Don Coscarelli
Guest star: Ethan Embry (Bruce), Angus Scrimm (Buddy), John DeSantis (Moonface), Bree Turner (Ellen), Heather Feeney (Young Woman)

Based on Joe Lansdale's short story of the same title, this episode pits Ellen, a seemingly defenseless young woman, against Moonface, a deformed and demented serial killer.

As the story cuts back and forth in time, we slowly discover that our heroine is not as helpless, nor as innocent as she initially seems. Trained by her abusive husband Bruce to be a survivalist, instructed to use any and every available object as a weapon in a time of need, Ellen gets to test the real life application of these lessons.

Ultimately, chained to the floor of Moonface's horrific cabin with a most unsavory roommate, she races against the clock to free herself before she meets a grisly fate. This gritty episode pits a strong female protagonist against evil incarnate.

2 :01x02 - Dreams in the Witch House

First aired: Nov/04/2005
Writer: Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli
Director: Stuart Gordon
Guest star: Chelah Horsdal (Frances Elwood), Terry Howson (Attendant), Jay Brazeau (Mr. Dombrowski - Manager), Donna White (Librarian), David Nykl (CSI), Susan Bain (Psychologist), Anthony Harrison (Detective), Campbell Lane (Mazurowitz)

In this tale based on the short story by horror master H.P. Lovecraft, Stuart Gordon will once again confirm his place as the premiere director of Lovecraft's tales of terror.

Walter Gilman, a college student studying interdimensional string theory, rents a garret in a run-down building in the old New England town of Arkham. Haunted by terrifying nightmares that involve a witch, a supernatural rodent and perhaps Satan himself, Walter starts to lose his grip on reality.

He begins to believe his string theory studies have uncovered a portal into a parallel universe rife with diabolical forces gathering to sacrifice his neighbor's infant. As Walter struggles to prevent this atrocity, it becomes less clear if he will save the child or become its unwitting murderer himself.

3 :01x03 - Dance of the Dead

First aired: Nov/11/2005
Writer: Richard Christian Matheson
Director: Tobe Hooper
Guest star: Jessica Lowndes (Peggy), Emily Graham (Young Peggy), Melena Ronnis (Anna), Lucie Guest (Celia), Leah Wagner (Loopy Girl 2), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Quinn), Julia Taffe (Loopy Girl 1), Darren Aitcheson (Giant Door Guy), Robert Englund (Twisted MC), Kylie Furneaux (Loopy Girl 3), Virginia Dee Mayne (Woman 1), Misty Dawn Meeler (Woman 2), Margot Berner (Mariel), Darren Moore (Creep in Muskeet), Don MacKay (Steven), Brock Johnson (Pomade Creep), Genevieve Buechner (Young Anna), Marilyn Norry (Kate), Erica Carroll (Mia), Sharon Heath (Gerri), Ryan McDonald (Boxx), Clay Virtue (Creep in Doom Room)

This episode depicts a post-apocalyptic dystopia wherein re-animated corpses of former friends and enemies dance on stage for the entertainment of the few that survived a nuclear holocaust.

Too naïve and wholesome for her own good, Peggy embarks on her first double date with a slick upper-classman. Her nervous fits of laughter quickly turn to panicked screams as she learns the truth of the dangerous world outside her mother's protective cloister, and the sacrifices that were made in order to guarantee her survival.

4 :01x04 - Jenifer

First aired: Nov/18/2005
Writer: Steven Weber
Director: Dario Argento
Guest star: Beau Starr (Chief Charlie), Harris Allan (Pete), Carrie Fleming (Jenifer), Brenda James (Ruby), Laurie Brunetti (Spacey), Julia Arkos (Ann Wilkerson), Brad Mooney (Friend # 1), Jasmine Chan (Amy), Kevin Crofton (Homeless Man), Matt Garlick (Institute Guard), Riley Ruckman (Friend # 2), Mark Acheson (Side Show Owner), Jano Frandsen (Hunter), Jeffrey Ballard (Young Jack), Cynthia Garris (Rose)

Based on the short story written by Bruce Jones, Jenifer is the shocking tale of a modern-day Lolita who, through her Siren-like powers, ultimately destroys the bodies and souls of all men unfortunate enough to cross her path.

After police officer Frank saves her life, he adopts her, only to learn that no good deed goes unpunished. Jenifer is a twisted and terrifying tale with a horrific twist that warns us all to be careful of what we bring into our homes.

5 :01x05 - Chocolate

First aired: Nov/25/2005
Writer: Mick Garris
Director: Mick Garris
Guest star: Paul Wu (Hooper), Michael Curtola (Band Member), Ken Dresen (Detective #2), Stacy Grant (Vanessa), Henry Thomas (Jamie), Katharine Horsman (Sue), Jake Smith (Booth), Jake D. Smith (Booth), Heather Feeney (Young Woman), Peter Bryant (Detective # 1), Lucie Laurier (Catherine), Leah Graham (Elaine), Ali Staseson (Young Girl), Matt Frewer (Wally)

Jamie, a newly divorced young man who creates artificial flavors 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, he begins to fall in love with her - without having met her. Eventually, he discovers a horrifying secret that binds him inexorably with the perfect woman in an erotic, horrifying dance of death.

6 :01x06 - Homecoming

First aired: Dec/02/2005
Director: Joe Dante
Guest star: Jon Tenney (David Murch), Thea Gill (Jane Cleaver), Wanda Cannon (Kathy Hobart), Terry David Mulligan (Marty Clark), Robert Picardo (Kurt Rand), Beverley Breuer (Janet Hofstadter), Dexter Bell (Marine Guard 1), Jason Diablo (Marine Guard 2), Karen Elizabeth Austin (Mom), Daniel Wesley (Bobby Earl Beeler), Penelope Corrin (Registrar), J. Winston Carroll (Rev.Clayton Poole), Nathaniel Deveaux (Mr. Baker), Candus Churchill (Mrs. Baker), Jason Emanuel (Michael), Sean Carey (Gordon Hofstadter), Ryan McDonell (Philip), Charles Zuckermann ("Join Us" Soldier), Connor Christopher Levins (Young David)

Terror and scandal grip the nation when the media discovers that the living dead have swayed the Presidential election. This adaptation of Dale Bailey's award-winning short story Death & Suffrage blends zombie horror and contemporary political satire with chilling results.

7 :01x07 - Deer Woman

First aired: Dec/09/2005
Writer: John Landis, Max Landis
Director: John Landis
Guest star: Brian Benben (Detective Dwight Faraday), Anthony Griffith (Officer Jacob Reed), Cinthia Moura (Deer Woman (and Introducing)), Sonja Bennett (Dana), Julian Christopher (Chief Einhorn), Don Thompson (Detective Fuches), Alex Zahara (Detective Patterson), Walter High (Pool Player), Michael P. Northey (Peeing Trucker), John Destry (Trucker Witness), John Bear Curtis (Truckstop Owner), Maxine Miller (Dog Lady), John R. Taylor (Dead Monkey Man), Edmond Wong (Desk Cop), Steve Archer (Business Man), Ben Cotton (Theoretical Trucker), Lisa Marie Caruk (Theoretical Girl), Zoltan Buday (Pawnshop Guy), Andy Thompson (Bill), Clint Andrew (Mugger), Travis Dugas (Casino Manager), Jordan MacKay (Cocktail Waitress)

A series of bizarre murders lead a cynical Detective Dwight Faraday to suspect that an ancient Native American mythological creature is real in this sexually-charged horror comedy.

8 :01x08 - Cigarette Burns

First aired: Dec/16/2005
Writer: Scott Swan, Drew McWeeny
Director: John Carpenter
Guest star: Rikki Gagne (Woman # 1), Crystal Mudry (Woman # 2), Gary Hetherington (Walter), Chris Gauthier (Timpson), Udo Kier (Bellinger), Julius Chapple (Henri Cotillard), Brad Kelly (Horst), Douglas H. Arthurs (Dalibor), Zara Taylor (Annie), Lynn Wahl (Cab Driver), Christopher Britton (Meyers), Taras Kostyuk (Kaspar), Colin Foo (Fung), Gwynyth Walsh (Latja), Christopher Redman (Willowy Being), Brahm Taylor (Protagonist)

Jimmy Sweetman knows how to find rare film prints. However, nothing could prepare him for the daunting search for Le Fin du Monde a film allegedly shown only once and rumored to have driven its audience into a murderous frenzy before the theater mysteriously erupted in flames.

Working for a shadowy patron, Jimmy's increasingly obsessive investigation becomes nightmarish and deadly. Finally he discovers Le Fin du Monde's infamy is well deserved. This supernatural "Chinatown" is a chilling look at the power of cinema and the lengths to which we will go to satiate our private demons.

9 :01x09 - Fair Haired Child

First aired: Jan/06/2006
Writer: Matt Greenberg
Director: William Malone
Guest star: Walter Phelan (Johnny thing), Jesse Haddock (Johnny), Lori Petty (Judith), Haley Morrison (Teenage girl), William Samples (Anton), Ian Wallace (Teacher)

Tara, a lonely 13 year-old outcast, is kidnapped by a strange couple and locked in the basement with their 13-year old son Johnny. Despite the fact that he is kind and sensitive, Johnny keeps a terrible secret. These two children form a special bond to a find a way to battle a curse and to survive the night.

10 :01x10 - Sick Girl

First aired: Jan/13/2006
Director: Lucky McKee
Guest star: Mike McKee (Professor Malcolm Wolf), Erin Brown (Misty Falls), Angela Bettis (Ida Teeter), Jesse Hlubik (Max Grubb), Marcia Bennett (Lana Beasley), Chandra Berg (The Ladybug), Teach Grant (Restaurant Owner)

A genre-bending love story about the dangers of a fast moving relationship in the modern world between two women. Complications are abound when a foreign insect, with the ability to change people's personality and mood, bites one of the lovers.

11 :01x11 - Pick Me Up

First aired: Jan/20/2006
Writer: David J. Schow
Director: Larry Cohen
Guest star: Fairuza Balk (Stacia), Paul Anthony (Stoney), Tom Pickett (Bus Driver), Peter Benson (Deuce), Michael Moriarty (Jim Wheeler), Michael Eklund (Cashier), Mar Andersons (Ambulance Driver), Michael Petroni (Ambulance Attendant), Laurene Landon (Birdy), Crystal Lowe (Lily), Kristie Marsden (Marie), Warren Kole (Walker)

Two urban legends collide on a desolate roadside when Wheeler, a serial killer who slays hitchhikers, offers a ride to Walker, a hitchhiker who slays any individual unlucky enough to offer him a ride. Caught between these two bearers of death and destruction is our heroine, a 25 year old woman who will need to choose her ally carefully or become another bloody notch on a belt in this deadly game of cat and mouse.

12 :01x12 - Haeckel's Tale

First aired: Jan/27/2006
Director: John McNaughton
Guest star: Derek Cecil (Ernst Haeckel), Leela Savasta (Elise), Tom McBeath (Walter Wolfram), Steve Bacic (Edward Ralston), Gerard Plunkett (Dr. Hauser), Micki Maunsell (Miz Carnation), Jon Polito (Montesquino), Pablo Coffey (Chester), Warren Kimmel (Faron), Jill Morrison (Rachel), Elizabeth McQuade (Young Woman), Christopher Delisle (Elise's Dead Husband)

When Ernet Haeckel seeks shelter from the wilderness in a secluded cabin in the New England countryside, he is given one explicit instruction: No matter what he hears, he cannot go outside.

As the cries of an unseen baby intermix with horrifying guttural moans, Haeckel disobeys his host and becomes embroiled in an orgy of the undead, Based on Clive Barker's short story, Haeckel's Tale is a sexually-charged campfire story with a terrifying twist.

13 :01x13 - Imprint

First aired: Feb/25/2006
Director: Takashi Miike
Guest star: Toshie Negishi (Madam of the House), Billy Drago (Christopher), Shimako Iwai (Torture Woman), Shihou Harumi (Laborer #1), Houka Kinoshita (Father), Suzono Nomura (Girl (Woman's Childhood)), Miho Ninagawa (Pregnant Woman), Seiryu Ichino (Buddhist Priest), Shinichi Tanaka (Pimp), Takumi Matsumoto (Prison Guard #2), Katsuyuki Shimosugi (Boy #1), Haruo Fukuhara (Boy #2), Keita Murase (Boy #3), Dong Wook Min (Prison Guard #1), Shinichi Tokuhara (Laborer #3), Miyuki Konno (Dead Woman), Noriko Eguchi (Whore #1), Miho Harita (Whore #4), Youki Kudoh (Woman), Mame Yamada (Touter), Yasushi Tomobe (Woman's Customer), Sachiko Matsuura (Shamisen Player), Megumu Takada (Whore #2), Tokitoshi Shiota (Elderly Woman), Hiroshi Fujita (Gate Keeper #2), Yutaka Matsuzaki (Gate Keeper #1), Risa Uehara (Girl With Blue Eyes), Takao Handa (Laborer #4 (Yoshi)), Kumiko Imai (Mother), Hiroshi Kuze (Boatman)

Japanese horror master Takashi Miike searches the corpse-strewn riverbanks of 19th-century Japan in this tale of an American Journalist escaping a dark secret. Hoping to find the love he left behind, the journalist's hunt leads to a dark island where the only refuge is a brothel. Spending the night with a unique woman, he learns the danger of dredging up old ghosts.

Based on the terrifying Kadokawa Schoten Publishing novel BOKKEE EYOUTEE by Shimako Iwai.

14 :02x01 - The Damned Thing

First aired: Oct/27/2006
Director: Tobe Hooper
Guest star: Sean Patrick Flanery (Kevin Reddle), Marisa Coughlan (Dina), Brendan Fletcher (Deputy Derrick Strauss), Alex Ferris (Mikey), Brent Stait (John Reddle), Georgia Craig (Jodi Reddle), Ryan Drescher (Young Kevin), Andrew McIlroy (Joe Litton), Tracy Waterhouse (Dr. Cohen), Ted Raimi (Father Tulli), Alexandra Carter (Charity), Clint Carleton (Gabe Green), Ted Friend (Lenny), Ocean Hellman (Mary), Eileen Barrett (Janet)

Kevin Reddle is the sheriff of a small Texas town who must overcome his tragic past when an evil force turns citizens against each other.

15 :02x02 - Family

First aired: Nov/03/2006
Writer: Brent Hanley
Director: John Landis
Guest star: George Wendt (Harold Thompson), Meredith Monroe (Celia Fuller), Matt Keeslar (David Fuller), Haley Guiel (Sarah), Kerry Sandomirsky (Jane), John B. Scott (Grandpa), Nancy Whyte (Grandma), Emily Tennant (Teenage Blonde Girl), Emily Hope (Teenage Punk Girl), Aleita Northey (Teenage Sad Girl), Frances Flanagan (Housewife), Donald R. Mintz (Interior George Wendt)

A young couple moves into their new house, and encounter a neighbor, an apparently normal man who works from home, who is not who he seems. When they are invited over to his house for dinner, will they be able to survive the experience?

16 :02x03 - The V Word

First aired: Nov/10/2006
Writer: Mick Garris
Director: Ernest Dickerson
Guest star: Michael Ironside (Mr. Chaney), Lynda Boyd (Carolyn), Keith D. Humphrey (David), Brandon Nadon (Justin), Arjay Smith (Kerry), Terry D. Stevens (Passenger), Jodelle Micah Ferland (Lisa)

Two teenage boys who desperately want to see a dead body break into a mortuary. Once there, they encounter a vampire who is out for blood. Will the dead bodies they so desperately seek to see end up being their own?

17 :02x04 - Sounds Like

First aired: Nov/17/2006
Writer: Brad Anderson
Director: Brad Anderson
Guest star: Chris Bauer (Larry Pearce), Jaida Kong (Daughter), Nicholas Elia (Larry's Son), Blaine Anderson (Tech 2), David Allan Pearson (Manager), Matty Finochio (Tech), Grant Elliott (Doctor), David Lovgren (Therapist), Michael Daingerfield (Jim), Linnea Sharples (Tech 1), Robert Underwood (Father), Michael Jonsson (Cop 2), Richard Kahan (David), Laura Margolis (Brenda), Marc-Anthony Massiah (Cop 1), Nimet Kanji (Cashier)

A man who has a job as a tech support supervisor spends his life listening to people all day. When his young son dies, he begins to develop a supernatural sense of hearing. As time goes on, this ability threatens to drive him insane and leads to some extreme behavior.

18 :02x05 - Pro-Life

First aired: Nov/24/2006
Writer: Scott Swan, Drew McWeeny
Director: John Carpenter
Guest star: Caitlin Wachs (Angelique Burcell), Ron Perlman (Dwayne Burcell), Mark Feuerstein (Alex O'Shea), Jeremy Jones (Doug), Chad Krowchuk (Darry Burcell), Graeme McComb (Caleb Burcell), Ashley Whillans (Isobel), Bill Dow (Dr. Kiefer), Benjamin Rogers (Cole Burcell), Stephen Dimopoulos (Sam), Arabella Bushnell (Grace), Emmanuelle Vaugier (Kim), Grace Bauer (Marie), Biski Gugushe (Kiernan), Lisa Bunting (Joan)

Pro-Life follows the tale of a young girl as she flees from her anti-abortion father to an isolated women's clinic. While there, she plans to go through with the operation. The clinic soon falls under attack from the young girl's three heavily armed brothers and their father, now determined to save the potential offspring inside his daughter.

Directed by John Carpenter, this shocking and provocative tale touches down on the controversial subject of teenage abortions with a twist of dark fiction.

19 :02x06 - Pelts

First aired: Dec/01/2006
Director: Dario Argento
Guest star: Meat Loaf (Jake Feldman (as Meat Loaf Aday)), John Saxon (Jeb "Pa" Jameson), Ellen Ewusie (Shanna), Link Baker (Lou Chinaski), Brenda McDonald (Mother Mayter), Michal Suchanek (Larry Jameson), Emilio Salituro (Sergio), Elise Lew (Sue Chin Yao), Sean Hall (Bouncer (as Shawn Hall)), Sylvesta Stuart (Beefy Bouncer), Melissa Gonzalez (Mira), Darren E. Scott (Agent), Chuck Duffy (Detective), Kelvin Lum (Cop), Ildiko Ferenczi (Attractive Woman), Angela Case (Dancer In Hallway), Angela Fong (Dancer)

A fur trader uses the skins of supernatural raccoons to construct a perfect coat, but the pelts cause those who would gain from them to die violently.

20 :02x07 - The Screwfly Solution

First aired: Dec/08/2006
Writer: Sam Hamm
Director: Joe Dante
Guest star: Jason Priestley (Alan Alstein), Kerry Norton (Anne Alstein), Linda Darlow (Bella Sartiano), Brenna O'Brien (Amy Alstein), Steve Lawlor (William Holicky), Elliott Gould (Barney), William Taylor (The Mayor)

A plague of violence strikes men across the world, causing them to strike out at women.

21 :02x08 - Valerie on the Stairs

First aired: Dec/29/2006
Director: Mick Garris
Guest star: Clare Grant (Valerie), Tyron Leitso (Rob Hanisey), Christopher Lloyd (Everett Neely), Suki Kaiser (Patricia Dunbar), Nicola Lipman (Nancy Bloom), Christine Barrie (Anna), Tony Todd (The Beast), Jonathan Watton (Bruce Sweetland)

Where is the line between reality and imagination drawn? In Highberger House, a refugee for unpublished writers to work without distractions, that line is blurred. Haunted by visions of madness, Rob Hanisey finds himself caught in a doomed romance when he meets Valerie, a specter created in the image of all the failed writers within Highberger.

22 :02x09 - Right to Die

First aired: Jan/05/2007
Writer: John Esposito
Director: Bob Schmidt
Guest star: Martin Donovan (Cliff (Cliff Addison)), Julia Anderson (Abbey (Abbey Addison)), Robin Sydney (Trish), Anna Galvin (Dr. Loring), Linda Sorenson (Pam), Corbin Bernsen (Ira), Xantha Radley (Abbey Thing), Derek Green (Reporter (James Henry)), Norman Misura (Mr. Schoening), Yvonne Myers (Nurse), Bryan Elliot (Doctor), Walcott E. Morgan (Orderly)

After a car accident leaves his wife Abbey hideously burned and on life support, Cliff Addison is faced with a decision that will determine if his spouse lives or dies. Things become complex and horrifying when he is attacked by his vengeful wife's spirit at the same time she briefly dies. Now Cliff must stop at nothing to keep her alive.

23 :02x10 - We All Scream for Ice Cream

First aired: Jan/12/2007
Director: Tom Holland
Guest star: William Forsythe (Buster), Colin Cunningham (Virgil), Tim Henry (Papa Joe), Ingrid Tesch (Angela), Spencer Achtymichuk (Young Layne), Brett Kelly (Young Joe), Samuel Patrick Chu (Young Virgil), Cainan Wiebe (Young Toot), Lee Tergesen (Layne Banixter), Brent Sheppard (Kent Baker), Maxwell Neck (Kenny), Laura Drummond (Darlene Baker), Quinn Lord (Toby), Lyle St. Goddard (Toot Embry), Brendan Saul (Petey), Kevan Kase (Buck Treadway), Diego Martinez-tau (Erky), Alexia Fast (Marylyn), Zak Ludwig (Young Kent), Dryden Dion (Young Skip), Alexis Llewellyn (Chyla), Gordon Grice (Joe Lee), Megan McKinnon (Pam Embry)

An ice-cream vendor who was the victim of a long-ago prank seeks revenge against the now-grown gang members who perpetrated it.

24 :02x11 - The Black Cat

First aired: Jan/19/2007
Director: Stuart Gordon
Guest star: Jeffrey Combs (Edgar Allan Poe), Elyse Levesque (Virginia Poe), Ian Alexander Martin (Fordham), Eric Keenleyside (Sergeant Booker), Ken Kramer (Doctor), Patrick Gallagher (Barman), Aron Tager (George Graham), Christopher Heyerdahl (Rufus Griswold), Ryan Crocker (Policeman)

Haunted by a black cat and visions of sadistic violence, legendary poet Edgar Allen Poe is driven to the point of insanity when he finds himself out of money, in a writer's block, and a deathly sick wife in need of help.

25 :02x12 - The Washingtonians

First aired: Jan/26/2007
Director: Peter Medak
Guest star: Johnathon Schaech (Mike Franks), Venus Terzo (Pam Franks), Myron Natwick (Samuel), Duncan Fraser (Bearded Washingtonian), Julia Tortolano (Amy Franks), Saul Rubinek (Professor Harkinson), Caroline Carter (Hitch Hiker), Esme Lambert (Nancy Arnold), Abraham Jedidiah (Jared Barkish), Patrick Keating (Minister), Wendy Morrow Donaldson (Chubby Waitress (as Wendy Donaldson)), Nathan Clark (Deputy 1), Daniel Cudmore (Deputy 2), Brian Jensen (George Washington), Joel Wirkkunen (Washingtonian 1), Chris Kalhoon (Washingtonian 2), Ian Carter (Washingtonian 3), Richard Stroh (Van Washingtonian 1), Gardiner Millar (Van Washingtonian 2), Alan Legros (Fat Washingtonian), Chris Davis (Thomas Jefferson), Chi Lam (Delivery Man)

A man finds a letter in his late grandmother's basement that suggests the founding fathers had some dark secrets that could change the face of history.

26 :02x13 - Dream Cruise

First aired: Feb/02/2007
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Guest star: Daniel Gillies (Jack Miller), Ryo Ishibashi (Eiji Saito), Tom Irvine (Young Jack), Ethan Amis (Sean Miller), Tiffany Martin (Receptionist 2), Katsuhiro Nagano (Cab Driver), Gregory Pekar (Jack's Assistant), Ian Moore (Harrison), Maki (Receptionist 1), Miho Ninagawa (Naomi Saito), Yoshino Kimura (Yuri Saito)

Jack is an American lawyer who is currently working in Tokyo. His most valued client, Eiji, has a beautiful wife that Jack has fallen in love with. Eiji invites his wife, along with Jack, to a boat ride around Tokyo Bay. The trip turns to terror when Eiji's dark past surfaces.