• Network: Showtime
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 28, 2005
  • Season #: 1 , 2 , 3
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

  • Starring: Steven Weber, Michael Moriarty, Warren Kole
  • Summary: The cable network has enlisted some of the genre's top directors (John Landis, John Carpenter, Tobe Hooper, Joe Dante) for this weekly horror anthology.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Reviewed by: Paul Katz
    91
    Happy Halloween. [28 Oct 2005, p.79]
  2. Reviewed by: Diane Werts
    80
    Any doubts the tube can get graphic enough for today's gore-heads disappear almost instantly with tonight's premiere installment.
  3. "Masters of Horror," like any anthology, can be judged only after many installments, but it's off to a tantalizingly creepy start.
  4. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    60
    [It] won't earn many points for subtlety, but for aficionados of the horror genre it's the kind of stylish gorefest that should keep them up nights.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Negative: 6 out of 17
  1. RyanM
    10
    This series isn't for everyone. For people that know movies and know horror, you won't be dissapointed. (For the most part) I wasn't too thrilled about chocalate, however jenifer, Cigarrette Burns, and one other i cant recall, are just damn good. No if's ands or buts...... well maybe a few butts. Expand
  2. ChrisC
    8
    People who complain about this series are not true fans of the horror genre. Episodes like Imprint, Cigarette Burns and The Fair Haired-Child were a fine example in what horror films should be... TERRIFYING. If you are offended by images of nudity, gore, satanism or basically anything else included in the genre we refer to as "HORROR" than I suggest you go rent something like Scream 3 or Jeepers Creepers. *Also, I dont know how people can post negative comments on this series after only watching one episode. I would say that 6 out of the 13 episodes are extremely good, and the rest are just campy generic cheese.* Expand
  3. jonians
    7
    They're a mixed bag. Some episodes are very generic, some are very good. A little too gory.
  4. JS
    3
    How could so many reviewers like this? It was terrible. I only saw one episode but it was very stupid. It was completely unscary but had a lot of gore and a rape scene for no apparent reason. Here are some tips: 1. If you are attacked on a road then your attacker leaves you and travels into the woods, stay on the road, DO NOT follow after your attacker into the woods. 2. If you are being chased, run towards civilization, not deeper into a wooded area. Also, do not stop for 10 minutes at a time to rig up a trap because you could've kept running and been 10 minutes away. 3. If disposing a body there is no need to show it to other people, especially if showing them means you'll have to kill them, too. 4. Dead bodies do not need holes drilled in their eyes. They are dead already so it doesn't make a difference, but if that's what you're into I guess go ahead. Expand

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