Masters Of Horror - Series 2 Vol 2 [2006]

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Good but not quite up to volume 1 standards

Masters of Horror Rocks/ Best horror series on TV !

Final Instalment

Masters Of Horror - Series 2 Vol 2 [2006]
Director: Tobe Hooper , Brad Anderson , Ernest R. Dickerson , Tom Holland , and Norio Tsuruta
Manufacturer: Starz Home Entertainment
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Customer Reviews:

Good but not quite up to volume 1 standards.......2008-03-15

This is a great collection of tales but in my opinion it just falls short of the first volume of season two.
The first "We All Scream For Ice-Cream" (Tom Holland) is Ok as a tale of revenge from beyond the grave, and I did like the double twist at the end but it fell a little short.
The second is a real slow burner "Sounds Like" (Brad Anderson) this is a great tale of a man's descent into madness as his hearing becomes so acute the slightest noise drives him mad.
Next up "The Washingtonians" (Peter Medak) a nice example of US iconoclasm as one of America's most revered figures, George Washington, is found to have had a particularly gruesome secret. I love the reactions to the new image on the dollar bill at the end.
"The Damned Thing" by Tobe Hooper is an adaptation of an old Ambrose Bierce tale and it also works very well, I love the downbeat ending.
The weakest tale is "Dream Cruise" (Norio Tsuruta) which is a tale of revenge and redemption largely set at sea. The thing that did not work for me was the spectral image of the villain's wife. There are some nods to the Ring movies, Tsuruta directed Ringu 0 (the worst of that series), with the appearance of the ghost and some of the sound effects, fans will recognise them. It's not bad, it's just in comparison to some of the other tales here it does not fare well.
The closer "The V Word" (Ernest Dickerson) where two youngsters break into a funeral parlour and come across a vampire, played by cult favourite Michael Ironside. Well done Dickerson for some originality by reversing the roles and having the guy who would have been killed in most other movies survive.
The extras again are plentiful, there's commentaries, screenplays (on DVD-ROM) and documentaries, what more do you want?
The Masters of Horror series was a great idea, and in the main was a success with some truly great stories, many thanks to Mick Garris for this superb idea.

Masters of Horror Rocks/ Best horror series on TV !.......2008-02-23

Third season will be released under Lionsgate company. Mick Garris and Lionsgate have signed a 13-episode deal to create Fear Itself for NBC, a horror/fantasy-anthology series to air this summer. (Keep the gore coming).

Final Instalment.......2008-02-22

Final part of the Horror anthology series. Not quite as good as Series 1, or series 2 part 1, but still well worth watching, and a whole lot better than most US TV offerings. Sadly the series was cancelled after season 2, as was its sister show "Masters of Science Fiction" after just a few episodes. Unfortunately the viewing figures in the U.S dictate what stays and what goes, and theses shows didn't rate highly enough (too challenging for trailer folk perhaps??!!)

Customer Reviews:

A loving father.......2008-03-14

A French poet, Léo Shepherd (Gérard Depardieu), secretly suffering from a three year period of writer's block, wins the Nobel prize for literature. He decides to travel to Stockholm for the ceremony by motor-bike while his assistant Arthur (Julien Boisselier)and his secretary & daughter Virginia (Sophie Testud) plan to travel by plane.
The dysfunctional family is contacted by son Paul (Guillaume Depardieu) from whom Léo is estranged. Paul we learn is a reformed addict but is obviously psychologically damaged.
While following his father along the roads towards Stockholm a prolonged chase ensues and Léo ends up coming off his bike at speed while narrowly avoiding a pile-up in the middle of the road that has already killed a couple of people including another bike-rider. The dead biker is of similar build and dress to Léo and is badly disfigured from the crash. Léo, while dazed following his spill, drops his wallet containing his identification. Paul kidnaps his father. Naturally the authorities find the crash site, find the wallet and assume the dead bike-rider to be the famous poet.
While Paul and his father argue their way north, Virginia is distraught with the news and she is taken to identify the body. On discovering it is not her father she decides to keep the information from the authorities assuming that her father's reputation would be damaged by the error and the mystery of his whereabouts.
As they journey together we learn that Paul and Léo have had a poor relationship from the time when Paul was a child. Léo it seems was an abusive father to Paul especially and a poor one to his daughter. Paul retaliates as a child by destroying years of his father's writings and is almost killed by Léo in his anger.
Things are brought to a head and an emotional ending of sorts while everyone is on board a ferry to Stockholm.
The film ends on a possible positive note with Léo seemingly accepting another small child we assume is another son from a new relationship in a new country.

This is a moving (although not a classic "tear-jerker") film with a bit of mystery thrown in. Both Gérard and Guillaume Depardieu give wonderful performances. How much is for real - who knows? You'd hope none! A nicely supportive cast. I would have preferred to have had the characters a bit more developed but realise that his would have lengthened the film but it would have assisted in understanding motives.

Well worth watching - 4/5 stars.

It should be noted that this film is incorrectly tagged as Gay/Lesbian. I am totally bewildered why it should have been tagged thus. Nothing in the film points or fingers any character as openly gay or lesbian. I suggest the category be changed to "Family relationships" or "Father & son relationships"

Customer Reviews:

What a deal.......2006-02-01

I bought about a fourth of these movies and they were very economically priced, however even with duplicates this pack would be worth purchasing. Many of them are Roger Corman classics. Others are so bad that you have to watch then to tell people that you too have eclectic tastes. The individual titles come and go so get them all while you can.

Be sure to read all the individual reviews (after you buy the collection).

A few of highlights:
The Incredible Petrified World – 66 minutes long
Queen of the Amazons – original title “Amazons and Gladiators”
Robot Monster – terminator in a fur suit
She Gods of Shark Reef – natives and sharks but no She Gods
The Amazing Transparent Man – you can see through this one
The Wasp Woman – a stinging performance
Santa Claus Conquers The Martians – it is an abduction story
Teenagers From Outer Space – so what is new?
Crash of the Moons (Rocky Jones) – female ruler with a nasty attitude
Mesa of Lost Women – Horrible background music
Killers From Space – saw this as a kid – still spooky – Ping-Pong ball eyes
Zontar, the Thing From Venus – rubber Venusians

There are a few glaring omissions including “The Crawling Eye”

B-Sci-Films Delight.......2004-06-02

I have the 50 Mystery Movie Pack and the 50 Horror Movie pack and they are worth the price many times over. It's like old Fright Night fests on telly or a 1950's Drive-In allnighter!

Queen of the Amazons, The Robot Monster, The Amazing Transparent Man, The Wasp Woman, Bride of the Monster, Attack of the Monsters, Gamera the Invincible, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, Teenagers From Outerspace, 5 Hercules ficks, Lost Jungle, Mesa of Lost Women, Eagah (one of my all time favs of Slock B-movies!) and dozens of more!

So pop a bowl of popcorn and sit back and enjoy all the movies so bad they are good...well, sort of!!

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