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Masters of Horror

TV·2005–2007·2 seasons, 26 episodes·Paramount+ with Showtime·Horror·1h·7.5·Created by Mick Garris

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Chilling horror stories from the most prominent directors of the genre.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Masters of Horror S02E09Right to DieS02E09 · 9.5Her flesh has been burned and her body remains in coma but from a medical perspective, Abby is still alive. Her husband Cliff is determined to get a court order to stop her pain. But Abby's condition is worsening, she repeatedly flat-lines and is revived. Each time her body dies, her spirit grows stronger attacking those that have taken advantage of her plight.
  2. 02Masters of Horror S02E11The Black CatS02E11 · 9.3Edgar Allan Poe struggles with writer's block as his wife lies dying and he is unable to afford medical care for her. His thoughts turn to murder and madness... and his wife's black cat.
  3. 03Masters of Horror S01E07Deer WomanS01E07 · 9.0In this horror comedy, A set of peculiar murders leads skeptical detective Dwight Faraday to suspect that an ancient Native American mythological creature is in fact real.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2005–06Aired 8.4Season avg
  1. S01E01Masters of Horror S01E01Incident On and Off a Mountain RoadOctober 28, 2005 8.3A serial killer stalks a woman after trapping her in the mountains. But he may get more than he expected.
  2. S01E02Masters of Horror S01E02Dreams in the Witch HouseNovember 4, 2005Walter Gilman, a college student rents a loft in a building in the New England town of Arkham. While studying interdimensional string theory
  3. S01E03Masters of Horror S01E03Dance of the DeadNovember 11, 2005This story revolves around a post-apocalyptic town where re-animated corpses of friends and enemies dance on stage for the few people who su
  4. S01E04Masters of Horror S01E04JeniferNovember 18, 2005Jenifer 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
  5. S01E05Masters of Horror S01E05ChocolateNovember 25, 2005 8.0A food taste synthesizer becomes psychically linked to a woman and experiences everything that she feels... including the murder of her love
  6. S01E06Masters of Horror S01E06HomecomingDecember 2, 2005In this contemporary political satire, The living dead have been found tampering with the Presidential election. Fear sweeps the nation as t
  7. S01E07Masters of Horror S01E07Season's bestDeer WomanDecember 9, 2005 9.0In this horror comedy, A set of peculiar murders leads skeptical detective Dwight Faraday to suspect that an ancient Native American mytholo
  8. S01E08Masters of Horror S01E08Cigarette BurnsDecember 16, 2005In 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 driv
  9. S01E09Masters of Horror S01E09Fair Haired ChildJanuary 6, 2006A 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
  10. S01E10Masters of Horror S01E10Sick GirlJanuary 13, 2006Sick Girl is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair.
  11. S01E11Masters of Horror S01E11Pick Me UpJanuary 20, 2006This bloody tale will give you an interesting twist to hitchhiking. Both driver and passenger have a little surprise for the 25 year old her
  12. S01E12Masters of Horror S01E12Haeckel's TaleJanuary 27, 2006Based 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
  13. S01E13Masters of Horror S01E13ImprintFebruary 25, 2006An American journalist in 19th century Japan is hoping to find the love he left behind. His long search leads him to a dark island where the

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2006–07Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Masters of Horror S02E01The Damned ThingOctober 27, 2006 7.5The Damned Thing is the apocalyptic tale of a mysterious creature that terrorizes a small Texas town.
  2. S02E02Masters of Horror S02E02FamilyNovember 3, 2006 6.5A good-natured homeowner gets new neighbors, and tries to make a perfectly family for himself.
  3. S02E03Masters of Horror S02E03The V WordNovember 10, 2006 8.0Two teenage boys, Justin and Kerry, pay a midnight visit to a funeral home and run into more than they anticipated.
  4. S02E04Masters of Horror S02E04Sounds LikeNovember 17, 2006 7.5Based on a short story by Mike O'Driscoll. The story of Larry Pearce, an ordinary man blessed with gift/curse of extraordinary hearing that
  5. S02E05Masters of Horror S02E05Pro-LifeNovember 24, 2006 7.5Pro-Life tells the story of a young girl trapped inside a clinic who discovers the only thing more dangerous than her pursuers is the demoni
  6. S02E06Masters of Horror S02E06PeltsDecember 1, 2006 8.5Pelts is an erotic tale about stolen raccoon pelts that take violent revenge on those who seek to wear them.
  7. S02E07Masters of Horror S02E07The Screwfly SolutionDecember 8, 2006 7.5Deadly virus infects the nation, that turns men into psychotic killers who attack every woman they see. A housewife and her daughter try to
  8. S02E08Masters of Horror S02E08Valerie on the StairsDecember 29, 2006 8.5An aspiring writer moves into a boarding house and discovers a conspiracy among the neighbors who created a mysterious "Beast."
  9. S02E09Masters of Horror S02E09Season's bestRight to DieJanuary 5, 2007 9.5Her flesh has been burned and her body remains in coma but from a medical perspective, Abby is still alive. Her husband Cliff is determined
  10. S02E10Masters of Horror S02E10We All Scream for Ice CreamJanuary 12, 2007 8.5A long time ago, a prank by a gang of kids known as the West End Bunch went wrong. Now grown up and a parent himself, former West-Ender Layn
  11. S02E11Masters of Horror S02E11The Black CatJanuary 19, 2007 9.3Edgar Allan Poe struggles with writer's block as his wife lies dying and he is unable to afford medical care for her. His thoughts turn to m
  12. S02E12Masters of Horror S02E12The WashingtoniansJanuary 26, 2007 7.5A man finds evidence that the Founding Fathers practiced cannabalism... and that their descendents continue the tradition.
  13. S02E13Masters of Horror S02E13Dream CruiseFebruary 2, 2007 8.0Jack, an American lawyer working in Tokyo, has fallen in love with the wife of his most valued client, Eiji. Despite Jack's deep-rooted fear

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