Maestros del terror (Temporada 1)

Masters of Horror (también conocida como Maestros del terror) es una serie de televisión estadounidense creada por Mick Garris para Showtime. Consta de dos temporadas, la serie se estrenó el 28 de octubre del año 2005 y finalizó con su episodio número 26 el 2 de febrero de 2007. Cada semana se mostraba una película de una hora de duración dirigida por célebres directores del género del terror. No siguen ningún formato, cada capítulo es una historia que no tiene relación con las otras. Dado su carácter individual cada episodio puede ser votado por separado quedando esta ficha para una valoración global de la serie.

Incident On and Off a Mountain Road 6.5
Fecha de emisión: 2005-10-28
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: When Ellen's (Bree Turner) car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like man who is intent on killing her. Ellen will not go down without a fight and the game of cat-and-mouse soon shifts as Ellen fights back.
Dreams in the Witch House 5.9
Fecha de emisión: 2005-11-04
Duración: 55 min
Sinopsis: 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 these forces while it's possible he could become the murderer himself.
Dance of the Dead 4.6
Fecha de emisión: 2005-11-11
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: 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 6.2
Fecha de emisión: 2005-11-18
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: 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 5.1
Fecha de emisión: 2005-11-25
Duración: 61 min
Sinopsis: 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, 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.
Homecoming 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2005-12-02
Duración: 59 min
Sinopsis: 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 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2005-12-09
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: 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 7.3
Fecha de emisión: 2005-12-16
Duración: 59 min
Sinopsis: 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 are quite shocking.
Fair Haired Child 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2006-01-06
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Sick Girl 6.0
Fecha de emisión: 2006-01-13
Duración: 60 min
Sinopsis: Sick Girl is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair.
Pick Me Up 6.1
Fecha de emisión: 2006-01-20
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: This bloody tale will give you an interesting twist to hitchhiking. Both driver and passenger have a little surprise for the 25 year old heroine of the story
Haeckel's Tale 6.1
Fecha de emisión: 2006-01-27
Duración: 59 min
Sinopsis: 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...