Masters of Horror
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| Genre | Horror Thriller |
| Created by | Mick Garris |
| Template:Pluralize from text of origin | United States Canada |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
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| Executive producerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Mick Garris, Andrew Deane, Keith Addis |
| ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text | Adam Goldworm, Ben Browning |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production Template:Pluralize from text | Industry Entertainment Nice Guy Productions Reunion Pictures Starz Productions Showtime Networks |
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| Network | Showtime |
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Masters of Horror is a horror anthology television series created by director Mick Garris that aired on Showtime from October 28, 2005 to February 2, 2007.
Origin
In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, California. The original ten "masters" attending were John Carpenter, Larry Cohen, Don Coscarelli, Joe Dante, Guillermo del Toro, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, John Landis, William Malone, and Garris himself. Subsequently, Garris organized regular dinners with the group and invited other horror and other genre directors to attend, including Dario Argento, Eli Roth, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Tim Sullivan, Rob Zombie, Bryan Singer, Fred Dekker, William Lustig, Lucky McKee, Ernest Dickerson, Katt Shea, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, James Gunn, Mary Lambert, Tom Holland, Peter Medak, Ti West, Lloyd Kaufman, and others.
In 2005, Garris created and produced an original anthology television series of one-hour movies, written and directed by many of the "masters," which was originally broadcast in the United States on the Showtime cable network. In several international territories, the films were released theatrically.
The series debuted to excellent reviews in the U.S. on October 28, 2005, with the premiere episode "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road," co-written and directed by Don Coscarelli, based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale. New episodes premiered every Friday at 10 p.m. EST throughout the series' two seasons. The show followed an anthology series format, with each episode featuring a one-hour film directed by a well-known horror film director. In 2009, Chiller began airing the show on their Sunday evening line-up of shows, and in 2010, Reelz Channel began airing episodes of Masters of Horror edited (despite keeping its TV-MA rating) and with commercials.[1]
Series overview
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Episodes
Season 1 (2005–06)
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Episode 4, "Jenifer", was accidentally made available on-demand to a select audience at the same time as episode 2, "H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House". The episode was cut for graphic violence during its initial television broadcast, and the cut scenes can only be viewed in a featurette separate from the film on the R1 DVD release.
Episode 13, "Imprint", originally scheduled to premiere on January 27, 2006, was shelved by Showtime due to concerns over its content. Mick Garris, creator and executive producer of the series, characterized the episode as "the most disturbing film I've ever seen".[2] It is available only on DVD and Blu-ray by Anchor Bay Entertainment, along with the rest of the episodes in the first season.[3] "Imprint" was shown in the UK on Bravo (7 April 2006).[4]
Season 2 (2006–07)
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Related series
Fear Itself
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Series creator Mick Garris stated that Showtime opted not to renew the third season and that film studio Lionsgate had begun funding the series.[5] On September 25, 2007, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Mick Garris and Lionsgate signed a 13-episode deal with NBC. Instead of a third season of the show, a new show called Fear Itself was created with the same premise as Masters of Horror. It premiered on NBC in June 2008.
Soundtrack
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Comic adaptations
IDW Publishing produced a series of comic book adaptations of several episodes from the series. The first four issues are two-parters, adapting "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road", based on the short story by Joe R. Lansdale, and "Dreams in the Witch-House".[6][7] The first two comic covers were painted by the award-winning artist Jeremy Caniglia.
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient | Notes |
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| 2006 | Saturn Award | Won | Best Television Presentation | Tied with The Triangle | |
| 2007 | Nominated | ||||
| Won | Best Television DVD Release | ||||
| 2006 | Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Music Composition for a Series | Richard Band | Episode: "H. P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House" |
| Won | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Edward Shearmur | |||
| 2007 | Satellite Award | Won | Best DVD Extras (Season 1) | Tied with Borat |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Masters of Horror on ReelzChannel". ReelzChannel. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kehr, Dave (January 19, 2006). "Horror Film Made for Showtime Will Not Be Shown". The New York Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lambert, David (December 17, 2005). "Masters of Horror – 13 Master-ful DVD Releases (But Not 13 Episodes) To Be a Pricey Proposition". tvshowsondvd.com. Archived from the original on August 29, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Masters of Horror". bravo.co.uk. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Butane, Johnny (August 12, 2007). "Lionsgate Behind Masters 3". Dread Central. Retrieved February 23, 2026.
- ^ Masters of Horror Script error: No such module "webarchive". at IDW Publishing
- ^ IDW Unleashes The Masters of Horror in December[dead link] (press release), Newsarama, November 28, 2005
External links
- Masters of Horror at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- Official website (requires Adobe Flash) archived at the Wayback Machine
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