Product Details

• Actors: Masters of Horror - Season 1 Volume 1 (B, Masters of Horror - Season 1 Volume 2 (B, Masters of Horror - Season 1 Volume 3 (B, Masters of Horror - Season 1 Volume 4 (B
• Number of discs: 4
• Studio: Starz/Anchor Bay Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: September 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001ECRAVK
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,556 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Masters of Horror: The Complete First Season (Amazon Exclusive) Blu-ray

Showtime has amassed the greatest horror film writers and directors off all-time to bring you the anthology series that has forever changed horror cinema.  MASTERS OF HORROR VOLUMES 1, 2, 3 and 4 is terror like you have never seen it before.  Spine-tingling installments of fright and delight on Blu-ray, plus hours of bonus features!

Masters of Horror: Season 1 Volume 1 – released on Blu-ray 10/16/2007

·         Cigarette Burns directed by horror legend John Carpenter (THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, and HALLOWEEN).

o   Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter, as well as Audio Commentary with Writers Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan

·         Dreams in the Witch House directed by Stuart Gordon, co-written by Gordon & Dennis Paoli (THE DENTIST, CASTLE FREAK) and based on the infamous short story by horror master H.P. Lovecraft

o   Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Stuart Gordon, Actor Ezra Godden and DVD Producer Perry Martin

·         The Fair-Haired Child is a relentlessly creepy saga scripted by Matt Greenberg (HALLOWEEN H20, REIGN OF FIRE) and directed by William Malone (FEARDOTCOM, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL)

o   Audio Commentary with Writer Matt Greenberg and Director William Malone

Masters of Horror: Season 1 Volume 2 – released on Blu-ray 10/16/2007

•          Jenifer is directed by the legendary Dario Argento and features a haunting score by Claudio Simonetti (DAWN OF THE DEAD, TENEBRE)

•          Audio Commentary with Writer/Actor Steven Weber and DVD Producer Perry Martin

•          Sick Girl is co-written and directed by Lucky McKee, and features extreme monster mayhem by KNB EFX (LAND OF THE DEAD, HOSTEL)

•          Audio Commentary with Director Lucky McKee, Composer Jaye Barnes Luckett and Actors Angela Bettis and Jesse Hlubik

•          Deer Woman is an erotic horror comedy co-written and directed by John Landis (ANIMAL HOUSE,THE BLUES BROTHERS) and features grisly gore effects by Gregory Nicotero & Howard Berger (KILL BILL, LAND OF THE DEAD, CHRONICLES OF NARNIA)

•          Audio Commentary with Actors Brian Benben and Anthony Griffith

Masters of Horror: Season 1 Volume 3 – released on Blu-ray 11/13/2007

•          Incident on and off a Mountain Road is directed by the legendary Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) and stars legendary horror icon Angus Scrimm (the Tall Man)

•          Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Don Coscarelli, Writer Stephen Romano and DVD Producer Perry Martin, as well as Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Don Coscarelli and Author Joe R. Lansdale

•          Dance of the Dead is directed by horror visionary Tobe Hooper and stars the most iconic name in horror Robert Englund

•          Audio Commentary with Director Tobe Hooper and DVD Producer Perry Martin, as well as Audio Commentary with Writer Richard Christian Matheson

•          Pick Me Up is directed by Larry Cohen (Q: The Winged Serpent) and written by David Schow (The Crow, Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning)

•          Audio Commentary with Director Larry Cohen

Masters of Horror: Season 1 Volume 4 – released on Blu-ray 12/11/2007

•          Imprint is the most controversial episode in the Masters of Horror Anthology.  Banned from cable, this pristine visual delight is directed by Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer)

•          Audio Commentary with Author, Musician and American Cinematheque Programmer Chris D. and Writer Wyatt Doyle of NewTexture.com

•          Homecoming is the political shocker directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins) and written by Sam Hamm (Batman, Batman Returns)

•          Audio Commentary with Writer Sam Hamm

•          Haeckel's Tale is directed by John McNaughton (Wild Things) and based on the story by Clive Barker (Hellraiser)

•          Audio Commentary with Director John McNaughton

•          Chocolate is directed by Mick Garris (“The Stand”) and stars Henry Thomas (Gangs of New York)

•          Audio Commentary with Writer/Director Mick Garris and DVD Producer Perry Martin

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, April 9, 2009

By 

From Detroit (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masters of Horror: The Complete First Season (Amazon.com Exclusive) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

At first, only a few titles intrigued me. But after watching all 4 volumes, I'd say that only 1 or 2 of the movies didn't settle too well, and none of them were so bad that I couldn't finish them. Over all, the quality is high: acting, music and stories were all good! And for $50, one can't go wrong!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dont expect a ton of horror, January 13, 2012

By 

Mark Downing Heese "MDH" (Springfield MO) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Masters of Horror: The Complete First Season (Amazon.com Exclusive) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Don't expect to be frightened to death or held in suspense but do expect some enjoyable and sometimes ridiculous short films.

The quality of the blu-ray is stellar and its great to purchase a full set all at once rather than one volume at a time.

These movies are perfect if you enjoy sometimes cheesey and ridiculous movies but that are put on with a quality budget and generally, a good cast.

Perfect movies to plop in and drink a couple beers while watching with some friends.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good horror anthology series., April 3, 2011

By 

Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Masters of Horror: The Complete First Season (Amazon.com Exclusive) [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This ran only two seasons before it got the ax. Then we only got season one divided up into four seperate blu rays. It should have been one box set of the whole season but they chose this method and this is what we were stuck with. The stories range from scary to bizaare and even slightly humorous. They look great on blu ray and hopefully someone will put out season two on blu ray. In fact there's enough space on blu rays to add some of the third season that was called 'fear itself"
which was a regular tv show and not a showtime effort.