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The Best Episodes of Masters of Horror

Every episode of Masters of Horror ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Masters of Horror!

The Best Episodes of Masters of Horror

An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.

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  1. Background image for Cigarette Burns
    7.5/10(10.2k votes)

    #1 - Cigarette Burns

    S1:E8

    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.

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  2. Background image for Family
    7.1/10(3.6k votes)

    #2 - Family

    S2:E2

    A young couple moves into a new home only to find out that their neighbor, a seemingly normal man who works from home is not what he seems.

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    Director:John Landis
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Black Cat
    6.6/10(2.7k votes)

    #3 - The Black Cat

    S2:E11

    Edgar Allan Poe is a writer out of ideas and short on cash that's followed by a black cat that will destroy his life or help him to write one of his most famous stories.

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  4. Background image for Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
    6.5/10(6.2k votes)

    #4 - Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

    S1:E1

    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.

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  5. Background image for Dreams in the Witch House
    6.5/10(5.6k votes)

    #5 - Dreams in the Witch House

    S1:E2

    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.

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  6. Background image for Deer Woman
    6.4/10(4.5k votes)

    #6 - Deer Woman

    S1:E7

    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.

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    Director:John Landis
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  8. Background image for Fair Haired Child
    6.4/10(3.8k votes)

    #7 - Fair Haired Child

    S1:E9

    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.

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  9. Background image for Pelts
    6.4/10(3.6k votes)

    #8 - Pelts

    S2:E6

    Pelts is an erotic tale about stolen raccoon pelts that take violent revenge on those who seek to wear them.

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    Director:Dario Argento
    Writer:Matt Venne
  10. Background image for Jenifer
    6.3/10(6.7k votes)

    #9 - Jenifer

    S1:E4

    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.

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    6.3/10(4.2k votes)

    #10 - Sick Girl

    S1:E10

    Sick Girl is a comedy thriller about an insect scientist and the fly in the ointment that threatens her lesbian love affair.

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    6.3/10(3.8k votes)

    #11 - Pick Me Up

    S1:E11

    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

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    6.3/10(2.7k votes)

    #12 - The Screwfly Solution

    S2:E7

    Deadly virus infects the nation, that turns men into psychotic killers who attack every woman they see. A housewife and her daughter try to survive this madness.

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    Director:Joe Dante
    Writer:Sam Hamm
  14. Background image for Right to Die
    6.3/10(2.3k votes)

    #13 - Right to Die

    S2:E9

    Her 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.

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    Director:Rob Schmidt
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Homecoming
    6.1/10(4.6k votes)

    #14 - Homecoming

    S1:E6

    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.

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    Director:Joe Dante
    Writer:Sam Hamm
  16. Background image for Haeckel's Tale
    6.1/10(3.2k votes)

    #15 - Haeckel's Tale

    S1:E12

    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...

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    6.1/10(2.5k votes)

    #16 - Sounds Like

    S2:E4

    Based on a short story by Mike O’Driscoll. The story of Larry Pearce, an ordinary man blessed with gift/curse of extraordinary hearing that drives him to the brink of insanity, and forces him to take violent action to silence the horrific cacophony in his head.

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  18. Background image for Valerie on the Stairs
    5.7/10(2.2k votes)

    #17 - Valerie on the Stairs

    S2:E8

    Rob Hanisee is a writer that has a strange apparition. Beautiful, naked and mysterious, Valerie might be the muse that Rob has always searched for - or the manifestation of a much darker force. Blood and death follow Rob across the line between life and art.

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    Director:Mick Garris
  19. Background image for Pro-Life
    5.6/10(3.7k votes)

    #18 - Pro-Life

    S2:E5

    Pro-Life tells the story of a young girl trapped inside a clinic who discovers the only thing more dangerous than her pursuers is the demonic secret that she carries within her.

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  20. Background image for The Washingtonians
    5.4/10(2.3k votes)

    #19 - The Washingtonians

    S2:E12

    "The Washingtonians" is the twelfth episode of the second season of Masters of Horror, directed by Peter Medak. The episode is based on the short story written by Bentley Little. It details a man discovering a shocking secret about George Washington that could shatter the world's view of America forever, and the murderous brotherhood sworn to keep the secret safe.

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  21. Background image for We All Scream for Ice Cream
    5.3/10(2.3k votes)

    #20 - We All Scream for Ice Cream

    S2:E10

    A 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 Layne Banixter witnesses the friends of his youth murdered by their own children, who have turned against them. To save his own family Layne must face his fears and realize that sometimes the sins of the fathers are visited upon the son.

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  22. Background image for The Damned Thing
    5.2/10(2.8k votes)

    #21 - The Damned Thing

    S2:E1

    The Damned Thing is the apocalyptic tale of a mysterious creature that terrorizes a small Texas town.

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  23. Background image for Chocolate
    5.1/10(3.5k votes)

    #22 - Chocolate

    S1:E5

    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.

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    Director:Mick Garris
  24. Background image for The V Word
    5.1/10(2.3k votes)

    #23 - The V Word

    S2:E3

    A lone vampire punishes two teenage boys who make the poor decision to break into a mortuary.

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    5.1/10(1.9k votes)

    #24 - Dream Cruise

    S2:E13

    Dream Cruise is the thirteenth and final episode of the second season of Masters of Horror, directed by Norio Tsuruta.

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    Director:Norio Tsuruta
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Dance of the Dead
    5.0/10(4.8k votes)

    #25 - Dance of the Dead

    S1:E3

    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.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Cigarette Burns" is the best rated episode of "Masters of Horror". It scored 7.5/10 based on 10162 votes. Directed by John Carpenter and written by Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan, it aired on 12/16/2005. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Family".