The Best Episodes of Masters of Horror Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.4/10(6276 votes)

   #1 - Incident On and Off a Mountain Road

   S1:E110/28/2005

   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.

   Director:Don Coscarelli

   Writers:Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli

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   Director:Don Coscarelli

   Writers:Joe R. Lansdale, Don Coscarelli
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   6.5/10(5676 votes)

   #2 - Dreams in the Witch House

   S1:E211/4/2005

   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.

   Director:Stuart Gordon

   Writers:Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli

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   Director:Stuart Gordon

   Writers:Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli
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   5.0/10(4874 votes)

   #3 - Dance of the Dead

   S1:E311/11/2005

   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.

   Director:Tobe Hooper

   Writers:Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson

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   Director:Tobe Hooper

   Writers:Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson
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   6.3/10(6764 votes)

   #4 - Jenifer

   S1:E411/18/2005

   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.

   Director:Dario Argento

   Writer:Steven Weber

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   Director:Dario Argento

   Writer:Steven Weber
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   5.1/10(3592 votes)

   #5 - Chocolate

   S1:E511/25/2005

   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.

   Director:Mick Garris

   Writer:Mick Garris

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   Director:Mick Garris

   Writer:Mick Garris
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   6.1/10(4680 votes)

   #6 - Homecoming

   S1:E612/2/2005

   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.

   Director:Joe Dante

   Writer:Sam Hamm

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   Director:Joe Dante

   Writer:Sam Hamm
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   6.4/10(4533 votes)

   #7 - Deer Woman

   S1:E712/9/2005

   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.

   Director:John Landis

   Writer:John Landis

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   Director:John Landis

   Writer:John Landis
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   7.5/10(10327 votes)

   #8 - Cigarette Burns

   S1:E812/16/2005

   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.

   Director:John Carpenter

   Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan

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   Director:John Carpenter

   Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan
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   6.4/10(3856 votes)

   #9 - Fair Haired Child

   S1:E91/6/2006

   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.

   Director:William Malone

   Writer:Matt Greenberg

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   Director:William Malone

   Writer:Matt Greenberg
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    6.3/10(4224 votes)

    #10 - Sick Girl

    S1:E101/13/2006

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

    Director:Lucky McKee

    Writers:Lucky McKee, Sean Hood

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    Director:Lucky McKee

    Writers:Lucky McKee, Sean Hood
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    6.4/10(3830 votes)

    #11 - Pick Me Up

    S1:E111/20/2006

    In the middle of nowhere, with only a two-lane highway to connect to anywhere, recently divorced Stacia, a passenger on a broken-down bus, gets caught in a bizarre and violent turf war between serial killers.

    Director:Larry Cohen

    Writer:David J. Schow

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    Director:Larry Cohen

    Writer:David J. Schow
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    6.1/10(3258 votes)

    #12 - Haeckel's Tale

    S1:E121/27/2006

    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...

    Director:John McNaughton

    Writer:Mick Garris

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    Director:John McNaughton

    Writer:Mick Garris