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The Best Episodes of Masters of Horror Season 1

Every episode of Masters of Horror Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Masters of Horror Season 1!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 8 - Cigarette Burns
    7.5/10(10603 votes)

    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.

    Director:John Carpenter
    Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan

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  2. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 2 - Dreams in the Witch House
    6.5/10(5845 votes)

    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.

    Director:Stuart Gordon
    Writers:Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli

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  3. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 1 - Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
    6.4/10(6491 votes)

    S1:E1

    While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

    Director:Don Coscarelli
    Writers:Don Coscarelli, Joe R. Lansdale

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  4. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 7 - Deer Woman
    6.4/10(4660 votes)

    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.

    Director:John Landis
    Writer:John Landis

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  5. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 9 - Fair Haired Child
    6.4/10(3962 votes)

    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.

    Director:William Malone
    Writer:Matt Greenberg

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  6. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 11 - Pick Me Up
    6.4/10(3942 votes)

    S1:E11

    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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  7. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 4 - Jenifer
    6.3/10(6936 votes)

    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.

    Director:Dario Argento
    Writer:Steven Weber

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  8. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 10 - Sick Girl
    6.3/10(4330 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Sean Hood, Lucky McKee

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  9. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 6 - Homecoming
    6.1/10(4795 votes)

    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.

    Director:Joe Dante
    Writer:Sam Hamm

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  10. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 12 - Haeckel's Tale
    6.1/10(3341 votes)

    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...

    Director:John McNaughton
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  11. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 5 - Chocolate
    5.1/10(3709 votes)

    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.

    Director:Mick Garris
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  12. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 3 - Dance of the Dead
    5.0/10(5010 votes)

    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.

    Director:Tobe Hooper
    Writers:Richard Christian Matheson, Richard Matheson

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Cigarette Burns" is the best rated episode of Masters of Horror season 1. It scored 7.5/10 from 10,603 votes. Directed by John Carpenter and written by Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan, it aired on December 16, 2005. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "Dreams in the Witch House".