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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 3 - Dance of the Dead
    5.0/10(4874 votes)

    #1 - 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.

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

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  2. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 5 - Chocolate
    5.1/10(3592 votes)

    #2 - 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.

    Director:Mick Garris
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  3. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 3 - The V Word
    5.1/10(2386 votes)

    #3 - The V Word

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Ernest R. Dickerson
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  4. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 13 - Dream Cruise
    5.1/10(1925 votes)

    #4 - Dream Cruise

    S2:E13

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

    Director:Norio Tsuruta
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 1 - The Damned Thing
    5.2/10(2816 votes)

    #5 - The Damned Thing

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Tobe Hooper
    Writer:Richard Christian Matheson

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  6. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 10 - We All Scream for Ice Cream
    5.3/10(2357 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Tom Holland
    Writer:David J. Schow

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  7. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 12 - The Washingtonians
    5.4/10(2308 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Peter Medak
    Writers:Johnathon Schaech, Richard Chizmar

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  8. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 5 - Pro-Life
    5.6/10(3796 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:John Carpenter
    Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan

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  9. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 8 - Valerie on the Stairs
    5.7/10(2273 votes)

    #9 - 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.

    Director:Mick Garris
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  10. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 6 - Homecoming
    6.1/10(4680 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Joe Dante
    Writer:Sam Hamm

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  11. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 12 - Haeckel's Tale
    6.1/10(3258 votes)

    #11 - 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...

    Director:John McNaughton
    Writer:Mick Garris

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  12. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 4 - Sounds Like
    6.1/10(2518 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writer:Brad Anderson

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  13. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 4 - Jenifer
    6.3/10(6764 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Dario Argento
    Writer:Steven Weber

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  14. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 10 - Sick Girl
    6.3/10(4224 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Lucky McKee
    Writers:Lucky McKee, Sean Hood

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  15. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 7 - The Screwfly Solution
    6.3/10(2803 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Joe Dante
    Writer:Sam Hamm

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  16. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 9 - Right to Die
    6.3/10(2348 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Rob Schmidt
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 1 - Incident On and Off a Mountain Road
    6.4/10(6276 votes)

    #17 - 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.

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

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  18. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 7 - Deer Woman
    6.4/10(4533 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:John Landis
    Writer:John Landis

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  19. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 9 - Fair Haired Child
    6.4/10(3856 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:William Malone
    Writer:Matt Greenberg

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  20. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 11 - Pick Me Up
    6.4/10(3830 votes)

    #20 - Pick Me Up

    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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  21. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 6 - Pelts
    6.4/10(3707 votes)

    #21 - Pelts

    S2:E6

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

    Director:Dario Argento
    Writer:Matt Venne

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  22. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 2 - Dreams in the Witch House
    6.5/10(5676 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Stuart Gordon
    Writers:Stuart Gordon, Dennis Paoli

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  23. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 11 - The Black Cat
    6.6/10(2727 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Director:Stuart Gordon
    Writer:Stuart Gordon

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  24. Masters of Horror Season 2 Episode 2 - Family
    7.1/10(3657 votes)

    #24 - 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.

    Director:John Landis
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Masters of Horror Season 1 Episode 8 - Cigarette Burns
    7.5/10(10327 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:John Carpenter
    Writers:Drew McWeeny, Rebecca Swan

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Dance of the Dead" is the worst rated episode of "Masters of Horror". It scored 5/10 based on 4874 votes. Directed by Tobe Hooper and written by Richard Matheson, Richard Christian Matheson, it aired on 11/11/2005. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Chocolate".