Review - Masters of Horror: Jenifer

What the hell happened to her face . . .

In the Masters of Horror episode entitled Jenifer directed by Dario Argento, we meet up with Frank (Steve Webber) as he stumbles upon a strange and horrifying scene. Seems a man with a meat cleaver is hell bent on carving a young girl to pieces. It doesn’t seem to matter to him that Frank is pointing a gun at him. The only thing the guy can get out of his mouth before he dies is “Jenifer”.

This starts Frank’s strange obsession with a beastly (and I don’t mean that figuratively folks) looking woman whom noone seems to want. Taking one look at her, you can’t really blame them. Frank however seems to have a soft spot for Jenifer (or should I say hard spot?) and takes her into his home. After an incident with the family cat, his wife and her son leave him and he is left alone with Jenifer who has an insatiable appetite for anything with intestines.

As Frank tries to rid himself of Jenifer it becomes more and more obvious that there is only one real way to do this. And he may have stumbled upon it at the beginning of this delightfully ghoulish Masters of Horror episode.

Through this whole episode I kept saying to myself - “Ooh this is good. This is better than the last three. I think this may be my favorite episode so far.” But then unfortunately, the end came and even though the episode ended well, it left me wanting more and a bit on the unsatisfied side. Having said that, it was still an excellent episode and it ties for second place with “Dreams In the Witch-House.”

Can’t wait till next week’s episode, Chocolate, directed by Mick Garris who frequently works with Stephen King developing his novels for TV.

Directed by
Dario Argento (episode \"Jennifer\")
John Carpenter (episode \"Cigarette Burns\")
Larry Cohen (episode \"Pick Me Up\")
Don Coscarelli (episode 1.01 \"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road\")
Joe Dante (episode \"Death & Suffrage\")
Mick Garris (episode \"Chocolate\")
Stuart Gordon (episode 1.02 \"H.P. Lovecraft\'s Dreams in the Witch-House\")
Tobe Hooper (episode \"Dance of the Dead\")
John Landis (episode \"Deer Woman\")
William Malone (episode \"Fair Haired Boy\")
Lucky McKee (episode \"Sick Girl\")
John McNaughton (episode \"Haeckel\'s Tale\")
Takashi Miike (episode \"Imprint\")

Writing credits
Mick Garris (creator)


Don Coscarelli (episode 1.01 \"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road\") teleplay &
Stephen Romano (episode 1.01 \"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road\") teleplay and
Joe R. Lansdale (episode 1.01 \"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road\") short story


Dennis Paoli (episode 1.02 \"H.P. Lovecraft\'s Dreams in the Witch-House\") teleplay &
Stuart Gordon (episode 1.02 \"H.P. Lovecraft\'s Dreams in the Witch-House\") teleplay and
H.P. Lovecraft (episode 1.02 \"H.P. Lovecraft\'s Dreams in the Witch-House\") short story


Clive Barker story (episode \"Haeckel\'s Tale\")
Matt Greenberg writer (episode \"Fair Haired Boy\")
Sam Hamm writer (episode \"Death and Sufferage\")
Sean Hood writer (episode \"Sick Girl\")
Shimako Iwai story (episode \"Imprint\")
Bruce Jones story (episode \"Jenifer\")
Max Landis writer (episode \"Deer Woman\")
Richard Matheson story (episode \"Dance of the Dead\")
Richard Christian Matheson writer (episode \"Dance Of the Dead\")
Drew McWeeny writer (episode \"Cigarette Burns\")
David J. Schow writer (episode \"Pick Me Up\")
Scott Swan writer (episode \"Cigarette Burns\")
Daisuke Tengan writer (episode \"Imprint\")
Steven Weber writer (episode \"Jennifer\")
Bernie Wrightson story (episode \"Jennifer\")

Cast (in alphabetical order)
Angela Bettis .... Ida Teeter
Billy Drago
Matt Frewer
Chris Gauthier .... Timpson
Jesse Haddock .... Johnny
Jesse Hlubik .... Max Grubb
Warren Kole .... Walker
Laurene Landon .... Birdie
Lucie Laurier
Zara Taylor .... Annie
John DeSantis .... Deformed Serial Killer (uncredited)