Review - Masters of Horror: Chocolate
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How do you like your chocolate . . . dark or semi-sweet?
In the Masters of Horror episode directed by Mick Garris titled Chocolate, we find a recently divorced man Jamie (Henry Thomas) working in a lab creating artificial flavors for various edible products. As he searches for the perfect honeydew melon flavor, strange almost disabling flashes overtake his senses. And it all starts with the decadent flavor of chocolate.
It seems he is somehow psychically linked to a woman in a foreign country who he doesn’t even know. But he has very vivid visions of her being intimate with a very hunky artist. That is until she guts him in cold blood.
Jamie’s visions are so realistic that he is convinced that this woman does exist and he is intent on finding her. His unhealthy obsession takes him to Canada where he does find Catherine. As he professes both his love for her and his uncanny knowledge of her crime, he will not be swayed from his seeming goal of possessing her. Unfortunately for Jamie, Catherine does not exactly feel the same way.
We both begin and end the episode with him being grilled by the police for the apparent murder of the object of his desires. And although he tries to explain to the detectives what exactly happened, it is plain to see that they do not believe his story of his link to this beautiful woman.
This episode was not the greatest, but it was entertaining. I especially liked the character of Wally (Matt Frewer) – the aging, red mohawk wearing, rock star who can eat like a little hog and not gain an ounce. This is in strict contrast to Jamie who eats rabbit food throughout most of the episode in order to keep his svelte figure. All in all okay, but I truly hope that Garris’ next project (a mini-series of the Stephen King novel Desperation set to air on TV sometime in 2006) is better.
Directed by
Dario Argento (episode 1.04 "Jenifer") (episode 1.04 "Jennifer")
John Carpenter (episode 1.08 "Cigarette Burns")
Larry Cohen (episode 1.09 "Pick Me Up")
Don Coscarelli (episode 1.01 "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road")
Joe Dante (episode 1.06 "Homecoming")
Mick Garris (episode 1.05 "Chocolate")
Stuart Gordon (episode 1.02 "H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House")
Tobe Hooper (episode 1.03 "Dance of the Dead")
John Landis (episode 1.07 "Deer Woman")
William Malone (episode 1.12 "Fair Haired Child")
Lucky McKee (episode 1.11 "Sick Girl")
John McNaughton (episode 1.13 "Haeckel's Tale")
Takashi Miike (episode 1.10 "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
Richard Christian Matheson (episode "Dance of the Dead") teleplay and
Richard Matheson (episode "Dance of the Dead") short story
Steven Weber (episode 1.04 "Jenifer") teleplay and
Bruce Jones (episode 1.04 "Jenifer") short story
Mick Garris (episode 1.05 "Chocolate") teleplay and
Mick Garris (episode 1.05 "Chocolate") 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")
Max Landis writer (episode "Deer Woman")
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 "Jenifer")
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Angela Bettis .... Ida Teeter
Billy Drago
Carrie Fleming .... Jenifer
Matt Frewer
Chris Gauthier .... Timpson
Jesse Haddock .... Johnny
Jesse Hlubik .... Max Grubb
Warren Kole .... Walker
Laurene Landon .... Birdie
Lucie Laurier
Zara Taylor .... Annie
