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'''Masters of Horror''' is a TV series created by Mick Garris. It first aired on Showtime in 2005. | '''Masters of Horror''' is a TV series created by Mick Garris. It first aired on Showtime in 2005. | ||
==Production== | |||
The series features weekly hour-long episodes, each directed by a well-known horror director. No [[women directors]] were hired during the first two seasons, and of the directors announced for the third season, none are female. Two have been Asian (Takashi Miike and Norio Tsuruta) and one African-American (Ernest Dickerson); the rest have been white. | The series features weekly hour-long episodes, each directed by a well-known horror director. No [[women directors]] were hired during the first two seasons, and of the directors announced for the third season, none are female. Two have been Asian (Takashi Miike and Norio Tsuruta) and one African-American (Ernest Dickerson); the rest have been white. | ||
None of the writers have been female, although two stories were based on stories by women writers: | |||
* ''[[The Screwfly Solution (2006 film)|The Screwfly Solution]]'' was based on a story by a female writer ([[Alice Sheldon]]) | |||
* "Imprint" was based on a novel by [[Shimako Iwai]] | |||
==Characterization== | |||
The series largely tells the story from white male perspectives, although a few episodes have featured female protagonists, and a few others have not featured particular protagonists. | The series largely tells the story from white male perspectives, although a few episodes have featured female protagonists, and a few others have not featured particular protagonists. | ||
Revision as of 11:07, 13 August 2007
Masters of Horror is a TV series created by Mick Garris. It first aired on Showtime in 2005.
Production
The series features weekly hour-long episodes, each directed by a well-known horror director. No women directors were hired during the first two seasons, and of the directors announced for the third season, none are female. Two have been Asian (Takashi Miike and Norio Tsuruta) and one African-American (Ernest Dickerson); the rest have been white.
None of the writers have been female, although two stories were based on stories by women writers:
- The Screwfly Solution was based on a story by a female writer (Alice Sheldon)
- "Imprint" was based on a novel by Shimako Iwai
Characterization
The series largely tells the story from white male perspectives, although a few episodes have featured female protagonists, and a few others have not featured particular protagonists.
Episodes of interest
Female protagonists:
- "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" dir. by Don Coscarelli
- "Dance of the Dead" dir. by Tobe Hooper
- "Sick Girl" dir. by Lucky McKee
- "Pro-Life" dir. by John Carpenter
Female villains or significant female characters:
- "Jenifer" dir. by Dario Argento
- "Chocolate" dir. by Mick Garris
- "Deer Woman" dir. by John Landis
- "Fair-Haired Child" dir. by William Malone
- "Imprint" dir. by Takashi Miike
- "Valerie on the Stairs" dir. by Mick Garris
- "Right to Die" dir. by Rob Schmidt
- "Dream Cruise" dir. by Norio Tsuruta
Themes:
- "Homecoming" dir. by Joe Dante (political satire about Iraq war)
- "The Screwfly Solution"