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MASTERS OF HORROR SEASON ONE, EPISODE FOUR: JENIFER
MASTERS OF HORROR SEASON ONE, EPISODE FOUR: JENIFER-United States-2005

Steven Weber as Frank Spivey
Directed by Dario Argento
Teleplay by Steven Weber
Based on a short story by Bruce Jones
When I was a younger man in my late 20′s I worked as a pizza delivery driver. I had a boss, Ben, who was adamantly against the use of drugs of any kind. I mean, the guy didn’t even drink. That is, until he met Denise. There was only one way to describe Denise and that was that she was a crack whore. Denise led Ben down a path that he never completely recovered from. He still wouldn’t do drugs himself; but he bought them for her, and he even went to prison for her. Nothing would ever again be the same for Ben.
Now, I told you that story to demonstrate that at first I wasn’t really sure what director Dario Argento and writer/star Steven Weber were trying to say in their Masters of Horror adaptation of a Creepy comics tale from Bruce Jones. This story of a cop, Weber (Wings, Jeffrey) who takes in a horrifically facially disfigured woman who leads him down a path of self-destruction is exactly the same as that of my friend and his albatross of trouble. At first, I thought that the episode was one long joke about ugly women and how men will fuck them, but they surely will not tell their friends about it. At the risk of sounding sexist or cruel, it reminds me also of that old joke about the similarity between a fat girl and a Moped; they’re both fun to ride, you just don’t want anyone to see you. Another is that when it comes to women, the majority of men let the little head do the thinking. Even after she eats the family cat and the kid from next door, Frank still has no qualms about dipping his wick in Jenifer. After all, the body is a classy chassis; it’s the face that looks like it smacked a wall at 90 miles per hour. Hell, then again who knows? Maybe I’m missing the point altogether. Somehow, I don’t think I am.
One thing I know for sure is that this is the first episode of Masters of Horror that lives up to the name. Director Dario Argento (Suspiria, Mother of Tears) seems to be having a lot of fun with the episode and treats it more like a mini-movie than he does a TV show. Steven Weber is good in the role of Frank; and Carrie Anne Fleming grunts, whines, licks and snorts her way through her role as Jenifer. After a flawed, but promising start and then a big step backward, Argento and company set Masters of Horror back in forward motion with Jenifer.
TRIVIA
This was the only Season 1 episode to require cuts. 2 shots were removed from the final film, both involved graphic depictions of oral sex. The first one occurred during the sex scene in the car, and the second occurred at the end of the film. The deleted scenes are edited into the ‘So Hideous My Love’ documentary on the DVD.
The source material first appeared in 1974 in Creepy #63 and was illustrated by Bernie Wrightson.
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Raimi, Argento, Aronofsky: What’s Their Best Film?
It’s a Friday afternoon and normally I would be watching a movie and blogging on it. But, with a new job comes new hours and therefore I have to work. So, before I depart for my place of employment I wanted to get a quick post in just to let everyone know that I am still alive and still blogging. Those of you who have read my previous “What’s Their Best Film?” installments know the drill. I name three directors and you tell me what their very best film is, in your opinion. Those of you who are first time readers I urge you to read the previous sentence as I do not like to repeat myself. I love to hear comments from each and every one of you and I try to reply to each and every one. So, without further ado let’s get this show on the road.
IT’S MURDER!-1977
THE EVIL DEAD-1981
CRIMEWAVE-1985
EVIL DEAD II-1987
DARKMAN-1990
ARMY OF DARKNESS-1992
A SIMPLE PLAN-1998
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME-1999
THE GIFT-2000
SPIDER-MAN-2002
SPIDER-MAN 2-2004
SPIDER-MAN 3-2007
DRAG ME TO HELL-2009
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THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE-1970
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET-1971
LE CINQUE GIORNATE-1973
DEEP RED-1975
SUSPIRIA-1977
INFERNO-1980
TENEBRE-1982
PHENOMENA-1985
OPERA-1987
TWO EVIL EYES (Co-Directed with George Romera. Argento directed “THE BLACK CAT“)-1990
TRAUMA-1993
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA-1998
SLEEPLESS-2001
THE CARD PLAYER-2004
DO YOU LIKE HITCHCOCK (TV MOVIE)-2005
MOTHER OF TEARS-2007
GIALLO-2009
DRACULA 3-D-2012
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DARREN ARONOFSKY
PI-1998
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM-2000
THE FOUNTAIN-2006
THE WRESTLER-2008
BLACK SWAN-2010
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Don’t be strangers; I want to hear from you. Take care and stay scared!!
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SCREAM QUEEN OF THE MONTH
ASIA ARGENTO
When your father is Dario Argento, one of the most iconic horror directors of the past 20th century, it’s a safe bet that you’re daughter would star in at least a couple of genre films herself. Born Asia Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento on September 25, 1975 in Rome, Lazio, Italy, Miss Argento has appeared in 5 of her father’s films to date: Trauma (1993), The Stendhal Syndrome (1996), The Phantom of the Opera (1998), Mother of Tears, itself the third film in the Three Mothers trilogy that includes Suspiria (1977) and Inferno (1980); and Dracula 3D (2011). She has also appeared in George A. Romero’s Land of the Dead (2005), Sofia Coppola‘s Marie Antoinette (2006) and XXX (2002). She is a director, actress, singer, model and producer. Our hats and apparently our shirts go off to the lovely Asia Argento as she is the Scream Queen of the Month for December, 2011!
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