So I watched this last night. There is a lot of hype about this series and for good reason, the director lineup is staggering.
The first episode was pretty good, but… it only worked in spite of clichés. Please note that this series is called: MASTERS if Horror. These people are suppose to be furthering the genre from the success of their previous work. The twists were annoying; I’m not speaking of the ‘twist ending’ but the twist of all the clichés. Let’s see: most horrors have a girl screaming and running, let’s turn that on its ear and have her go Arnie vs. Predator on the baddie. Let’s put a twist on the ‘cabin full of horrors’ cliché too! Fuck, it got annoying how by the numbers the screenplay for this was. The director of cinematography far exceeded both the writing and directing. The look was excellent. Top notch. I’m curious to see what he’s done before.
What’s most sad about it though, is that even at its worse (which by no measure was it bad) it was better than 99% of the horror tripe that is making it to the big screen.
So, watch it. Its good TV, it’s better than the recent shit in Hollywood horror movies, but it only works in spite of what’s bad out there.
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