A decent drive.
Released: 2005
Genre(s): Horror, Thriller
The "Masters of Horror" television series was created for Showtime by a collaboration of the horror/thriller industry's heaviest hitters. Occasionally enjoyable, sometimes frightening, and even good for a quick laugh now and then, the series embodied the quick and dirty style of modern horror/thriller offerings. While technically a television spot, in truth each "episode" was actually an hour long, made-for-TV movie. Because of this, I've decided to review each as an individual film.
"Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" is actually the first episode of the series, and was created by horror legend Don Coscarelli (known for such horror gems as the "Phantasm" series and "Bubba Ho-Tep"). The story is more or less a cookie-cutter survival-horror story about a young woman's attempts at evading and defeating a rather large, disfigured serial killer by the name of Moonface. There's a true sense of frantic anxiety during many of the chase sequences, but unfortunately any real terror is lost due to the frequent flashback sequences interjected between many of the action scenes. When the setting moves to Moonface's murder shack, a very unsettling - and morbidly comical - performance by the great Angus Scrimm increases the creepiness of the film. There's a somewhat unexpected twist thrown into the movie's plot as well that connects everything nicely, but this honestly didn't view as a typical Coscarelli film to me, and lacked the quality that made me love the "Phantasm" movies so much. Still, a great intro to the "Masters of Horror" series, and definitely worth a quick watch if you've got an hour to spare.
Rating (out of 5): 3
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