The evil seed of "Master of Horror"

Lesley 2022-04-11 08:01:01

"Master of Horror", a total of two seasons, and a third season "The Origin of Fear" which is not justified Not all, but to any enthusiast who idolizes John Carpenter, Toby Hooper, Dario Argento, etc., "who directed this episode" seems more important than "what is this episode about". interesting. However, this is not the first time Carpenter and Hopper have collaborated with Showtime. As early as 1993, the two collaborated with Showtime on a TV movie, this three-part horror short story called "Body Bag". It has been forgotten by many people now, but its value is far more precious than "Master of Horror". It can even be said to be the prototype of "Master of Horror". Brian Collins' latest blog post happens to be the Blu-ray Disc review of this film. After reading it, I feel that it is just right. Take the opportunity to briefly write something about this forgotten "Carnival of Horrors".
In fact, "Body Bag" could almost become a unit drama like "Master of Horror", but later Showtime planned to move the production location to Canada in order to save costs, but John Carpenter, the main creator, had his own contacts and resources in Los Angeles, so he couldn't. Long-distance assignments were made, so the idea of ​​making episodes was eventually scrapped. Fortunately, John Carpenter has already made two stories, and Toby Hooper has made one, so the three short films have been integrated into a ninety-minute TV movie, and through John Carpenter The cuteness and complaining of a dead corpse played by Te personally led to these three stories. This kind of narrative method similar to the horror drama "The Legend of the Crypt" and the classic horror series "Ghost Show" in the 1980s is very terrifying in itself. The appetite of the enthusiasts, not only that, "Luke Skywalker", Roger Corman, Wes Craven, Sam Raimi, Toby Hooper, John Carpenter and others all came to guest appearances, such a luxurious cast lineup compared to For the half-baked "Master of Horror", it is naturally easier for people to worship in front of the screen.
I don't like the last two stories very much. Let me briefly introduce the first story "Gas Station", directed by John Carpenter, with Wes Craven and Sam Raimi cameos, a very traditional dark night murderer story, but very chewy head. The film tells the story of a black girl with a bee waist and fat buttocks who came to a remote gas station on the night of her work-study study. This was her first night of part-time work. Later, the perverted murderer who is keen on killing women officially appeared, and he turned out to be the male staff who took over from the heroine before. It turned out that the real male staff (guest starring Uncle Sam Raimi) had already been killed by the murderer. The plot of "Gas Station" is very simple, but its smart and tense soundtrack and cold and eerie atmosphere can easily make people jump to Carpenter's classic "Halloween". In other words, "Gas Station" can be regarded as a small story that takes place in the world view of "Halloween", and Carpenter seems to really want to have some kind of detached connection between the two, when the fainted When the gas station killer climbed up from behind the black girl, there was that enthusiast who wouldn't remember the screaming resemblance at the end of "Halloween".
"Body Bag", a TV movie, produced by Showtime in 1993, developed by John Carpenter, suitable for any American horror movie fan who reminisces about the past and sighs the present.

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Body Bags quotes

  • Pete: I forgot my credit card.

  • The Coroner: [looking at bodies] Natural causes... Natural causes... Natural causes... I hate natural causes! Give me a big stab wound to poke at and then I'm happy.

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