The Damn Thing (01)

The Damn Thing wasn't the best start for this season of Masters Of Horror. I was expecting a better start, since the first season was so freakin' disappointing. Yet again, it isn't that bad. I mean, the story is kinda weird (as it should be), but special effects and acting made it look really lame.

It all started in the hometown of a cursed family, where some violent and strange deaths start occurring - due to some strange force, people start killing each other. So far, all is good, if acting wasn't so bad... And that ending, oh my god. As Kevin (the main character) prepares to kill Dina and Mikey (his wife and his son), the Damned Thing rises from the earth: a giant semi-solid creature of oil - which is lame, and not a good choice. It swallows Kevin, and Dina and Mikey run away in their vehicle. However, they run out of gas down the road and the creature attacks them, meaning it is not known if they survive - which is a positive point to it, since the ending is part left in mystery.

Overall, this isn't really a must watch, but i advise you to give it a try.

Masters Of Horror - Season 2

So what to say about the second season of Masters Of Horror (2006) ? It isn't really different from the first one, it had some really awesome episodes, and others that were really disappointing. I really wasn't expecting wonders from the second season, since the first one wasn't that good. When i'm about to see something that came from the mind of a certain director, i tend to get high expectations about it, and in the end i usually get disappointed. In this season, that happened with Tobe Hopper (the Texas Chainsaw Massacre mastermind), Dario Argento and Joe Dante (among others).

I still think the idea is there and it is good, but maybe some stories could have better developed, maybe get a bit scarier and so on. It wasn't a bad season, but it also didn't topped the first one.