While in Europe this was stated as episode 2 this was in fact the opening for the Masters Of Horror series. Much acclaimed about the quality this indeed set the trend for what to come. While season two has it flows and did offer some episodes not exactly fitting into horror as the title of this series said this one does.The atmosphere set the tone in the beginning while Ellen (Bree Turner) is driving a lonely dark road she's distracted from the road due tuning her radio and almost crashes into a parked car. Her car broken down she's out to find some help and comes across Mooonface (John DeSantis) while hunting down a woman. Moonface collects bodies. Suddenly this episode turns into a slasher with Ellen as the hero. But slowly this episode shows us who Ellen really was in her past. Being married to a Bruce (Ethan Embry) who learned her to defend herself with weapons and teaching survival skills out in the woods Ellen becomes the hunter. But she also comes across Buddy (Angus Scrimm) and old man being captured by Moonface so it seams.Angus Scrimm is the one who carries this strange episode were not that much is explained about Moonface. It never really becomes gory like other episodes but it surely delivers a few entertaining moments like the eyes being removed by a drill machine. Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

I didn't have high hopes going into this, it seemed like the typical "helpless woman being chased by a crazed inbred in the woods" but I was pleasantly surprised. That basically is the premise, Ellen is in a minor car wreck and left stranded on an empty wooded highway at night when she becomes prey to the very large "Moonface". This film has an interesting difference though, Ellen is trained in survival tactics from her intense husband. It was nice to actually see a woman fight back for once. "Incident" was the perfect length for it's story line. There was a lot of tension but it wasn't dragged out and overplayed. I highly recommend this for fans of the horror genre who have an hour to spare.

Of the Master's of Horror shows I have seen this one is not all that good and not all that bad. Certainly not in the league of Cigarette Burns from John Carpenter, but what does one expect? The guy who did this one is not exactly a movie making machine with his best work coming in the Phantasm series with little else of note. Though I have heard a few good things from Bubba Ho Tep. This one is about a woman coming off a rather abusive relationship having a run in with a strange mountain man that one of those unfortunate enough to be caught by him calls Moonface. A game of cat and mouse ensues and though the film thinks it is being clever you should be able to figure out the twist at the end fairly easily. The killer in this film is your typical 80's slasher killer, the deformed man with a weapon and bad attitude. The heroine in this one is not so typical, though not all that surprising either, as like I said you should be able to deduce her secrets as you see glimpses of her former life in flashbacks. Also of note in this one is the guy who plays the Tall Man in the Phantasm movies having a bit of a small part in this film. Though all his menace is reduced and he is a bit of an idiot.

I've seen all the episodes of the Masters of Horror series and although I was quite disappointed from the Argento episode (like the most recent movie of his, more unintentionally funny, to stay positive), the overall quality of the show was pretty high. I still don't quite know why they abandoned the idea and throw the show out, after 2 seasons. But what can you expect of this very first episode of the first season then? Quite a few things, I'd say. While it starts off pretty bog standard, it pretty soon develops a nice narrative (timeline) and has a few surprises at hand. Don Cascarelli puts the female lead through some crazy things, but only in the end you will see that it was all needed, the build up, to get to the point of the revenge (it is quite "satisfying" for the viewer to see how it all unfolds).