Masters of Horror Season 2, Episode 7: The
Screwfly Solution
The Second Season of the Masters of
Horrorseries on Showtime combines top horror writers and
directors together for a second year creating some incredible (and some
not so incredible) one-hour features. The Screwfly Solution
takes violence against women to a horrifying extreme.
Review
Written by The Zombie Master Lee
Roberts April 6, 2007
Original air date:
December 8, 2006 Directed by: Joe Dante Written by: Sam Hamm Short story by: James Tiptree Jr.
Starring:
Jason Priestley as Alan Elliott Gould as Barney Kerry Norton as Anne Brenna O’Brian as Amy
Synopsis: A funny thing is happening in
Florida. It seems that the men are killing the women for no other
reason but that they are women. Two scientists, Alan (Jason Priestley)
and Barney (Elliott Gould), are called in to find out why, because it
seems that the killings are not just happening in Florida. As a matter
of fact, women are being attacked and murdered all over the world. The
reason revealed in The Screwfly Solution could
actually be more disturbing than the act itself.
Thoughts: Let me begin by saying that I am not a
Joe Dante fan. After The Howling and Gremlins,
his resume isn’t the most spectacular. Dante was also the
director that brought us the infamous “negligent use of
zombies” MOH episode Homecoming. However, that did not mean
that I was not going to watch The Screwfly Solution.
I am just not that type of person. I sat through it, and I sat through
it again, and after sitting through it for the third time I had an
epiphany: I just don’t like Joe Dante. I apologize to any
Dante fans that are reading this, but I see no redeeming quality in his
work. From watching Homecoming and The
Screwfly Solution I have learned that Dante is anti-current
administration (can’t really blame him there) and
anti-Christian, other than that any other director could have done as
good if not better with the scripts he was handed. Am I picky? Yeah,
about my horror I am. Am I anal? People have accused me of that. Do I
mean to offend? No, but you’ll get over it.
Questions
or comments about The Screwfly Solution?
Contact
us!
Horror Movie Freaks
is the FREE eZine from Best-Horror-Movies.com
that will give you the new horror releases, the new horror news and the
new horror reviews that you CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT!!
Subscribing is easy, painless and free.
Do it NOW!!
ADD TO YOUR SOCIAL BOOKMARKS:BlinkDel.icio.usDigg FurlGoogleSimpySpurlTechnoratiY!
MyWeb
Blink
Del.icio.us
Digg
Furl
Google
Simpy
Spurl
Technorati
Y!
MyWeb