Masters of Horror - Season 2

It's a beautiful day in suburbia where mild-mannered bachelor Harold Thompson (George Wendt of CHEERS) is happily at work in his basement building the perfect family. But when a young couple moves in next door, Harold sets his sights on the sexy young wife (Meredith Monroe of TV's CRIMINAL MINDS). In a sunshine world of picket fences and manicured lawns, is it ever possible to know what gruesome plans are percolating in the minds of your neighbors? Matt Keeslar (SCREAM 3) co-stars in this grisly black comedy with a killer twist from Director John Landis (AN AMERICAN WAREWOLF IN LONDON, ANIMAL HOUSE) and Writer Brent Hanley (FRAILITY).

For two geeky best friends who've only experienced carnage via their video games, it's the ultimate late night dare: ever seen a real dead guy? But when the pair breaks into a creepy local mortuary, they unleash a ferocious ghoul (Michael Ironside of SCANNERS, STARSHIP TROOPERS) who's hungry to share a few depraved urges of his own. Even if these pals-for-life can resist a violent suburban blood-spree, is there any peer pressure more horrific than that of the undead? Jodelle Ferland (THE CABIN IN THE WOODS) co-stars in this grisly twist on teenage vampirism written by series creator Mick Garris.

For call center supervisor Larry Pearce (Chris Bauer of TRUE BLOOD), listening is a way of life. His days are spent monitoring hundreds of tech support phone conversations where his ultra-sensitive ears attuned to every nuance of voice and sound. But in the months following his young son's tragic death, Larry's hearing intensifies until it becomes virtually superhuman. Now simple noises around him have amplified into a cacophony of torment. And as Larry slowly begins to lose his grip on reality, he must take violent action to quiet the deafening clamor. In a world where nothing screams louder than the madness of grief, how far will one man go to find the ultimate paradise of absolute silence?

For the dedicated staff of an isolated women's clinic, the ultimate nightmare is waiting to explode. Trapped inside is a terrified pregnant 15-year-old girl. Lurking outside, her crazed anti-abortion activist father (Ron Perlman of HELLBOY, TV's SONS OF ANARCHY) and heavily armed brothers are ready to smash their way in. In this health-center-turned-slaughterhouse, there is only one certainty – there will be hell to pay. Emmanuelle Vaugier (SAW II, SMALLVILLE) and Mark Feuerstein (TV's ROYAL PAINS) co-star in this graphic and provocative shocker directed by John Carpenter (HALLOWEEN FRANCHISE).

Meat Loaf stars as Jake Feldman, a short-tempered furrier struggling to build a small-time business while being tormented by his obsession for a sexy stripper. But when a sadistic backwoods trapper (John Saxon of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) kills a strange group of pet raccoons, Jake knows their luxurious hides could make a coat that will change his fortunes forever. Only these are no ordinary pelts: Everyone who comes in contact with the cursed furs is soon driven to unspeakable acts of self-mutilation and extreme violence. Even if Jake can now possess the flesh he desperately covets, what horrific final price will he pay for the skin he's in?

It begins with a terrifying rash of isolated homicides around the world, where normal male sexual urges suddenly transform into violent rage. Now a pair of scientists (Jason Priestley and Elliott Gould) are in a desperate race against time to figure out how – and why – the war between the sexes has turned murderous. Is a mysterious virus making every red-blooded man a potential lady-killer? Kerry Norton (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) co-stars in this graphic and provocative shocker written by Sam Hamm (BATMAN, HOMECOMING) from the award-winning short story by James Tiptree, Jr.

It is called Highberger House, a place for unpublished writers to live and work without distractions while they continue to pile up rejection letters. But this building is haunted by more than just the specter of failed authors: There is the ghost of a beautiful woman in the hallways who cries out in fear and desire. And there is a beast in the walls that owns her body and soul, and now thirsts for the blood of his creators. Christopher Lloyd (BACK TO THE FUTURE FRANCHISE), Tyron Leitso (HOUSE OF THE DEAD), and Tony Todd (CANDYMAN) star in this sexually charged shocker adapted from the story by Clive Barker about doomed dreams, rotted imaginations, and the horrific secret that has given life to Valerie on the Stairs.

Late at night on a lonely country road, Cliff Addison (Martin Donovan of TV's WEEDS) and his wife Abby are involved in a fiery car wreck that leaves Cliff unhurt and his wife hideously burned. As Abby lies comatose, kept alive only by life support, her charred spirit seeks vengeance on those who profit from her plight including a slick attorney (Corbin Bernsen of TV's PSYCH). Amidst a storm of angry relatives and pushy reporters, a controversial issue is about to take a horrific turn: Even if Cliff can now find a way to keep his wife alive, will a monstrous secret condemn him to a living hell forever?

Buster the Clown (William Forsythe of THE DEVIL'S REJECTS, TV's BOARDWALK EMPIRE) is a mentally challenged man who sells ice cream out of his Cheery Tyme truck until a cruel prank by a bunch of neighborhood boys goes horrifically wrong. A generation later they're all grown men with families, but the crime of their past may now be trolling for their children: Buster and his truck have returned for sweet revenge, and every frozen treat will bring its own taste of hell. Lee Tergesen (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING) co-stars in this tasty chiller adapted by 'splatterpunk' writer David J. Schow (PICK ME UP) from the short story "I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for Ice Cream" by best-selling author John Farris.

"Perversity," wrote Edgar Allan Poe, is "the human thirst for self-torture." Jeffrey Combs (RE-ANIMATOR) delivers an electrifying performance as the legendary writer driven to debt and drunken folly by a world cruelly indifferent to his poetry. But is it his beloved wife's agonizing death by consumption or her deranged pet feline that will soon trigger the scribe's most ghastly acts of madness? Director Stuart Gordon and longtime collaborator Dennis Paoli (RE-ANIMATOR, DAGON, CASTLE FREAK) co-wrote this grisly exploration of horror fiction's dark genius, condemned to a living hell of illusion, insanity, and beyond by The Black Cat.

What if everything we believe about our sacred icons of American history turned out to be a complete lie? Suppose, for example, that the Father of our Country was actually a blood-crazed cannibal? Jonathon Schaech (QUARANTINE) and Saul Rubinek (TV's WAREHOUSE 13) star in this gruesome tale about the discovery of a Revolutionary War artifact that proves George Washington's famed wooden teeth hungered for more than just liberty. How far will a group of homicidal historians go to keep a hero's grisly legacy alive? Would our government deliberately hide the truth to cover-up the meat of the matter? A feast of answers – complete with huge helpings of human carnage – will all be served at the final banquet of The Washingtonians.

Daniel Gillies (TV's THE VAMPIRE DIARIES) stars as an American attorney in Japan whose childhood trauma has left him with a crippling fear of the ocean. But when he begins a dangerous affair with the wife of a wealthy client, a sunset boat trip will reveal the violence and vengeance that waits just below the surface. How do you unleash the horrific ghosts of everyone's past? Just add water! Ryo Ishibashi (AUDITION, THE GRUDGE) co-stars in this creepy shocker adapted from the short story by legendary Japanese horror novelist Kôji Suzuki – creator of DARK WATER and THE RING FRANCHISE – where the ultimate nightmares come to life aboard a Dream Cruise.