Masters of Horror: Family
From John Landis, Director of "An American Werewolf in London"
It’s a beautiful day in suburbia where mild-mannered bachelor Harold Thompson is happily at work in his basement building the perfect family. But when a young couple moves in nextdoor, Harold sets his sights on the sexy young wife. 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 co-stars in this grisly black comedy with a killer twist from Director John Landis and Writer Brent Hanley.
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Another good installment from John Landis - Coconut_Willy
No time wasted in setting up the story here; it opens up with a great scene that lets you know immediately who is the psycho in this one. The storyline is good and is well developed all the way through the surprise ending that I certainly never saw coming. With the number of horror flicks that I have seen, I would qualify this as an accomplishment. It might be less humorous than Landis' episode in the first season of the series but it is nevertheless entertaining enough. The limited cast is quite good (in particular veteran television actor George Wendt) doing a fine acting job with an uneven dialogue. The sets and locations are very typical of suburbian horror, the soundtrack is excellent and the camera work is good. Not a lot of special effects here but it's not really required. Very enjoyable episode, especially for the ending.Best of The Masters of Horror - Stick
Nooooorm! Norm is anything but normal in this one, which I think is the best of the Masters of Horror series. George Wendt is very creepy as Harold, an average joe neighbour who's really a phycho killer with dead bodies in tubs of acid in his basement. Great twist and good ending.If you used to watch Cheers, you'll love it! - Dslinger
I think that the best part of this movie was watching Norm from Cheers bathe corpses in acid, who would have ever guess we were ever going to see good ole' Norm do that?
Norm plays a psycho who has vivid hallucinations, involving the dead talking to him, people saying things in which they did not, who is on a mission to have a "Family" consisting of the skeletons of his victims.
This movie has good acting, a bit of subtle comedy, and a great twist at the end.
Worth watching for sure!
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Another good installment from John Landis - Coconut_Willy
No time wasted in setting up the story here; it opens up with a great scene that lets you know immediately who is the psycho in this one. The storyline is good and is well developed all the way through the surprise ending that I certainly never saw coming. ...Best of The Masters of Horror - Stick
Nooooorm! Norm is anything but normal in this one, which I think is the best of the Masters of Horror series. George Wendt is very creepy as Harold, an average joe neighbour who's really a phycho killer with dead bodies in tubs of acid in his basement. Great ...If you used to watch Cheers, you'll love it! - Dslinger
I think that the best part of this movie was watching Norm from Cheers bathe corpses in acid, who would have ever guess we were ever going to see good ole' Norm do that?
Norm plays a psycho who has vivid hallucinations, involving the dead talking to him, ...