"Masters of Horror"
Pelts (2006)

Director:

Dario Argento

Writers:

Matt Venne (teleplay)
F. Paul Wilson (short story)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

1 December 2006 (Season 2, Episode 6)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A sleazy, desperate fur trader who haunts a local strip club, gets his hands on some priceless raccoon furs that might be more than just priceless but cursed.

Plot Keywords:

Trapper | Skinned Alive | Peep Hole | Raccoon | Stripper

Cast

Meat Loaf	...	Jake Feldman (as Meat Loaf Aday)
John Saxon	...	Jeb 'Pa' Jameson
Ellen Ewusie	...	Shana
Link Baker	...	Lou Chinaski
Brenda McDonald	...	Mother Mayter
Michal Suchánek	...	Larry Jameson (as Michal Suchanek)
Emilio Salituro	...	Sergio
Elise Lew	...	Sue Chin Yao
Shawn Hall	...	Bouncer
Sylvesta Stuart	...	Beefy Bouncer
Melissa Gonzalez	...	Mira
Darren E. Scott	...	Agent
Chuck Duffy	...	Detective
Kelvin Lum	...	Cop

Runtime:

58 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Germany:18 (DVD rating) (cut) | Australia:R (2007) | Italy:VM14

Company:

Reunion Pictures

Dario Argento Scores Yet Again

Meat Loaf plays a fur trader who stumbles upon some very special raccoon pelts. But these pelts are cursed! So what happens when the curse begins to affect everyone involved with the pelts: the trappers, the traders, the seamstresses and the model? You'll just have to watch and see.

Like Argento's "Jenifer", we find that he really shines in the one hour format provided by "Masters of Horror". This is by far the most gory of the second season (at least through the first half) and probably the most sexually depraved (much as "Jenifer" was probably the most depraved in season one). If you like abnormal sex and intense gore in your horror films, this one will catch your eye.

Meat Loaf is a quality actor, and since his days in "Rocky Horror Picture Show" we should have realized he has no problem taking on unusual acts. This one is no exception, with his character frequenting a strip club and looking for unnatural sexual relations (his preferred method is constantly hinted at throughout the episode). And he just shines! How a man this ugly has made it so well in the film and music industry is a mystery, but more power to him.

The supporting cast is also wonderful, so I should not exclude them. Though this really was, by all accounts, Meat Loaf's show.

The gore was extreme. And while some of the gory moments were not very realistic (particularly the climax), they were all nasty and even when fake-looking, still difficult to watch. The needles scene was well done, and the bear trap death was very clever and well executed. The rest of them I will leave for you to find... no disappointments, I promise.

While there is one complaint I have regarding the end (which I will not discuss) that kept this from getting a perfect score, over all I couldn't stop watching. No bathroom breaks or such were necessary or would have been taken. Just straight up horror. What more do you want me to say?