Masters of Horror 1: Don Coscarelli's Incident's On and Off a Mountain Road

Left:Main Killa in Coscarelli's short;Middle: Ethan Embry and Breet Turner;Left:Don Coscarelli













Since I got fired, I got free time to watch some primetime and cable............. a lot more time. My colleague Kyle and I were so hyped about watching the "Masters of Horror", Mick GArris starting a series collecting all the great horror directors to direct one hour shorts. They were offered a budget and could do any project they wanted to. The first that aired in the first part of the series was by Don Coscarelli (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-tep). It was called "Incident On and Off Mountain Road". The story of a woman(Bree Turner) that crashes and finds another car that went off road. She goes see if the woman is okay and happens to run into killer.The story jumps into a the straight slasher formula which is by all means entertaining of following that troupe it goes into flashbacks of relationship she had with a survivalist played by Ethan Embry. He gives her lessons on what to do if a killer is after her or survivalist skills on what to do out in the woods. Then the story goes back to the mountain road where the killer is still after her and uses the lessons taught from her ex into action. As it unfolds it turns into a bloody macabre with a feminist lead. You go along the board of her getting killed because she is female, but Coscarelli sticks with this one for character development. The outcome is an awesome one. Angus Scrimm co-stars playing an over the top old man that gets is due. I loved how in the effect of Bree Turner's character sets traps for the killer it somehow backfires, making it more realistic and humanistic. Coscarelli gives this character confidence of its own to overcome the odds. Good Job!!!!!!!! I can't wait till the next one by my favorite out of the rest of the group set to direct, Stuart Gordon!!