trashgang This is a script that really could happen but to say it was a real horror story that goes a bit too far for me. The story itself and the acting was okay but for an entry into Masters Of Horror it lacked on horror. This episode opens with telling about an experiment were a disease was ended by turning flies into non active breeders. By doing so the disease was ended. Further into the story we move towards humanity were the females have to be killed to stop breeding. The males are out for a kill but one girl do survive dressed as a guy and it's up to her to survive. In that particular part we do have more of suspense then horror and towards the end it turns into some science-fiction story looking more like an episode for The X-Files in stead of Masters Of Horrors. But why it is shown here comes due the sometimes graphic violence toward women. But for me it just didn't work. Some will have problems with the fact about killing women and entering some messages about belief in a God and so on but the ending...what a turn-off.Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 3/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

Dalazen_Junior The Screwfly Solution was my first entry with the Masters of Horror series and it remains my favorite one. The idea to bring awesome directors together and allow them sixty and so minutes to tell their scary stories is brilliant and a gift for the horror fans everywhere. Although I loved every episode of the series, The Screwfly Solution won a special place in my heart. It may be the most compelling piece of paranoia driven end of the world theme I've ever seen. Although made for TV, it remains better than most of the flicks that tried to tackle the subject of the world coming to an end and how we would behave in such dreaded circumstances. Ihe story is beautifully told and never seems rushed. Director Joe Dante made good use of his sixty minutes to give us a beginning, a middle and a pessimistic ending, in this odd and scary homage to the old horror classics, with a mixture of an outbreak spreading through the world fast (Dawn of the Dead, 28 Days Later), people revealing their ugliest facades under stress (Day of the Dead, Deliverance) and the fact that human being, not being able to take care of themselves, will have to be exterminated by a superior, otherworldly race of beings, so Earth, a naturally beautiful place, may survive and go on. Elliot Gould's performance was a joy to watch, outstanding supporting performance by him, a sympathetic older character who knows too well where the world is heading.

Bjorn (ODDBear) All the males in the world start killing all the females. What is going on here? This is certainly a juicy storyline for the series. It's also quite well executed, for the most part. A scene at a strip club is a particular standout, very brutal and explicit. However, it's director Dante's decision to film the story in an unconventional manner (he likens it to a cell phone capturing the image) that bugged the hell out of me. It didn't need it, the story itself is captivating enough.It does run out of steam towards the end but up until then it's mostly entertaining. The cast is touch and go. I never think Jason Priestly is very convincing in whatever he does but here he was above average. The ever so reliable Elliot Gould didn't disappoint however."The Screwfly Solution" is a solid entry in the series but not one of the best episodes.

Woodyanders A strange and lethal virus causes men to go insane and savagely murder women in a psychotic fit of religious fervor whenever they are sexually aroused. Scientists Alan (an engaging performance by Jason Priestley) and Barney (the always excellent Elliott Gould) try to find a cure while Alan's feisty wife Anne (well played by the lovely Kerry Norton) and spunky daughter Amy (the solid Brenna O'Brien) flee to the woods of Canada where it's still safe. Director Joe Dante, working from a bold and biting by Sam Hamm, delivers a chilling mix of stinging social commentary and unsettling doomsday end-of-the-world thriller that offers plenty of spot-on incisive stuff about religious fanaticism run dangerously amok, misogynistic male violence against women, and how mankind's own self-destructive nature will eventually turn on him. Moreover, Dante relates the gripping story at a snappy pace, maintains a grimly serious tone throughout, stages the jolting moments of brutal violence with unflinching explicitness (an alarming psychotic outburst in a strip club is especially potent and upsetting), and adds a wickedly amusing line in pitch-black humor to further spice up the already tasty brew. Hummie Mann's spooky'n'shivery score and Attila Szalay's glossy, intimate cinematography are both top-notch. The acting is uniformly sound as well, with Linda Darlow a stand-out as sarcastic epidemiologist Bella. The surprise twist ending packs quite a punch. A praiseworthy sci-fi/horror winner.