"Masters of Horror" Deer Woman (2005)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

John Landis

Writers:

Max Landis (writer) &
John Landis (writer)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

9 December 2005 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A harried, burned-out cop believes that a recent string of murders prove that the murderer might be a deer-like creature in the form of a beautiful woman right from a local Native America folklore legend.

Plot Keywords:

Deer | Native American | Police | Tongue In Cheek | Windwalker

Cast

Brian Benben	...	Dwight Faraday
Anthony Griffith	...	Officer Jacob Reed
Cinthia Moura	...	The Deer Woman
Sonja Bennett	...	Dana
Julian Christopher	...	Chief Einhron
Don Thompson	...	Detective Fuches
Alex Zahara	...	Detective Patterson
Walter High	...	Pool Player
Michael P. Northey	...	Peeing Trucker
John B. Destry	...	Trucker Witness (as John Destry)
John Bear Curtis	...	Truckstop Owner
Maxine Miller	...	Dog Lady
John R. Taylor	...	Dead Monkey Man
Edmond Kato Wong	...	Desk Cop (as Edmond Wong)
Steve Archer	...	Business Man

Runtime:

57 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

One of the paintings shown on the beginning is 'Frida Khalo''s "La Venadita"

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the episode when Detective Faraday leaves Officer Reed's apartment, he gets into his car which has the red light on top still flashing (as he left it when he arrived). As he enters the car, the red light appears to turn off, only to be back on in the next shot. Minutes later in the woods, Deer Woman kicks his car, which causes the light to fall off the roof and fall to the side while still flashing. Presumably it fell off the car and is lying in the road as we never see it on top of the car or see the red flashing light ever again. However, as Detective Faraday pins Deer Woman to a tree using the car, we can see the reflection of the red flashing light in the windshield on a close-up of Detective Faraday. In the very next show we can still see that the light is not on the car.

Quotes:

Dwight Faraday: A new kind of animal, one we haven't seen before. In London, in 1981 a series of brutal animal attacks were directly linked to a freak wolf that was gunned down in Piccadilly Circus.

Movie Connections:

References An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Fun-filled tale of terror from John Landis

"Deer Girl" is a terrific episode of "Masters of Horror". John Landis' episode is light-hearted but contains some moments of true suspense.

I was genuinely thrilled to see Brian Benben in the main role of Dwight Faraday. Benben was previously in the John Landis produced "Dream On" series and is a great actor - he's able to convey subtle humour in a very capable manner.

The tale itself is pretty straightforward and proceedings move at quite a pace. I had a great time watching the episode and was sad when it finished - I could have sat through another 30 minutes of this story.

Incidentally, John Landis was uncomfortable with the reference to his earlier "American Werewolf" movie but the in-joke works well and isn't out-of-place.

Newcomer Cinthia Moura is stunning as the title character, the Deer Woman. To say Cinthia is beautiful would be something of an understatement and the scenes with this actress were a joy to watch.

Finally, I really hope Landis uses Benben again in a future project - they make a great team.