"Masters of Horror" Jenifer (2005)

Director:

Dario Argento

Writers:

Steven Weber (teleplay) and
Bruce Jones (short story)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

18 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

While parked in a remote spot lunching Chinese food with his partner, Detective Frank Spivey saves a...

Plot Keywords:

Blood | Painful Sex | Marital Rape | Rough Sex | Gore

Cast

Steven Weber	...	Frank Spivey
Carrie Fleming	...	Jenifer (as Carrie Anne Fleming)
Brenda James	...	Ruby
Harris Allan	...	Pete
Beau Starr	...	Chief Charlie
Laurie Brunetti	...	Spacey
Kevin Crofton	...	Homeless Man
Julia Arkos	...	Ann Wilkerson
Jasmine Chan	...	Amy
Matt Garlick	...	Institute Guard
Mark Acheson	...	Side Show Owner
Cynthia Garris	...	Rose
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Young Jack (as Jeff Ballard)
Brad Mooney	...	Friend #1
Riley Ruckman	...	Friend #2

Runtime:

58 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007) | France:-12

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Reunion Pictures

Trivia:

This was the only Season 1 episode to require cuts. 2 shots were removed from the final film, both involved graphic depictions of oral sex. The first one occurred during the sex scene in the car, and the second occurred at the end of the film. The deleted scenes are edited into the 'So Hideous My Love' documentary on the DVD.

Quotes:

Chief Charlie: If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck with a meat cleaver.

enjoyable time-waster

Seems Showtime-on-Demand screwed up and gave us a sneak peek of this episode (it's under the title of "Dreams in the Witch-house on the Comcast menu,but it IS the Dario Agento directed "Jenifer").Steven Weber is Frank a happily married policeman who one day saves the life of a girl who's about to be chopped up in the woods by an apparent psycho. She's peculiar in a way, she can't talk, her face is deformed, and she seems to hold sway over Frank, whom retrieves her from the mental hospital that she's put it after the fateful event of the day she was saved He takes her back to his house because she doesn't have any place to stay otherwise. That's when things go out of control. Weber gives his best performance of his career thus far (I know that's not saying much, but he is good in this), but the story and how it played out was very predictable. At no point in the whole film did I feel like I was in unsafe territory. That being said, the episode was the most sexually charged and violent one thus far which was fun, but "Jenifer" as a whole didn't really do anything for me, even though it is well-made and visually appetizing.

Eye Candy: Brenda James and Carrie Ann Fleming both show T&A

My Grade: B