The Screwfly Solution (8 Dec. 2006)

A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.

Director:

Joe Dante

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator), Sam Hamm (teleplay),

Stars:

Jason Priestley, Kerry Norton, Linda Darlow

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jason Priestley	...	Alan
Kerry Norton	...	Anne
Linda Darlow	...	Bella
Brenna O'Brien	...	Amy
Steve Lawlor	...	The Private
Elliott Gould	...	Barney
William S. Taylor	...	The Mayor
Don House	...	Storekeeper
Nels Lennarson	...	Barekeeper
Steve Makaj	...	Mankeeper
J. Winston Carroll	...	General (as J.W. Carroll)
Tara Leigh	...	Sabbath
Rob Morton	...	Max
Nelson Leis	...	Rodney Bearden (as Nelson Carter-Leis)
Bill Mackenzie	...	Church

Storyline

A strange virus renders the entire human male population into homicidal maniacs who end up wiping out all females, leaving a woman and her daughter to fend for themselves.

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Plot Keywords:

virus | death | reflection in eye | hunter | severed breasts | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 December 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Starz Productions, Nice Guy Productions, Industry Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

59 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the scene in which the soldiers were shown pornographic movies in the lab, the clip of the Japanese women was taken from 'Imprint', the 13th episode of the first season. Since it was decided that 'Imprint' was too graphic for television so was not aired, this was the first time it was seen in the US before being released on DVD.

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Goofs

During the scene on the highway leading into Jacksonville, Florida there are mountains visible in the background. There are no mountains visible from anywhere in Florida.

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Connections

References Alien (1979)

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Soundtracks

Threnody
performed by Chimaira

User Reviews

the end ruined this episode

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