"Masters of Horror" Dream Cruise (2007)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Norio Tsuruta

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Kôji Suzuki (short story)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

2 February 2007 (Season 2, Episode 13)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Absolutely terrified of the sea, an American lawyer reluctantly goes on an ocean cruise to be near the wife of a client, with no idea of the grim situation that awaits them all. |

Plot Keywords:

Husband Wife Relationship | Thick Accent | Masters Of Horror | Childhood Trauma | Dream Sequence

Cast

Daniel Gillies	...	Jack Miller
Yoshino Kimura	...	Yuri Saito
Miho Ninagawa	...	Naomi Saito
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Eiji Saito
Tom Irvine	...	Young Jack (as Thomas Jones)
Ethan Amis	...	Sean Miller
Maki	...	Receptionist 1
Tiffany Martin	...	Receptionist 2
Ian Moore	...	Harrison
Gregory Pekar	...	Jack's Assistant
Katsuhiro Nagano	...	Cab Driver

Runtime:

Germany:57 min (short version) | 87 min (uncut version)

Country:

USA | Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007) | USA:TV-MA | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Starz Productions

Starts off quiet then REALLY picks up speed

Young lawyer Jack (Daniel Gillies) was traumatized at a young age seeing a friend drown to death. Now he's sleeping with the wife (Yuri) of a client (Eiji) in Toyko. Eiji takes Jack and his wife out on his boat and clearly knows they're sleeping together. He plans revenge...but things suddenly go wrong.

Starts out as a standard "husband kills unfaithful wife and lover" story but (during the last half hour) it switches gears totally and turns into a very eerie ghost story. Dead bodies pop up--body parts go flying--Jack and Yuri are attacked multiple times--it never stops for breath and gets more than a little scary. Good acting by the entire cast (especially Gillies) helps a lot. Fast and scary--a GREAT "Masters of Horror" episode.