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Masters of Horror Episode 1 : Incident in and off a Mountain Road

Don Coscarelli

USA2006 60min Beta Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Don Coscarelli, whose unique portrayal of anxiety and fear of death in the Fantasm series won him international acclaim, directed the first episode of the Masters of Horror series. His skills of maximizing the genre while warping the genre's rules are quite remarkable. When a woman's car breaks down on a deserted mountain road in the middle of nowhere, she encounters a monster-like serial killer who is intent on killing her.

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Don Coscarelli

As an independent movie director, Donm Coscarelli made his feature film debut with Jim the World's Greatest (1976). He then hit the big time with the 1979 release of the highly inventive fright thriller Phantasm. With it he created a "horror boom" in the 1970s and 1980s, winning numeroust awards at renowned film festivals across the world. Ohter notable works of his include Beastmaster (1982) and Bubba Ho-tep (2002).