this is one of the eps i'm MOST excited to see (the other being Bausman's "New Year's Day. anything zombie and i'm in!). and it's being broadcast on my b-day. nice gift!

I'm curious as to why they brought in the writers of 'The Washingtonians' episode of Masters of Horror. Its obviously not one of the more liked episodes, mainly because the writers didn't understand the source material (or the original writer, Bentley Little's sense of humor). More over, I curious as to why Jonathan Schaech can get by as a writer, its obvious from the movies he chooses to act in (Prom Night remake, The Forsaken) that he has no idea what a decent script reads like.

americangods, i agree %100 w/you regarding Schaech. i was talking to a friend about this today. we were like since when is Schaech this pulitzer prize winning writer or whatever.

Hey DJ and Americangods. I think you've got to look at the Mick Garris connection. Richard Chizmar is Schaech's writing partner on these scripts (and the upcoming FROM A BUICK 8). Chizmar is the publisher of Cemetery Dance which for the past 20 odd years has put out genre publications and limited edition books (including those by Stephen King and Mick Garris). It would seem that Schaech is getting a big lift in his writing credibility from Chizmar. I wouldn't discredit his acting choices though, the dude is hardly an A-list thespian so I imagine he takes whatever roles he can get. I guess we should give him credit for not just sitting around the past 7 years and being Mr.Christina Applegate!

I should preface this by saying I never watched Masters of Horror because we didn't have Showtime, and I just haven't gotten around to renting the DVDs yet, but I've heard mixed reviews of various episodes. It sounds like there were some pretty good ones. However, I've been tuning in to Fear Itself every week. We've seen five episodes now. And I've been disappointed by all of them, to some degree. What's killing me (hah) is that every one of them has had some potential to be good, if not great. And each one has screwed it up royally. Tonight's episode, 'Eater', started out with great potential. I was actually excited, and really getting into it. It even had a genuine possibility of being actually CREEPY. It was GOOD. And at the halfway point, they did something really dumb. But then it started to swing back towards good, so I had some hope. But then the end came, and it was god awful. It was like the writers said 'eh, ef this noise', and ended it all. Literally. It ended, and we sat there and looked at the screen for a moment. Then my husband says "this TV show is not living up to its potential." "mm hmm" I agree. "No," he says, "that's not even true. It's like it's showing you good, and then taking it away and giving you terrible." I was just really disappointed in the turns this episode took. I never read the source material so I can't compare it. I also see people referencing 'The Washingtonians'; I've read the story (and thoroughly enjoyed it), but obviously haven't seen the MoH ep based on it. I gather they butchered (heh heh) that one too. Won't someone please make some good short horror episodes?

this was an awesome ep! the BEST so far! i loved it.

I think this was the best episode so far. Unfortunately, that isn't saying much. It had some good moments, but ultimately fell flat. Hopefully the next episode - zombie apocalypses are always a plus in my book! - will make up for it.

hmmmm...the show can't seem to figure out what it wants to be. rather, the producers don't seem to know. is it going to be pre-teen schlock with "super-twists"? or is it going to move in a darker more adult direction? clearly this episode is moving in the latter and not surprising it is also one of may be two episodes worth anyone's TV time this season. gore and "twists" are great but only if the writing is grounded and well done...otherwise you get episodes like last week's wedding story crap. thank you SD for offering something half-way decent for more mature horror fans.

What was the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reference in it? Either I wasn't really paying attention when it came along or I just completely missed it. Anyways, this episode was meh. I didn't even know it was an NBC thing, which is good, because if I had known I more than likely wouldn't have watched it. My biggest gripe is the ending. I hate when movies or whatever end like that.