Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

BA_Harrison Reanimator, From Beyond, Castle Freak, Dagon: if there's any director who genuinely strives to do justice to the twisted supernatural work of H.P.Lovecraft, it's Stuart Gordon, whose film adaptations of the great writer's work have displayed considerable skill, visual flair and imagination (if you haven't seen Castle Freak or Dagon yet, you're missing out!). Dreams in The Witch House, Gordon's first Master of Horrors episode, is further proof (as if any was needed) that the man sure knows his stuff when it comes strange alternate dimensions, ancient evil creatures, and general Gothic creepiness.Lovecraft's short story, about an ancient evil witch who crosses space and time to possess grad student Walter Gilman, offers plenty of opportunity for freakiness including an evil rat familiar with a human face, strange dream sequences, gratuitous hot witch sex, a central character descending slowly into madness and even ritualistic infanticide—just the kind of material that Gordon does best. All of this is realised with lashings of atmosphere, a touch of gruesome gore, some unapologetic nastiness, plus a spot of welcome nudity from curvaceous hottie Chelah Horsdal as Gilman's MILF of a neighbour, making Dreams in the Witch House a fabulously frightful way to spend an hour of your time.

MARIO GAUCI I had enjoyed a number of MOH entries but, of late, I have been increasingly disappointed by them! Director Gordon here treads overly-familiar territory – adapting the work of H.P. Lovecraft yet again – in all-too-typical fashion i.e. featuring copious blood-letting. The plot is rather similar to a Mick Garris-directed entry from the second season, VALERIE ON THE STAIRS (2006) – though, to be fair, this came out first; the walls of one of the rooms in a flophouse are revealed to be portals to the netherworld from which emerges Satan's whore to seduce its occupant (a University student) into sacrificing an infant to her master! Incidentally, the hero befriends a young neighbor – a single mother with a baby; while she is attracted to him, he neglects the kid in spite of himself (being somnambulistic) when she leaves it in his care. Eventually, the baby is discovered lifeless by his side (after he has managed to defeat the Forces Of Darkness) and the hero is locked up in an asylum…though a search into the walls of his room produces the skeletons of several more infants, some dating as far back as 300 years! While the plot is fairly interesting per se, as I said it is in no way surprising – with the only touch of originality lying in the recurring presence of a human-faced rat which is even capable of speech!

Paul Andrews Masters of Horror: H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House starts as university student Walter Gilman (Ezra Godden) saves his neighbour Frances Elwood (Chelah Horsdal) from a rat, Walter contacts the building manager (Jay Brazeau) but he isn't interested. Having just moved in Walter gets on with his school work but he has a dream about a rat with a human face, he continues to have these dreams & visions. After speaking with another tenant he becomes convinced that a Witch & the rat with a human face is living behind his bedroom wall & wants to possess his body so he can sacrifice his neighbour's young son...This Canadian American co-production was episode 2 from season 1 of the hit-and-miss Masters of Horror TV series, co-written & directed by Stuart Gordon I personally didn't think to much of this one. The script by Gordon & Dennis Paoli tires to do a lot in it's 60 odd minute running time & it felt rushed, it moves along at a decent pace & the second half improves but overall I expected more. The rat with a human face is freaky though & I did quite like the downbeat ending. The character's are OK as is the dialogue but it never really got me excited, it never really gripped me, I thought it was all rather average to be honest. This Masters of Horror is worth a watch if your a fan of the genre but overall I doubt this will live too long in my memory, in fact I'm positive it won't.Director Gordon does a decent job, the colour scheme is very muted & there are a few good scenes. By the way did you notice at the end when the rat kills Walter & all the blood that spurts everywhere but in the very next scene as it's running long the corridor it doesn't have a single drop of blood on it... There's not much gore here, someone has their back scratched, someone have their eyes gorily poked & there's some blood at the end but nothing else.Technically this is well made with good production values considering it was made for TV, the special effects are very good & the acting is alright as well. There's an OK atmosphere but there's not many scares here.H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch-House is an OK Msters of Horror episode, I can't say I loved it but I can't say I hated it either. It's watchable but nothing special.

Emanuel Berglund This episode has taken it's name and it's main villains from the Lovecraft story with the same name. Though this story bears little resemblance to the original Lovecraft story.The story is full of blood, to the extent it's almost an exploitation film. The storyline isn't too bad so if you are into horror films and especially gory ones then this is worth watching. The actors are good, and I can't wait to see them in yet another story.If you are a fan of Lovecraft and read the original stories and expect something similar, then you will get disappointed as this episode is more direct, bloody and not really in the spirit of Lovecraft.