History NightmareFuel / MastersOfHorror

* "Jenifer" is disturbing in many ways. Firstly, it's about a feral blonde succubus with a horrific NightmareFace but a stunning body, [[WoundedGazelleGambit who manipulates those who pity her]]. Not to mention how she is found devouring a cat, neighbor child, and an employer's teenage son (the latter still being alive at the time), really stirring the AdultFear. And just to make things worse, the segment ends with Jenifer moving onto another guy, [[HereWeGoAgain thus starting the cycle over again]]...

* "Imprint": The episode is about an American journalist looking for a Japanese girlfriend whom he had promised to rescue from prostitution. While looking for her in Japan, he meets a young woman who tells him that the girlfriend (Komomo) is dead, and recounts how Komomo died. The woman was the child of an alcoholic and an abortion doctor. She was adopted by a Buddhist priest who molested her and inspired an obsession with Hell, and she later beat her father to death because he had raped her. She had to become a prostitute and befriended Komomo, but stole the Madam's ring and planted Komomo's hairpin to frame her. The Madam tortured Komomo and forced her to confess, and after the torture, the young woman killed Komomo. She did this to save Komomo from Hell: by having such an evil friend, Komomo would be damned, and the young woman had planted the hairpin to sever their friendship and free her from damnation. At the end it is revealed that her mother and father were brother and sister, and that the young woman has a parasitic twin on her head that convinced her to plant the ring. The woman also begins to speak in Komomo's voice...

* "Jenifer" is disturbing in many ways. Firstly, it's about a blonde succubus with a horrific NightmareFace but a stunning body [[WoundedGazelleGambit who manipulates those who pity her]]. Not to mention how she is found devouring a cat, neighbor child and an employer's teenage son (the latter still being alive at the time), really stirring the AdultFear. And just to make things worse, the segment ends with Jenifer moving onto another guy, [[HereWeGoAgain thus starting the cycle over again]]...
** Jenifer (the titular succubus) basically acts like a demonic version of a brood parasite. First, she gains a male victim's sympathy by [[WoundedGazelleGambit presenting a pathetic state]]; after she insinuates herself into his life, he finds himself unable to stop thinking about her, and is drawn to care for her (which eventually escalates into intrusive sexual thoughts). She eventually consumes his every waking moment, getting rid of his friends and family by murdering them or driving them away with her increasingly violent behavior. Once the victim is isolated, she continues to follow him everywhere, killing everyone he meets (out of envy). Trying to abandon her won't work, and invariably leads to more violence. When the victim can stand it no longer, he turns on her and tries to kill her...at which point she is rescued by her next victim. It's a form of predation that's as foolproof as it is horrifying.

** The religiously themed violence of the misogynistic Sons of Adam cult is bad enough, but the casual cruelty and brutality of the males seemingly unaffiliated with the cult lends its own brand of horror, such as during Alan's flight, when one male passenger murders a female passenger just so that he can go to the toilet, while another woman passenger, who understandably reacts to the brutal murder she just saw with horror, is "controlled" by a male flight assistanct who [[NeckSnap snaps her neck.]]

** The religiously themed violence of the misogynistic Sons of Adam cult is bad enough, but the casual cruelty and brutality of the males seemingly unaffiliated by the cult lends its own brand of horror, such as during Alan's flight, when one male passenger murders a female passenger just so that he can go to the toilet, while another woman passenger, who understandably reacts to the brutal murder she just saw with horror, is "controlled" by a male flight assistanct who [[NeckSnap snaps her neck.]]

** Jenifer (the titular succubus) basically acts like a demonic version of a brood parasite. First, she gains a male victim's sympathy by [[WoundedGazelleGambit presenting a pathetic state]]; after she insinuates herself into his life, he finds himself unable to stop thinking about her, and is drawn to care for her (which eventually escalates into intrusive sexual thoughts). She eventually consumes his every waking moment, getting rid of his friends and family by murdering them or driving them away with her increasingly violent behavior. Once the victim is isolated, she continues to follow him everywhere, killing everyone he meets (out of envy). When the victim can stand it no longer, he turns on her and tries to kill her...at which point she is rescued by her next victim. It's a form of predation that's as foolproof as it is horrifying.

** Jenifer (the titular succubus) basically acts like a demonic version of a brood parasite. First, she gains a male victim's sympathy by presenting a pathetic and abandoned state; after he brings her home, he finds himself drawn to care for her, and can't stop having sexual thoughts about her (even if he doesn't feel any attraction towards her); next, she usurps his friends and family, either by murdering them or by driving them away with her violent, needy, wantonly sexual behavior; once the victim is isolated, she becomes the sole focus of his existence, taking advantage of him ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil in all ways]]'' until he can't stand it any longer and tries to abandon or murder her...at which point she is rescued by her next victim. It's a form of predation that's as foolproof as it is horrifying.

* "Jenifer" is disturbing in many ways. Firstly, it's about a blonde succubus with a horrific NightmareFace but a stunning body [[WoundedGazelleGambit who manipulates those who pity her]]. Not to mention how she is found devouring a cat, neighbor child and an employer's teenage son (the latter still being alive at the time), really stirring the AdultFear. And just to make things worse, the segment ends with Jenifer moving onto another guy, [[HereWeGoAgain thus starting the chain again]]...

* "Right To Die." The dentist's receptionist/mistress being skinned alive, and being AWAKE DURING THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE! She has been given enough anesthesia that she's not in pain and is not really aware of what's happening to her, but the fact that she's awake throughout the process pushes the whole scene deep into Nightmare Fuel territory.

* "Imprint": The episode is about an American journalist looking for a Japanese girlfriend whom he had promised to rescue from prostitution. While looking for her in Japan, he meets a young girl who tells him that the girlfriend (Komomo) is dead, and recounts how Komomo died. The young girl was the child of an alcoholic and an abortionist. She was adopted by a Buddhist priest who molested her and inspired an obsession with Hell, and she later beat her father to death because he had raped her. She had to become a prostitute and befriended Komomo, but stole the Madam's ring and planted Komomo's hairpin to frame her. The Madam tortured Komomo and forced her to confess, and after the torture, the young girl killed Komomo. She did this to save Komomo from Hell: by having such an evil friend, Komomo would be damned, and the young girl had planted the hairpin to sever their friendship and free her from damnation. At the end it is revealed that her mother and father were brother and sister, and that the young girl has a parasitic twin on her head that convinced her to plant the ring. The girl also begins to speak in Komomo's voice...

* "Jenifer" is disturbing in many ways. Firstly, it's about a succubus with a horrific NightmareFace but a stunning body who manipulates those who pity her. Not to mention how she is found devouring a cat, neighbor child and an employer's teenage son (the latter sill being alive at the time), really stirring the AdultFear. And just to make things worse, the segment ends with Jenifer moving onto another guy, thus starting the chain again.

''MastersOfHorror'' is obviously going to have ''some'' NightmareFuel, as it's a series of one-hour films by respected horror directors. But some of them just cross the line. Spoilers below.

* "Imprint": The episode is about an American journalist looking for a Japanese girlfriend whom he had promised to rescue from prostitution. While looking for her in Japan, he meets a young girl who tells him that the girlfriend (Komomo) is dead, and recounts how Komomo died. The young girl was the child of an alcoholic and an abortionist. She was adopted by a Buddhist priest who molested her and inspired an obsession with Hell, and she later beat her father to death because he had raped her. She had to become a prostitute and befriended Komomo, but stole the Madam's ring and planted Komomo's hairpin to frame her. The Madam tortured Komomo and forced her to confess, and after the torture, the young girl killed Komomo. She did this to save Komomo from Hell: by having such an evil friend, Komomo would be damned, and the young girl had planted the hairpin to sever their friendship and free her from damnation. At the end it is revealed that her mother and father were brother and sister, and that the young girl has a parasitic twin on her head that convinced her to plant the ring. The girl also begins to speak in Komomo's voice... That gave me nightmares for a while, I can tell you that. Well, it is by Takashi Miike, so what can you expect?

* "The Screwfly Solution." The worst parts had to be severed breasts displayed like trophies and the overall notion that sex and violence are so closely linked.

* "The Screwfly Solution." The worst parts had to be severed breasts displayed like trophies and the overall notion that sex and violence are so closely linked. And that's even before the FridgeHorror sets in and you realize that there are men out there in real life who don't need an alien virus in order to behave like this.

* "Jenifer" is disturbing in many ways. Firstly, it's about a succubus with a horrific NightmareFace but a stunning body who manipulates those who pity her. Not to mention how she is found devouring a neighbor child and an employer's teenage son (the latter sill being alive at the time), really stirring the AdultFear. And just to make things worse, the segment ends with Jenifer moving onto another guy, thus starting the chain again.