本套剧集最初创意来自于恐怖片导演米克加利斯(Mick Garris),2002年他和一众业内同好在加州共餐。席间他们相谈甚欢,惺惺相惜。在此之后,加利斯召集席间的10位导演以及其他恐怖流的高手相约共同打造一套恐怖片剧集。2005年,加利斯身兼制作人和导演两个职务,打造出每集1小时的“恐怖大师”系列(总共两季26集),唐卡斯卡尔利、斯图尔特戈登、三池崇史、约翰麦克诺顿、鹤田法男等名声显赫的导演相继参与其中,联合为恐怖片爱好者奉上惊险刺激的恐怖盛宴。
本剧集荣获2006年艾美奖杰出主题音乐奖、2006年Sitges – Catalonian国际电影节最佳剧本和评委会特别奖。
A bunch of city slickers from different backgrounds go into the wild mountains to be one with nature, but basically to have a good time. However, a paramilitary group has chosen the same time to go camping. When one of the soldiers thinks their boss has been killed by one of the city slickers, he coaxes his team into exterminating all of them. They will have to rely on their wi...
While driving at night along a lonely road through the mountains, Ellen gets distracted by her radio and hits a car parked on the road. She faints and looks for help since her car does not start again. She meets Moonface pulling a woman in the woods. He's a deranged monster-like man that collects human bodies. She is abducted by Moonface, but she recalls the survival lessons of...