"Masters of Horror"
Deer Woman (2005)

Director:

John Landis

Writers:

Max Landis (writer) &
John Landis (writer)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

9 December 2005 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Romance

Plot:

A harried, burned-out cop believes that a recent string of murders prove that the murderer might be a deer-like creature in the form of a beautiful woman right from a local Native America folklore legend.

Plot Keywords:

Black Brassiere | Dark Comedy | Windwalker | Deer | Black Bra

Cast

Brian Benben	...	Dwight Faraday
Anthony Griffith	...	Officer Jacob Reed
Cinthia Moura	...	The Deer Woman
Sonja Bennett	...	Dana
Julian Christopher	...	Chief Einhron
Don Thompson	...	Detective Fuches
Alex Zahara	...	Detective Patterson
Walter High	...	Pool Player
Michael P. Northey	...	Peeing Trucker
John B. Destry	...	Trucker Witness (as John Destry)
John Bear Curtis	...	Truckstop Owner
Maxine Miller	...	Dog Lady
John R. Taylor	...	Dead Monkey Man
Edmond Kato Wong	...	Desk Cop (as Edmond Wong)
Steve Archer	...	Business Man

Runtime:

57 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

USA:TV-MA | Finland:K-18 (DVD) (self applied) (2007) | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied) (2008) | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Reunion Pictures

Trivia:

One of the three men who win the jackpot in the casino is Mick Garris who created the Masters of Horror series.

Goofs:

Continuity: Near the end of the episode when Detective Faraday leaves Officer Reed's apartment, he gets into his car which has the red light on top still flashing (as he left it when he arrived). As he enters the car, the red light appears to turn off, only to be back on in the next shot. Minutes later in the woods, Deer Woman kicks his car, which causes the light to fall off the roof and fall to the side while still flashing. Presumably it fell off the car and is lying in the road as we never see it on top of the car or see the red flashing light ever again. However, as Detective Faraday pins Deer Woman to a tree using the car, we can see the reflection of the red flashing light in the windshield on a close-up of Detective Faraday. In the very next show we can still see that the light is not on the car.

Quotes:

Casino Manager: Why does everything have to have a why with you people? You know, it's a woman with deer legs, motive really isn't an issue here.

Movie Connections:

References An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Horrific and hilarious, another excellent episode

When I first heard that John Landis had directed this episode I didn't really know why because compared to the other directors, he isn't really a Master of HORROR. But then I remembered the classic horror/comedy An American Werewolf in London which has earned him this title. Deer Woman is much the same, a great blending of comedy and horror.

The plot focuses on a policeman (Brian Benben) who is investigating a series of bizarre murders where the victims are trampled to death. This leads him to believe that an Indian folklore might be true and a "Deer Woman" (Cinthia Moura) is seducing and killing men.

Brian Benben is hilarious as burned-out policemen Dwight Faraday. In one particularly amusing scene, he imagines all the possible ways of death by deer. If it weren't for his acting that scene would not have been as funny. Cinthia Moura is perfect as the Deer Woman, she didn't need to speak but her facial expressions and perfect body made the character.

John Landis' direction is pretty much perfect as he is suited to horror/comedies. Although there is more comic elements to the movie, there is a nice amount of horror in it and it is suitably gory and gross.

4/5.