Diagonaldi
Very well executed
Phonearl
Good start, but then it gets ruined
Lidia Draper
Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
Haven Kaycee
It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film
Smoreni Zmaj
If we look at "Jenifer" from our own point of view, this is a horror story in which the monster, with disfigured face and the body of a beautiful woman, is seducing men, in order to provide shelter and protection while killing everything on its path. On the other hand, Jennifer is neither crazy nor evil. If we look at the story from her perspective, this is a shocking drama about a being that is not essentially human, but a wild beast that does what is in predator's nature - follows its urge to hunt and provide a breeding partner. This duality is what makes this film so powerful. As we sit on the edge of a chair in a tremendous anticipation, and we struggle with the nausea caused by Jennifer's face and scenes of cannibalism, at the same time we are sympathetic to her and we fear for her survival. The excellent story is honored with even better acting, directing and music, and the only criticism I have on this episode is that its ending is more than predictable.9/10
poe426
It's hard when you're a fright fan to see a story you've always loved adapted for The Big Screen- or, worse still, television. Rarely do the filmmakers get it right; the teevee people have an even worse track record. Case in point: JENIFER, the Bruce Jones/Bernie Wrightson classic. I read it when I was a kid, and it made a lasting impression on me. It was truly horrifying. Brilliantly constructed and beautifully rendered, JENIFER, despite its grisly depictions, was one of my all time favorite tales of terror. Along comes Steven Weber and Dario Argento- neither one of whom could conjure forth such a tale on their own- and suddenly JENIFER's rewritten, dumbed down, and foisted upon unsuspecting viewers as part of the "MASTERS" OF HORROR series. Argento has always been a filmmaker whose gifts seem to me to be more on the TECHNICAL end of things; like Kubrick; NOT the Storytelling end of things. It shows here, all too clearly. The sausage-munching scene pretty much says it all.
Brian Bell
I enjoyed this episode of The Masters of Horror thoroughly. Dario Argento, Steven Weber and Carrie Flemming made this sick little short story come to life beautifully. I have been a fan of Argento's since I was a young teen (I was born in 1979), and I loved the TV show Wings (with Weber) as a child, so I was curious how these two would team up in this day in age. I have to say, this is probably my favorite episode of MoH in all of season one. It's sick and deranged yet I couldn't stop watching. That's in part due to the super sexy Carrie Flemming as the title character. Jennifer has an amazingly sexy body, but the face of demon (if you will), and this girl has quite an appetite! Weber plays a cop who takes pity on her, and he (Weber) is just great in this... I don't want to say much else, except that this is one of those sicko films that isn't for everybody. However of you are a fan of MoH, Argento or like your horror sexy, sick and twisted - this is one film you should see...
cgyford
Itallian giallo director Dario Argento, of "Suspiria" and "Opera" fame, adapts Bruce Jones's 10-page black-and-white "Creepy"comic book story with its freak show mix eroticism and repulsion as his "Beauty and the Beast" and "Frankenstein" inspired entry in the show's first season.Steve Webber puts in a rather bland lead performance and his motivations remain as much of a mystery as those of Carrie Anne Fleming as the deranged damsel in distress, who is nowhere near as captivating as he seems to find her, while the supporting cast of Brenda James and Harris Allan seem little more than ciphers.The master combines pitch perfect pacing with a genuine grasp of the grotesque but the apparently inexplicable actions of a lead who doesn't seem to understand that when a house guest eats your cat they've pretty much outstayed there welcome and a telegraphed denouement ultimately detract from the overall effect.How do you get that head on that body?