Dance of the Dead (Masters of Horror)
| "Dance of the Dead" | |
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| Masters of Horror episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Tobe Hooper |
| Story by | Richard Matheson |
| Teleplay by | Richard Christian Matheson |
| Produced by | Keith Addis Bo Altherr Morris Berger Steve Brown Ben Browning Andrew Deane Mick Garris Adam Goldworm John W. Hyde Lisa Richardson Grant Rosenberg Tom Rowe Pascal Verschooris |
| Featured music | Billy Corgan |
| Editing by | Andrew Cohen |
| Production code | 103 |
| Original air date | 11 November 2005 |
| Running time | 59 min. |
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Erica Carroll |
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Erica Carroll
Robert Englund
Emily Graham
Lucie Guest
Jessica Lowndes
Ryan McDonald
Marilyn Norry
Melena Ronnis
Jonathan Tucker
"Dance of the Dead" is the third episode of the first season of Masters of Horror. It originally aired in North America on 11 November 2005. Richard Christian Matheson adapted the episode from a short story of the same name by his father, Richard Matheson. Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan scored this episode.
In 2008, terrorists developed a biological weapon called "Blizz". They used this weapon in local weather patterns in the United States. As it falls from the sky, it will instantly burn any living thing it touches. At her seventh birthday party, young Peggy (Emily Graham) watched as her friends were killed by Blizz, whilst she, her sister, and her mother take refuge inside the house, refusing to allow anyone else shelter with them.
Ten years later, America has been ravaged by the effects of World War III. The death count continues to rise in this dark and bleak future and some states simply no longer exist. Peggy (Jessica Lowndes) is now almost 17, ignorant of the world outside of her mother's diner. She has lost both her father and her sister, Anna, and now depends on her mother, Kate (Marilyn Norry). Business is slow, but Kate tells Peggy they're fine financially, as Peggy's father left them some money before his death in the war. One day, Peggy meets biker and drug addict Jak (Jonathan Tucker) and his two "friends", junkies Boxx (Ryan McDonald) and Celia (Lucie Guest). The three are into some shady dealings with a nightclub called The Doom Room, located in the grubby town of Muskeet.
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