Pro-Life (Masters of Horror)

"Pro-Life"
Masters of Horror episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 5
Directed byJohn Carpenter
Written byDrew McWeeny
Rebecca Swan
Featured musicCody Carpenter (composer)
Production code205
Original air dateNovember 24, 2006 (2006-11-24)
Guest appearances
Caitlin Wachs
Ron Perlman
Derek Mears
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Mark Feuerstein
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"Pro-Life" is the fifth episode of the second season of the American anthology television series Masters of Horror. Directed by John Carpenter, the episode stars Caitlin Wachs as a pregnant girl who seeks to abort an unborn demon within her, while her gun-toting father (Ron Perlman) tries to prevent her from doing so.[1][2] The episode's score was composed by Carpenter's son Cody.[3]

Plot

Angelique (Caitlin Wachs) is taken to an abortion clinic to end her pregnancy, the product of a demonic rape. However, her father, Dwayne (Ron Perlman) who is against abortion, and three brothers set out to ensure that the baby lives, after the father is given messages from God telling him to save the baby.

In the end, Angelique gives birth to a demonic creature. The demon father (Derek Mears) rises from the ground and kills some of the staff, one of the brothers, and Dwayne (after he realizes that it was the demon who told him to save the baby). The baby is shot in the head by Angelique, as the baby recognizes her as the mother, and then the demon father, seemingly grieving over its death, goes back to Hell with the corpse.

Angelique then ends the episode by saying "God's will is done."

Home media

The episode was released on DVD March 20, 2007. It is the eighteenth episode and the fourteenth episode to be released on DVD. There is also an alternate cover of the DVD that features a demon's hand ripping out of the bottom of a crib.

References

  1. ^ Thurman, Trace (October 31, 2016). "A Definitive Ranking of John Carpenter's Films!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Enk, Bryan; Spry, Jeff (January 16, 2018). "70th birthday wishes to John Carpenter with his 21 genre movies, ranked". Syfy Wire. Syfy. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Barkan, Jonathan (January 26, 2018). "Cody Carpenter's Solo Album Dropped Today". Dread Central. Retrieved February 6, 2020.