Jenifer Review Country : USA Year: 2005 Genre: Horror Format: Broadcast Running Time: 60 minutes Network: Showtime Italo-shockmeister Dario Argento lends his inimitable stylings to this terrifying short written by and starring Steven Weber. Credits Directed by Dario Argento. Written by Steven Weber. Starring Steven Weber. I took my time in writing this review up because this short in the anthology Masters of Horror is my favorite thus far, as I expected it might. I have heard John Carpenter's 'Cigarette Burns' is the best, but that doesn't air until December 16th, and we will come back to that for sure. In Dario Argento's 'Jenifer', we open with detective Frank (Steven Weber) Spivey who happens upon a mute woman who is about to be hacked up with a meat cleaver. Frank blows the crazed man away, but still manages to utter the word 'Jenifer'. When Frank finally gets a good look at Jenifer, he notices that she has big black alien eyes, talons for fingernails, fangs, and an amazing body to boot. Frank gets home, takes a look at his hand and notices that he has a scratch on his hand that is obviously affecting the way he sees Jenifer, because rather than take his horny wife to bed and make love to her, he rapes her, imagining that she is the whiny beast Jenifer. He then decides it would be better for the family if he moved her in? Could it get better? With Argento directing, you can only imagine that it will. After a follow up, he finds that she has been taken to a mental institution. Frank takes Jenifer home to protect her? The wife demands that Jenifer be taken away to which Jenifer demonstrates her disdain for Frank's 'ol ball and chain by biting her on the face. So, instead of shipping her back to the mental hospital, Frank fucks the shit out her in his car. Things only get better after the fucking because Frank then decides Jenifer is really moving in. Frank and his wife argue, while Jenifer runs up the stairs and promptly eats the family cat. Frank's wife and son leave the house, and does Frank run after them? Not a chance... .he opts for the beast with the hot body. To make a long story short and keep the ending a surprise, I will only say this... the episode only gets better after Frank decides it would be best to move he and beastie out to a cabin in the woods of a small, rural town. So, as you all know I am a huge Argento fan and 'Jenifer' just proves that not only is he the Master, but the maestro of gore, shock, and things that make you go OOOOOHHHH!!! Steven Weber plays a good role in the short as Frank and actually penned the screenplay. What the hell was going on in his head when he wrote this? Argento is also right on point with how most men would react in that situation. The crazed girlfriend with the hot body who you just can't dump off because the sex is just that damn good. Also, 'Jenifer' brings new meaning to the term "looks like you just ate the cat". You can catch 'Jenifer' on Showtime all this month in multi-plays. OFFICIAL SITE 'THE INCIDENT ON AND OFF A MOUNTAIN ROAD' REVIEW 'DREAMS IN THE WITCH-HOUSE' & 'DANCE OF THE DEAD' REVIEW 'CHOCOLATE' REVIEW 'HOMECOMING' REVIEW SOUNDTRACK REVIEW Review by John Gray, for Pitofhorror.com