trashgang Directed by the founder of the series itself it was up to Mick Garris to do his thing. And this started off so pretty well that I was looking forward what was happening to Jamie (Henry Thomas). But the further the clock was ticking and the closer the end credits came the more I was suspecting this was going nowhere. And in fact once that Jamie has found Catherine (Lucie Laurier) it all falls down in talking. Maybe the last minute can bring something forward to look at but by then it was too late.Jamie being divorced from his wife and being a loner and doing a diet are getting some troubles after eating chocolate. He becomes psychological connected to a strange woman Catherine. But the strange woman has a secret that he is seeing in his dreams. Being obsessed by now by the woman he is starting to track her down. Until he finds Catherine we do have a few nudity scene's and the typical situation of divorce when one of the ex-partners is trapped by the other while having sex. But it's in those sex scenes that Jamie is seeing things. He even witnesses a murder. That's maybe the only part that has a few red drips falling. But once he's in touch with Catherine it just doesn't move any further leaving you with a bitter feeling, the bitter after taste of Chocolate.Gore 0/5 Nudity 1,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

MARIO GAUCI This is easily one of the most confusing – and dreary – entries in the MOH series: a divorced young American (Henry Thomas, the boy from E.T. [1982]!) unaccountably finds himself feeling everything that a woman – a complete stranger to him and a Canadian resident to boot – is going through (including her sexual activity!). What could have easily been developed into a perceptive black comedy comes across as very silly indeed and, as I said, ends up making no sense whatsoever! Eventually, the hero gets to meet the lady of his 'dreams' – by which time she has committed a murder and, of course, he falls in love with her; however, their relationship can never work properly…since she is unable to lead any sort of private life, and it all concludes on a sour note with Thomas shooting the girl dead. The title, by the way, is a reference to the fact that his sensation of eating chocolate (when he had had none) was the first indication for Thomas that something was amiss; equally tangential, then, is the subplot involving his co-worker – a middle-aged wannabe rocker who embarrassingly sports a red Mohawk during his stage act!

jman0 While I was watching "Chocolate", I couldn't help thinking it looked a lot like Stephen King's horror novels, so I wasn't surprised when I learned it was written by Mick Garris, a die hard King fan.It's not the stereotypical horror story with lots of blood and/or monsters from hell, and focuses on psychological horror, just like in the best Stephen King's novels. It's really worth a watch and if you like good horror stories you can't miss this one.The acting is fairly good and the story is easy to understand and follow, with a very nice twist at the end. The only bad thing I see in it is that it is a bit short and the story has a few holes that could have been filled if it had been made into a full length movie and not just a TV series chapter. I really do think the script deserved a movie.

Witchfinder General 666 I have become a big fan of the "Masters Of Horror" series, which any fan of the Horror genre should give a try. The series, which, among others contains episodes directed by Dario Argento, John Carpenter and Takashi Miike, was created by Mick Garris, who had the idea for this great show. "Chocolate", the fifth episode of the first season, and Garris' first contribution to the series as a director, however, sadly disappoints. The only reason to call Garris a 'Master Of Horror' is his idea for the MoH series anyway, since he has never written nor directed any essential Horror film. It is understandable that the man who had the idea for the entire series would also want to direct an episode, however. And "Chocolate" is not necessarily bad, but it is by far my least favorite episode of the MoH series so far, just too little Horror and too much boredom and beating around the bush, as far as I am considered.Possible Minor SPOILERS! Jamie (Henry Thomas), a recently divorced guy who works in a laboratory developing flavors for the food industry, suddenly starts having strange visions. At first he thinks it's the chemicals at work, but he soon suspects he's seeing through somebody else's eyes sometimes. He find's out that his visions show him the life of a beautiful young woman he has never met before, he becomes obsessed with her..."Chocolate" has some interesting moments, but over all it is more of a Drama then it is horror - and it is not a good Drama. The episode is almost suspense-less, and apart from the beautiful female cast and a (little) bit of weirdness in a few parts, it is not really worthwhile. The acting is not bad, and Jamie's visions have some style and originality, but over all the episode disappoints. Still worth watching if you plan to see the entire series (such as I do), but out of all the episodes I've seen so far (about 15, some from the first season, some from the second) "Chocolate" is the least interesting.