Smoreni Zmaj A film, which tries to cover complete lack of at least decent plot with plenty of gore, so extremely disgusting that it will turn your stomach inside out. But apart from explicit butchery and leading actress, who is almost completely naked almost all the time, this movie has nothing to offer. Stupid, even within the genre which by default does not rely on a quality of a story. Lack of good story could be easily forgiven to a horror flick, but this one also lack any tension, suspension, fright or good acting. It has nothing but tons of blood.5/10

gridoon2018 I have not seen any other "Masters of Horror" episodes so far, so I can not compare "Pelts" to them. But I have seen some Dario Argento films, and this is the worst thing he has directed that I have seen. There is no trace of Argento the stylist; any hired hack could have made this. The story, the production values, the dialogue ("It's too big"....nuff said), the casting (John Saxon is offed after 5 minutes of screen time)....everything screams grade-Z, direct-to-DVD exploitation. It's also one of the goriest horror shows ever (it goes beyond "Hellraiser" levels of gore). The KNB-supervised special effects are indeed well-done, but "Pelts" has nothing to offer besides its three or four disgusting set pieces (better see this one on an empty stomach....or preferably not at all). * out of 4.

Coventry At the time I'm writing this user-comment, I have yet to see quite a lot of episodes in the Masters of Horror's second season, but I don't necessarily have to finish the whole series in order to know already that this installment will become one of my absolute favorites! Dario Argento's second contribution to the series – after the somewhat offbeat "Jennifer" in series one – features a deliriously absurd story, copious amounts of gut wrenching gore effects and a cameo by the almighty B-movie veteran John Saxon! That is more than enough already to qualify as a huge success in my book. It's still not a bona fide Argento effort, because the concept doesn't really allow him to experiment with visual style elements or Italian Giallo themes, but it is nonetheless a shocking exercise in the extremes of the horror genre. The particularly well cast Meat Loaf stars as the sleazy and power-obsessed fur trader Jake Feldman. Via an elderly poacher (John Saxon) and his son, Feldman gets hold of a cargo of exceptionally qualitative raccoon furs that he intends to process into a coat and donate to his unreachable muse; a black lesbian striptease dancer. However, the raccoons were butchered in the garden of an eccentric old witch and their fur homes a horrifying curse. Anyone who gets in contact with these furs goes berserk and develops murderous and suicidal tendencies. The poacher and his son are the first ones to fall victim to this curse, but their terrifyingly gruesome deaths don't stop Feldman from claiming the furs as his own… The running time is too short to emphasize on substantial depth and/or detailed character drawings, so Argento just fully goes for outrageously explicit gore. Someone harshly gets beaten to death with a baseball bat, another character cuts open his own chest with a pair of scissors, a lady sews her own face entirely shut and another poor soul professionally skins himself in front of a mirror. The absolute highlight of repulsiveness – perhaps even in the entire Master of Horror series – involves someone who slowly places his own face in an animal trap before setting it off. Whoa baby, that was awesome! Add a lot of nudity and gratuitous lesbian action to this and you've got yourself one hour of sheer old-fashioned and undemanding horror entertainment. Thank you, Maestro Argento, for once again brightening up my day!

Michael_Elliott Pelts (2006) *** (out of 4) Dario Argento's second film in the Masters of Horror series is about a fur trader (Meat Loaf) to finds the perfect pelts but these pelts also lead to murder and suicide. I preferred Argento's other film in the series but this here is certainly miles better than the past few features from the Italian director. Meat Loaf does a good job in the role, although he doesn't go too deep into the character. The real highlight here is the appearance of John Saxon who steals the show. It was really great seeing him in another film. The special effects are quite gruesome and that includes the seriously over the top ending.