Review by Larry Stanley
Jennifer (Masters of Horror #4) *Spoilers!*
From Dario Argento

First off, I have been getting a bit jaded with horror the last few months. No, I take that back; it is Modern Horror I am starting to have trouble with. While some of the films I have seen have been pretty good (The Slaughter, High Tension, Silent Hill, a few others) most of the time I end up leaving confused, bored or have to be woken up by the staff at the theater.
Usually I can now be found going back over my Hammer Horror or Universal Studios work. Maybe that is part of my problem with Jennifer, the fourth in the Masters of Horror from Anchor Bay Studios.
I mean, come on; a blind man who can't hear could have told you how this was going to come out just from reading the first five minutes of the script in Braille. Sure, the gore was great, just what one would expect from Argento. It still shows his style, his genius and the potential ability the man still has.
But this thing just didn't do it. Not even the sex scenes were all that hot, given Frank's partner.
Jennifer is some unknown, disfigured girl who seems to have the ability to cause men to want her despite the fact that her face looks like it is half skull and the other half dried up flesh.

Frank is a cop who see's Jennifer about to get killed by some guy with a meat cleaver, and being the good cop he is, he shoots the guy. This is a good lesson for all you fellows out there trying to kill a demonic succubus. Kill, then talk; don't babble on about how they won't hurt anyone else. Just do the deed, son.
Well, Frank feels bad for Jennifer and takes her home which proves to be a bad move for his cat, neighbors and his relationship with his family.
I am pretty sure you can guess what happens next. Frank goes on the run, tries to protect Jennifer, that doesn't work, tries to give her away to a carnival, no luck. Tries to start a new relationship with someone, stupid.
Still, there were some parts of Jennifer that really got to me. The acting was good, Weber did ok, and Argento did the best he could with the story
But the story? I love Bruce Jones work, even though I know this review does not sound that way. He is way to creative, way to talented to squander his gift on something as simple minded as this.
I'm sorry. I don't recommend this one.

Rating: Not Rated
Runtime:58 Minutes
Label: Anchor Bay
Studio: Anchor Bay
Release Date: 2006-08-15
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.77:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Region: 1 (USA, Canada and US territories)
ASIN: B000FS2W3A
UPC: 013131446197