Masters of Horror Season 2

WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM

"We all scream for Ice Cream" marks the return of Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play) to the horror genre in over 10 years. I was looking forward to this episode, mostly due to it featuring an evil clown in an ice cream truck. The words "Sign me up" came out of my mouth right away. What this episode did right was in the back story, which was gripping and engaging. Buster, the mentally challenged ice cream man (played brilliantly by William Forsythe) had me caring about him, so when those little bastards did what they did to him, I wanted to jump into the TV set and strangle them. I loved the back story stuff, it had me emotionally! The present day stuff was your standard horror fare with average acting (and some below average sneaking itself in), good directing by Tom Holland (welcome back!), and a fun finale. I grooved to the idea of Buster using the children to get back at those who harmed him. Something that did disappoint me was without the language this would pretty much be a tame PG-13. You get some melted "ice cream" corpses and that's it! I'm not saying it had to be a gore fest but it should have been harsher and darker then it was. There are some creepy moments (the ice cream truck coming down the street and through a fog) that almost make up for it. "We all scream for Ice Cream" has an emotional and gripping back story but the present day stuff is too standard and safe, but I still liked it. It had a fun finale and a cool villain. This is an overall good episode. Recommended.

3.5/5

THE WASHINGTONIANS