The 60th anniversary of Star Trek was a few days ago--not that you'd know it, thanks to it being practically ignored by the current regime that owns the franchise. Most of the 60th anniversary celebrations have been done by fans, like the effects guys here who have re-worked the opening of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, where the Klingon battlecruisers meet the omnipotent V'ger. It's complete with new effects, and it's very nicely done. Live long and prosper.
This is technically the second half of the episode "Imprint" from the first season of Masters of Horror.
As I mentioned in the first part, the BF bondage in "Imprint" runs through the better part of the episode.
And actress Michie Ito is the one who's contorted into all kinds of bondage here.
Michie deserves all the praise she can get for being a real trooper in these scenes.
She really, really did a great job here.
I just hope that, after this episode was done, Michie got herself a nice, long massage.
Ad there was even a third episode with scenes from the horror anthology Masters of Horror.
The name of this episode is Imprint, and it's directed by Takashi Miike. It deals with a young sex worker (Michie Ito) who's framed for stealing a ring from the matron of the brothel she works in.
The result is that she's bound and gagged in the very strict fashion that can be seen in the Japanese bondage style.
The bondage scenes run for the duration of the episode's run time, and--fair warning--they are very intense.
In fact, Imprint didn't even air on Showtime, the channel that Masters of Horror was originally produced for.
Although it aired with the rest of the first season in England, Imprint was only available in the USA through physical media (which was where I originally got these vidcaps).
No official explanation was given for this situation--but, as I've said, Imprint is VERY INTENSE.
Threshold was an SF series that was canceled midway through its first season, but not before giving us a great scene.
Christie Lynn Smith stars in this scene as a young woman doing her laundry in a condo.
When she's called to the door, a wacko breaks in and takes her hostage. He ties her up right on the floor wit her little dog (who's not tied up. That would just be sick).
She's barefoot and clad only in her underwear during the entire scene, making this an instant classic in my book when I first saw it.
This is from the fourth episode, called The Burning. As I've stated earlier, Threshold was cancelled before its time, but you can see the clip of this scene right here.
Rhona thought she was having a bad night at the club, but that was before she had been abducted in my latest Poser picture, which you can see right here.
Note: The picture I used here is from The Unborn.
The fourth episode in the first season of Masters of Horror was Jenifer, directed by Dario Argento (Terror at the Opera).
Carrie Fleming plays Jenifer. Her face is never seen on screen because it's supposed to be so horrifying.
We first meet her just as she's about to be killed by a man. He's tied Jenifer's hands behind her back just before he's going to execute her.
But she's saved just in the nick of time by another guy played by Jake Weber.
But no good deed goes unpunished. Weber finds out the hard way that Jenifer is a murderous cannibal.
By the end of the episode, it's Weber who's seeking to kill Jenifer. This time her hands are tied in front. The second scene is not as well-lit as the first was. She's barefoot in both bondage scenes.
Masters of Horror was an anthology TV series that dealt with horror stories directed by big time horror film directors. It originally aired on the Showtime cable network.
Its first episode, Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, was directed by Don Coscarelli (who directed the Phantasm films, along with Beastmaster). It was based on a Joe R. Lansdale short story.
It deals with a group of serial killers who murder their victims in a torture chamber. Heather Fenney, seen strapped down here, is their latest victim.
Heather is bound barefoot throughout her scene.
Bree Turner also stars as a fresh captive of the killers who watches what happens to poor Heather in wide-eyed terror.
This episode has a very nice and satisfying twist at the end. It's very well done, overall.
