ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

Ceticultsot Beautiful, moving film.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

Smoreni Zmaj The reviews for this episode are so bad and there are so many of them, that I was barely waiting for it to come to the table. I was eager to finally see something that is so bad to cause such a massive bashing. I experienced a double disappointment. It was neither awesome, nor bad enough to be funny. The idea is phenomenal and at the beginning the episode was developing greatly, so about half way through I rated it nine. All the time I was expecting some genius plot twist, but it didn't happen. Episode is totally straightforward, simple and without any surprises and twists, and ending is, although I understand quite witty political satire, simply lousy executed. "The Washingtonians" had the potential to be one of the best in the series, but ultimately it suffered a complete fiasco and turned out to be a total mediocrity. However, if only because of the idea that George Washington was a monstrous cannibal, it's worth a look.6/10

Wazzathekiller I fail to see why so many other reviewers have given this a low mark for being ridiculous. I quite like a good bit of ludicrous horror sometimes and this was a good way to spend an hour.I can agree that the acting is woeful, the jokes poor (the ending especially) but apart from that the story is decent for a 'Masters of Horror' episode and there's some reasonable gore. One of the most frightening things is the ancient mummies that inhabit the town at the start. These old people are scary. If I was the little kid I would have run away screaming.The plot involves some sap inheriting his Grandma's house and finding a letter in the basement that reveals Washington to be the lover of virgin meat and fairly adept at carving utensils from bone. Above mentioned mummies then try to retrieve the letter from him and eat his family for kicks.The one disappointment I had with this film was the ending. The part where the prof shows up with the feds and they gun down the whole army of Washingtonians like the dogs they are. When I saw them open fire I was hoping for a mighty pay off. Close up shots of bodies being riddled with hot lead. No such luck. The one hope of success a film like this has is excessive gore. The scene with Jefferson getting eviscerated was good though.Overall some nice foggy scenes, good story, reasonable direction by Mendak (although he should have taken a leaf out of Stallone's work for the final scene), a guilty way to spend an hour.A final question...What the hell is the beheading at the start about?

Jonny_Numb "The Changeling" is one of the most effective haunted-house films ever made; paradoxically, 'The Washingtonians' is one of the weakest entries in the "Masters of Horror" series. However, I do not think Peter Medak (the director of both) is entirely to blame for this--what begins as a very cool concept rife with horrific potential (the notion that our concept of 'history' has glossed over the transgressions of our forefathers, including George Washington's penchant for dining on virgins) disintegrates into a tug-of-war between seriousness and camp. While Medak exhibits the same skilled use of light, shadow, fog, and flourishing camera moves that made "The Changeling" so endearing, 'The Washingtonians' script (by Johnathon Schaech and Richard Chizmar) is clunkily paced and tonally unfocused, shooting for satire, straight horror, or broad comedy at any given moment. The result is simply too uneven to be satisfying on any level. And possibly the biggest detriment is co-writer Schaech's performance in the lead role--unable to emote or recite dialog convincingly, his presence leaves us rooting for the cannibals all the way (Saul Rubinek--looking a lot like George Wendt--fares slightly better with his comedic bits). And while there is some suspense, and the wigs, makeup, and costumes are superb (including some of the most imposing orthodontics ever filmed), 'The Washingtonians' comes off as coldly as a corpse in winter.4.5 out of 10

clockwork_mike83 Forget the previous post about this episode. The guy must be Roger Ebert Jr, another pompous-uptight ***hole. I really hate it when someone comes on here with a half-hearted attempted to sound like a NY Times film critic, when in fact they probably live in their parents' basement.Though this episode is by far the strongest of the season I would say I thought the story was very cool. It was both gallows-humorous and a gore-junkie's delight. I will not dare spoil any of the plot lines for anyone of you, except that it gives the viewer a new, grim outlook on United States history. If you enjoy the Masters of Horror series, please give this one a look, ESPECIALLY if your an American History buff, I guarantee you'll never look at a dollar bill the same way again!