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'Family' is simply one of the most clever and satisfying scripts to be filmed as part of the "Masters of Horror" anthology; it meets an unlikely (yet wonderful) match in John Landis, well-known for his comedic efforts, but adopting a proper tone of suburban abnormality here. Harold (George Wendt, who has been showing an effectively darker side in the recent works of Stuart Gordon) plays a seemingly contented suburbanite with a proclivity toward abducting random strangers, melting their skin with acid, and making a skeletal 'family' for his happy home. With the arrival of Celia (Meredith Monroe) and David (Matt Keeslar), a married couple going through a difficult spot, Wendt becomes the good-natured confidant whose obsession with Celia grows to a disturbing degree. While Monroe and Keeslar provide just the right amount of intended WASPy blandness, it is Wendt who performs an impressive balancing act between neighborly warmth and psychosis. His performance alone would merit a view, but Landis's direction and Brent Hanley's clever (and not cheating) script make 'Family' a series high point.
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