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''The Screwfly Solution'' is the seventh episode in the second season of ''Masters of Horror''. It is based upon the 1977 science fiction short story of the same name by Alice Sheldon (under the alias Raccoona Sheldon), credited in the film as James Tiptree, Jr. Many of the scenes in Sam Hamm's script are expansions of single lines in this epistolary story. Director Joe Dante read the story in the 1980s and had wanted to make a film version ever since.〔 He presented the story as straight horror, eschewing his usual humor and without using his usual company of stock actors. Jason Priestley and Elliott Gould were the stars. When interviewed while shooting the film in Vancouver, the director summarized it: ==Plot== When a virus overcomes the male population of the world and turns them into murderous psychopaths, a mother and daughter escape across a country where their safety is in question. Over the summer, a series of femicides break out all over the world, which comes to the notice of Anne Alstein (Kerry Norton), whose husband Alan (Jason Priestley) is working alongside Barney (Elliott Gould) on the solution to an insect problem in the rain forest. The two have a daughter, Amy (Brenna O'Brien). Their friend/epidemiologist Bella Sartiano (Linda Darlow) leaves for Jacksonville, Florida, where a large group of femicides took place. She interviews an infected army private, William Holicky (Steve Lawlor), who murdered a stripper at a club. The aggression is linked to sexual arousal and many of the men use religious reasons to justify the murders. Bella is later killed by the infected mayor. Before her death, Bella informed Barney of the epidemic. Barney and Alan head to Washington D.C. to consult with officials if the cause of the condition is natural or bioterrorism. The only way to avoid it is chemical castration, with the alternative being actual castration. Barney takes the shot but Alan refuses, stating he'll be fine with pills—until he begins to have dreams of killing Anne. On the plane ride home, Alan witnesses two murders and realizes that every man on the plane is infected, himself included. He calls his wife and daughter to say goodbye, telling them that he won't be himself. In September, Anne and Amy have continued on to Canada with other women. The two encounter the infected Alan, who sexually assaults his daughter until Anne shoots him in the legs. At Alan's struggling insistence, they escape, but Amy, not understanding the situation, returns to Alan, and Anne arrives too late to save her. It is presumed that she was forced to kill Alan. Having gone unconscious, Anne wakes up in a hospital where a rash of murders are being inflicted on the female patients. Barney and Anne escape, and Anne wears a "man" disguise to hide herself from the infected males. She overhears a conversation that indicates the female population has been wiped out. Soon after, Anne tries to save Barney, who becomes very ill. Barney encourages Anne to keep running, as she's the only survivor of the female population. Over the winter, Barney dies peacefully. Anne tries to escape hunters who discover her; as she flees, the source of the epidemic is discovered. Bright aliens formed of light are the culprits, using alien technology to create the femicide epidemic. They kill the hunters that pursued Anne, apparently to take some of their brain matter, and she escapes into the woods. By December, all female life on Earth is presumed to have been exterminated, leaving the infected men to slowly die off. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Screwfly Solution (Masters of Horror)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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