I'm not going to give away the ending or anything that will spoil the "fun" of this episode. Not that the title of this episode isn't a give-away itself (and if you watch the first 5 to 10 minutes, it'd be a surprise if you didn't know where this was going). But for all it's predictability and bad acting (and the bad script, as you come to expect from Argento's recent efforts), there is something so trashy here, that you can actually kinda enjoy it.And I'm not talking about the Argento Fans, who are not even reading this and giving my review (and any other bad review for that matter) the thumbs down. No if you really set your expectation low (watch "Card Player" for example, though at your own risk, because it really is dreadful), there is some fun to be had here. The special effects are pretty good (even if you can spot the latex) for a TV show. Talk about getting out of your skin ... (if some of the things would be possible/plausible in reality? I can't tell you, but that shouldn't really matter ... not with an Argento movie/short)Meat Loaf seems to totally inherit his role (and going as OTT as Adrian Brody in "Giallo"). While the female lead seems not to be able to have any acting ability at all, she can overshadow that with her other "abilities" (if you are satisfied at watching her almost completely nude that is). Saxon has a great cruel line, about how to "treat" raccoons and in other hands the theme of animal cruelty would have been handled with greater care. But try to leave your brain at the door (not literally, please) and this nonsense will seem rather fine ... it was hard to shut off my brain, but I finally achieved it (continuity errors, thematic errors plus the faults mentioned above) ...

This was not a very good episode of Masters of Horror. For starters, the acting was absolutely bad and very amateur. Even Meat Loaf came across as stiff and unconvincing as an actor. The gore part was okay, if you are into that kind of thing, but it was too little. The nudity sex scene of the stripper and the other girl came across as cheap, too, and fake.All in all, there's not much good to say about this, except I was sorely disappointed. The positives were that the story was kind of original about the animal pelts. But that was not enough to keep my interest for the full hour of the episode.

If there is one man on this planet who deserves the title "Master Of Horror" it is doubtlessly the great Dario Argento. The genius behind masterpieces such as "Profondo Rosso", "Suspiria", "The Bird With The Crystal Plumage", "Phenomena", "Tenebre" and others is doubtlessly one of the greatest Horror directors who ever lived (to me personally, he's one of the greatest directors ever, regardless of genre), and it is therefore no wonder that his entries to the "Masters Of Horror" series were those I was most looking forward to (which is probably the case with most Horror fans). His contribution to the first season, "Jennifer" was an incredibly creepy and deliciously demented little film that ranked among the best episodes in the first season, but I personally liked "Pelts" even more. After Takashi Miike's "Imprint" (Season 1, Episode 13), "Pelts" is arguably my second-to-favorite entry to the "Masters Of Horror" series. While the premise of the MoH series, and the 1 hour Runtime does not allow Argento to build up his brilliant mysteries (be it with supernatural elements, such as in "Suspiria" and "Phenomena" or without, such as in his Giallo-masterpieces), Argento still delivers genuinely creepy and purely ingenious Horror. In "Pelts" it is a curse that has been placed upon the pelts of a rare raccoon species that brings Horror into the life of the sleazy fur-trader Jake Feldman(Meat Loaf Aday)... I do not want to give away too much, but I can assure that this episode delivers about everything one could desire in a "Masters of Horror" episode - Genuine creepiness, extreme gore and brutality, a very morbid sense of Humor, lots of female nudity, a sublime atmosphere and a great cast. Rockstar Meat Loaf Aday has given proof of his acting skills on several occasions by now, and he fits perfectly in his role here. Horror lovers, however, will be even more delighted to see cult-actor John Saxon in a supporting role. The female cast members are entirely hot, especially the lesbian stripper that Feldman is obsessed with. Overall, this bizarre and genuinely nasty episode is yet another proof that Argento is an absolute master of atmosphere and creepiness, and one of the most highly recommendable entries to the "Masters Of Horror" series.

Like his previous "Masters Of Horror" effort, JENIFER (2005), this feels nothing like the typical Argento film; reportedly, however, his latest project – the much-anticipated (and long-awaited) THE THIRD MOTHER (2007) is a return to form of sorts for the Italian maestro. Anyway, PELTS again features a surprising emphasis on sex – with lead actor Meat Loaf shown being obsessed with a black stripper! While his role is too small, it was still nice to see an aged John Saxon re-united with the director (24 years after TENEBRE [1982]).The engaging plot provides the excuse for a simple enough message – "Be Careful What You Wish For" – but the level of gore (even if the make-up in some scenes leaves a lot to be desired) displayed throughout the episode is so extreme, to say nothing of outrageous, as to be amusing rather than repellent or disturbing! Sado-masochism is perhaps a logical step from fetishism, but there's no real explanation as to why the raccoon fur should have that effect on people who come into contact with it – unless a suggestion of black magic is intended with the presence of the old woman who owns the land on which the animal was hunted...