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?

"The Washingtonians" was a pretty funny episode. It's an hilarious concept, though I admit that there were a few moments when I thought what I was seeing on the screen had to be somehow blasphemous.Nevertheless, I found it funny and think it's great that such taboos can be explored, though I pray the average viewer is smart enough to slough off the ridiculous notion that Washington was a cannibal. With the amount of, and overall zaniness of conspiracy theories today, this one could be off to the races.That small bit of social commentary aside, the film has a bit of gore, a funny concept, few scares, and a lot of camp.The concept alone makes it worth watching if you're bored. From a critical standpoint, the "concept" itself seems to straddle an objective line, poking fun at both lame conspiracy theories and our pre-conceived idolization of certain historical figures.Sadly, it almost seems as if the director took a fine piece of complex satire and dumbed it down to a Michael Moore film, to convey that "America sucks. Oh yeah, George Bush, too."

this was awful. just awful. i probably am of that mind because i actually READ the short story this is based on. i adore Bentley Little and his ability to take the mundane and terrify you with it.the premise is awesome. but the acting was horrible, and the added stuff took away from the story.though i DID quite enjoy the bit about "tastes like chicken". that was about the only redeeming thing in my opinion.none of the acting was believable.at all.sorry, it just wasn't.maybe i'm expecting too much from a TV series, but i was so disappointed by what i saw.

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!