Masters of Horror: Right to Die starts late one night as married couple Abby (Julia Anderson) Ciff Addison (Martin Donovan) are driving home, however while talking Cliff is distracted crashes into a tree that has fallen across the road. Cliff's airbag works OK he walks away with minor injuries, unfortunately for Abby hers didn't she ended up as toast when she was thrown from the car doused in petrol which set alight burning her entire body. Abby's life is saved, just. She is taken to hospital where she is on life support seriously injured horribly disfigured from the burns. Cliff decides that she should die, his selfish lawyer Ira (Corbin Bersen) thinks they should let Abby die, sue the car manufacturer get rich while Abby's mum Pam (Linda Sorenson) wants to blame Cliff, get rich save Abby. However Abby has other plans of her own...This American Canadian co-production was directed by Rob Schmidt (whose only horror film previously was Wrong Turn (2003) which on it's own hardly qualifies him to direct a Masters of Horror episode) was episode 9 from season 2 of the Masters of Horror TV series, while I didn't think Right to Die was the best Masters of Horror episode I've seen I thought it was a decent enough effort all the same still doesn't come close to being as bad as The Screwfly Solution (2006). The script by John Esposito has a neat central idea that isn't anything new but it uses it effectively enough although I'd say it's a bit uneven, the first 15 minutes of this focuses on the horror element of the story but then it goes into a lull for 20 odd minutes as it becomes a drama as the legal wrangling over Abby's life the affair Cliff is having take center stage before it gets back on track it a deliciously gory twisted climax that may not be for the faint of heart. The character's are a bit clichéd, the weak man, the bent lawyer, the protective mum the young tart who has sex to get what she wants but they all serve their purpose well enough, the dialogue is OK, the story moves along at a nice pace overall I liked Right to Die apart from a few minutes here there where it loses it's focus a bit I wasn't that keen on the ambiguous ending.Director Schmidt does a good job there are some effective scenes, this tries to alternate between low key spooky atmosphere out-and-out blood gore. There are some fantastic special make-up effects as usual, there's shots of Abby where she has had all of the skin burned off her body the image of her bandaged head with her teeth showing because she has no lips left is pretty gross (images make-up effects that reminded me of similar scenes in Hellraiser (1987) it's sequels), then there's the main course at the end where Cliff literally skins someone complete with close-ups of scalpels slicing skin open him peeling it off the muscle putting it into a cooler box! Very messy. There are also various assorted body parts. There's some nudity here as well with at least a couple of pretty ladies getting naked...Technically Right to Die is excellent, the special effects are brilliant as most Masters of Horror episodes it doesn't look like a cheap made-for-TV show which basically if the truth be told it is. The acting was fine but there's no big 'names' in this one.Right to Die is another enjoyable somewhat twisted Masters of Horror episode that most horror fans should definitely check out if not just for the terrific skinning scene! Well worth a watch... for those with the stomach.