Haeckel's Tale (2006)

"Haeckel's Tale" aired during the first season of "The Masters of Horror" series in 2006. It was adapted from a short story originally written by Clive Barker and was supposed to be directed by George A Romero who was replaced due to a schedule conflict. The actual director, John McNaughton, is best known for directing "Henry: A Portrait of a Serial Killer". This episode feels rather meh when compared to the other installments. There is really nothing great or horrible about it and it feels more like a place marker for the series more than anything else.

Ernst Haeckel is a young medical student who is fascinated by the theories of Dr. Frankenstein. When he tries to copy the procedure he fails miserably and ends up taking the advice of a grave robber to pay a visit to Dr. Montesquino, a necromancer. Haeckel visits the Doctor but leaves convinced that he is nothing but a charlatan. On his way home he, takes refuge form a storm with an elderly man and his young wife, Elise. She keeps looking out the window in the middle of the night and when loud yelling is heard off in the distance, she leaves the house in a hurry. Haeckel follows her to a nearby grave yard and finds that she is having sex with her first, and now dead, husband. The elderly man had paid Dr. Montesquino to bring the first husband back to life so Elise can be sexually satisfied. Disgusted, Haeckel demands that Dr. Montesquino stops his "magic" but it's too late. Haeckel fatally shoots him before passing out from a hit to the head. When he awakes in the morning, he finds Elise and her baby back at the house, but to his horror, he finds out that the baby has also been resurrected, and the zombie baby kills him.