Ever since your series "Masters of Horror" was announced, and the true Master of Modern Horror, Takashi Miike was said to have done an episode, I was thrilled. There were many names that weren't really true "Masters", but Miike and Carpenter gave hope for this series.

After having been disappointed that Miike's episode wasn't one of the first episodes shown, I realized that it was probably considered to have been one of the better episodes and thus saved to show last. Well, after sitting through week after week of sub-par television, many episodes (Chocolat, Dance of the Dead, etc.) not even anything I'd consider horror, I took comfort that Miike's episode was a week closer.

Then one of the first episodes I actually enjoyed from the Master's of Horror series, Argento's Jenifer, I later read was censored by your network. Now the reason I pay to subscribe to your channel and others each month isn't to watch movies I already own on DVD. I pay to watch quality programming that is uncensored. There's plenty of good television out there that I don't have to pay for, but I'm willing to pay to be able to enjoy content that made for an adult audience.

Now comes news that you have removed Miike's Masters of Horror episode because it was deemed by Showtime to be "too mature" for a mature audience is both infuriating and insulting. If I wanted to watch programming that was a little bit mature, but not too mature, I'd watch F/X. From all reviews of Miike'e episode, it was an amazing hour of horror. That this is the second time in a single series that you've taken to censoring content... After having subscribed to your network continuously for well over a decade, I won't be any longer. There are other pay channels out there that do not seek to censor content, and that do not ignore quality in favor of "shielding" their viewers from content they deem to be inappropriate.

I sincerely hope you will reevaluate your policy on censoring and banning content that someone at your network deems appropriate and air Miike's episode. If I pay to be able to watch a network that is not subject to FCC regulation, I believe I'm paying to be my own judge of what is and is not appropriate for me to watch. That you have censored one episode and banned another from just one series; I have to wonder how often theatrical films on your network are altered if they have "unsuitable" content.

So long as there is competition that is not afraid to air what the content creators seek to film, I believe you are taking a path that will do nothing but lose subscribers. There are plenty of free networks that already seek to "big brother" programming for those faint of heart. As far as this series goes, you have made a point to spit in the face of those same horror fans you sought to attract with this series. Miike is well-respected among most horror buffs, so whether or not your censoring of content in general ends up costing you a substantial number of viewers, you can be assured that this insult to one of the few true Masters of Horror that took part in the series will cost you at least some viewers, myself one of them.

You know, I still have only seen the shorter version included in Three Extremes. I want to see the longer, feature-length cut.