Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic weekday marathons.
In a similar vein to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and in some ways succeeded the show. It differed in some respects nonetheless. While Tales sometimes dabbled in stories of science fiction and fantasy, this series was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode of Monsters featured a different monster which the story concerned, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.
Similar to Tales, however, the stories in Monsters were rarely very straightforward action plots and often contained some ironic twist in which a character's conceit or greed would do him in, often with gruesome results. Adding to this was a sense of comedy often lost on horror productions which might in some instances lighten the audience's mood but in many cases added to the overall eeriness of the production.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Feverman | 1988-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Holly's House | 1988-10-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | New York Honey | 1988-11-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Vampire Hunter | 1988-11-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | My Zombie Lover | 1988-11-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Where is the Rest of Me? | 1988-11-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Legacy | 1988-12-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Sleeping Dragon | 1988-12-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | Pool Sharks | 1988-12-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Pillow Talk | 1988-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Rouse Him Not | 1988-12-31 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Fools' Gold | 1989-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Glim-Glim | 1989-02-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Parents from Space | 1989-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Mother Instinct | 1989-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Their Divided Self | 1989-02-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Taps | 1989-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Match Game | 1989-04-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Rain Dance | 1989-04-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Cocoon | 1989-04-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | All in a Day's Work | 1989-05-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Satan in the Suburbs | 1989-05-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Mannequins of Horror | 1989-05-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | La Strega | 1989-05-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | The Face | 1989-10-01 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Portrait of the Artist | 1989-10-08 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | A Bond of Silk | 1989-10-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Rerun | 1989-10-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Love Hurts | 1989-10-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | The Farmer's Daughter | 1989-11-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Jar | 1989-11-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | The Demons | 1989-11-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Reaper | 1989-11-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | The Mandrake Root | 1989-12-10 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Half As Old As Time | 1989-12-17 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Museum Hearts | 1990-01-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Habitat | 1990-01-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Bed and Boar | 1990-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Mr. Swlabr | 1990-01-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | Perchance to Dream | 1990-02-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | One Wolf's Family | 1990-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | The Offering | 1990-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | Far Below | 1990-02-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Micro Minds | 1990-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Refugee | 1990-05-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | The Gift | 1990-05-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | The Bargain | 1990-05-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | The Family Man | 1990-06-03 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Stressed Environment | 1990-09-30 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Murray's Monster | 1990-10-07 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Bug House | 1990-10-14 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Cellmates | 1990-10-21 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Outpost | 1990-10-28 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Hole | 1990-11-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Small Blessings | 1990-11-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites | 1990-11-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Young and the Headless | 1990-11-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | The Waiting Game | 1990-12-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Sin-Sop | 1990-12-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | A New Woman | 1990-12-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | Malcolm | 1990-12-23 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 14 | Household Gods | 1990-12-30 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 15 | The Space Eaters | 1991-01-06 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 16 | The Waiting Room | 1991-01-13 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 17 | Leavings | 1991-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 18 | Desirable Alien | 1991-01-27 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 19 | A Face for Radio | 1991-02-03 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 20 | Werewolf of Hollywood | 1991-02-10 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 21 | Talk Nice to Me | 1991-02-17 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 22 | Hostile Takeover | 1991-02-24 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 23 | The Maker | 1991-04-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 24 | The Moving Finger | 1991-04-26 | 30 min |
Camera | Karen Grossman | Director of Photography |