Richard P. Rubinstein
Director
Monsters (1988)
Season 1
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.
Released Oct. 22, 1988
Episode 22 min
14+
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Science Fiction
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Production Companies: Tribune Entertainment
Network: Chiller
Country: United States
Languages:
English
4.0
S1E1 - The Feverman
An unusual healer is a man's last hope for his ailing daughter.
Oct. 22, 1988, midnight
S1E2 - Holly's House
A puppeteer for a favorite children's program starts seeing her puppet move and talk on its own...but is it all in her mind?
Oct. 29, 1988, midnight
1.0
S1E3 - New York Honey
A man falls for a beautiful seductress who turn out to be a giant bee.
Nov. 5, 1988, midnight
S1E4 - The Vampire Hunter
Can the famous vampire hunter save his friend before his old enemy can kill the young man, or worse, turn him into another bloodsucker?
Nov. 12, 1988, midnight
2.0
S1E5 - My Zombie Lover
A young woman left at home by her zombie-hunting family gets a suprise visit from an old classmate.
Nov. 19, 1988, midnight
S1E6 - Where's the Rest of Me?
A mad doctor develops a serum that keeps dead bodies from deteriorating.
Nov. 26, 1988, midnight
S1E7 - The Legacy
Dale finds the private sanctuary of Fulton Pierce, a famous, dead, horror actor. Dale can see Fulton's image in the old make-up case that was owned by the actor, and his life soon goes down a dark road.
Dec. 3, 1988, midnight
S1E8 - Sleeping Dragon
Scientists discover a time capsule, unaware of the dragon that sleeps inside...
Dec. 10, 1988, midnight
S1E9 - Pool Sharks
A pool hustler, Gabe finds himself involved in a high-stakes game (literally) with Natasha, a seductive vampire.
Dec. 17, 1988, midnight
S1E10 - Pillow Talk
A man feeds a monster that resides in his bedroom.
Dec. 24, 1988, midnight
S1E11 - Rouse Him Not
An artist draws inspiration from the house she has recently moved into. However, it has a dark history and the previous owner, a practitioner of witchcraft, has left something behind in the basement.
Dec. 31, 1988, midnight
S1E12 - Fools' Gold
A group of miners stumble upon a lost chamber with a horde of treasure - to get it, all they have to do is deal with the guardian troll.
Jan. 21, 1989, midnight
S1E13 - Glim-Glim
A mysterious disease has killed most of the people in town and Amy's father believes that the hideous alien holed up in the library is responsible. But as Amy soon learns, Glim-Glim may be their only hope for survival.
Feb. 4, 1989, midnight
S1E14 - Parents from Space
A girl dealing with her cruel foster parents, is blessed when aliens take over their bodies.
Feb. 11, 1989, midnight
S1E15 - The Mother Instinct
A slimy, good-for-nothing husband tries to get money from his mother-in-law, especially when he finds out that her fruit can produce a serum that can boost the human strength. He is prepared to do anything to get rich from it, but hasn't counted on just how protective a mother can be.
Feb. 18, 1989, midnight
S1E16 - Their Divided Self
Siamese twins seek help from a psychologist.
Feb. 25, 1989, midnight
2.0
S1E17 - Taps
Suzy murders her lover, a talented tap dancer. In this take on ""The Telltale Heart,"" she cuts up the body to hide the parts...but one body part refuses to stay quiet.
March 4, 1989, midnight
2.3
S1E18 - The Match Game
Four teenagers go into a haunted Victorian mansion and play a game where each tell part of a ghost story while a match burns, suddenly the story comes true.
April 15, 1989, midnight
S1E19 - Rain Dance
A greedy couple are stuck in a dried-up land so as to exploit the native people of their relics. The indigenous tribe offers one last item for them, a nasty-looking statue of Masow, the God of Death, who is said to promise rain at the expense of a sacrifice.
April 22, 1989, midnight
2.0
S1E20 - The Cocoon
A detective has his psychic girlfriend try to find the identity of a wealthy woman who has miraculously survived an accident unscratched, but with no memory of who she is and is disturbed about what she sees.
April 29, 1989, midnight
S1E21 - All in a Day's Work
A witch tries to protect herself against a demon.
May 6, 1989, midnight
S1E22 - Satan in the Suburbs
After winning a bet with Lucifer, a devil is promised a single and struggling housewife to write his memoirs and turn it into a bestseller.
May 13, 1989, midnight
S1E23 - Mannikins of Horror
A nurse tries to help a patient who obsesses on perfecting his clay mannequins. But little does she know how much of a connection he actually has with them.
May 20, 1989, midnight
S1E24 - La Strega
A man aims to take revenge against a shopkeeper whom he believes is a witch who killed his mother via a curse.
May 27, 1989, midnight
Network: Chiller
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 1584 min.
Released: Oct. 22, 1988
Last Air Date: April 26, 1991, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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