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COLLECTION · Series · 1988

Monsters

Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly 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 features a different monster, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.

Source: TMDB
* 7.1 (24)ComedyDramaFantasyMysteryScience FictionUnited States
Creators
Richard P. Rubinstein · Mitchell Galin
Countries
United States
Studios
Chiller · Syndication · Tribune Entertainment · Laurel Entertainment Inc.
Runtime
22 min/ep
Age rating
TV-14
Release
22/10/1988
Score
7.1 / 10 (24)
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
24 episodes · 1988
The Feverman
Episode 1. The Feverman
1988-10-22 · 22 min

When a doctor is unable to heal a man's sick daughter, the desperate father goes to a 'Feverman', a mysterious healer who literally fights the illness by summoning a physical manifestation of it from within the patient. The doctor, angry…

Holly's House
Episode 2. Holly's House
1988-10-29 · 22 min

Katherine is the star of Holly's House, a popular children's television show. Holly herself is a remote-controlled child-size robot. When Katherine is linked to the robot via wires and radio waves, she can make Holly walk and talk like a…

New York Honey
Episode 3. New York Honey
1988-11-05 · 22 min

A greedy married man blackmails his eccentric beekeeper neighbor to profit off his tasty honey. He also falls for the beekeeper's mysterious, seductive vamp girlfriend.

The Vampire Hunter
Episode 4. The Vampire Hunter
1988-11-12 · 22 min

Can famous vampire hunter Ernest Chariot save his assistant Jack before his old enemy Charles Poole can kill the young man, or worse, turn him into another bloodsucker?

My Zombie Lover
Episode 5. My Zombie Lover
1988-11-19 · 22 min

One night each year, the dead come back to life. A young zombie falls for his living female classmate but his hunger for human flesh and her prejudiced, zombie hunter father stand in the way of their happiness.

Where's the Rest of Me?
Episode 6. Where's the Rest of Me?
1988-11-26 · 22 min

In a right-wing South American dictatorship on the verge of leftist rebellion, mad scientist Dr. Willard Wingite keeps a rebel's cadaver alive to harvest its organs for his rich friends. But the undead rebel decides to get his organs back.

The Legacy
Episode 7. The Legacy
1988-12-03 · 22 min

Dale finds the private sanctuary of late horror icon Fulton Pierce. Dale can see Fulton's image in the old makeup case that was owned by the actor, and his life soon goes down a dark road.

Sleeping Dragon
Episode 8. Sleeping Dragon
1988-12-10 · 22 min

A mysterious prehistoric capsule is found outside Reno. Four scientists study it, but a lizard-looking monster hatches from it. With a heavy snowstorm raging outside, they must fight for their survival.

Pool Sharks
Episode 9. Pool Sharks
1988-12-17 · 22 min

Pool hustler Gabe challenges seductive but evil Natasha to a game. The kicker is she is a vampire and he is out for revenge against her.

Pillow Talk
Episode 10. Pillow Talk
1988-12-24 · 22 min

Miles goes to great lengths to keep his bed possessed by a Lovecraftian nightmare full. But an assertive female writer who seems to fancy him challenges his status quo.

Rouse Him Not
Episode 11. Rouse Him Not
1988-12-31 · 22 min

A painter with strange visions who lives in an old cottage is visited by a warlock who used to live there. But his arrival wakes an ancient beast buried far below the cottage.

Fools' Gold
Episode 12. Fools' Gold
1989-01-21 · 22 min

Three construction workers find a hidden cave with treasure guarded by a troll.

Glim-Glim
Episode 13. Glim-Glim
1989-02-04 · 22 min

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.

Parents from Space
Episode 14. Parents from Space
1989-02-11 · 22 min

An orphan named Cindy receives a blessing in disguise when her abusive foster parents are taken over by friendly aliens whose ship has broken down.

The Mother Instinct
Episode 15. The Mother Instinct
1989-02-18 · 22 min

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…

Their Divided Self
Episode 16. Their Divided Self
1989-02-25 · 22 min

One stormy evening, Dr. Blackman tries to counsel successful professional comedians James and Robert Self, who also happen to be conjoined twins who won't stop bickering and trying to kill each other.

Taps
Episode 17. Taps
1989-03-04 · 22 min

Professional dancer/actress Suzy St. Claire wants independence from her possessive dancing partner and boyfriend, so she poisons and dismembers him. However, his severed leg in a red tap shoe seeks revenge.

The Match Game
Episode 18. The Match Game
1989-04-15 · 22 min

In a haunted Victorian mansion, two couples play a game where each person tells part of a ghost story about the late former owner while a match burns. The story somehow comes true, and he rises from the grave to take their lives.

Rain Dance
Episode 19. Rain Dance
1989-04-22 · 22 min

During a drought, a struggling treasure hunter for profit and his vain wife get more than they bargained for when he buys a cursed rainmaking idol from an old indigenous woman who bears ill will towards the whites.

Cocoon
Episode 20. Cocoon
1989-04-29 · 22 min

A cop asks his psychic girlfriend to help a beautiful amnesiac remember who she is. It turns out she's a woman who feeds on the life energies of her lovers in order to maintain eternal youth.

All in a Day's Work
Episode 21. All in a Day's Work
1989-05-06 · 22 min

A man haunted by his doppelgänger asks a white witch and single mother to help him raise a demon to defeat it before it takes him and her son.

Satan in the Suburbs
Episode 22. Satan in the Suburbs
1989-05-13 · 22 min

A charming devil forces a down-on-her-luck but principled suburbanite single mother to be his ghost writer, and if his biography gets published, he'll get a better position in hell. She tries to convert him to the side of goodness.

Mannikins of Horror
Episode 23. Mannikins of Horror
1989-05-20 · 22 min

In an Orwellian society, a female doctor in an insane asylum tries to help her patient, a former brilliant surgeon obsessed with giving life to his clay figurines, before the institution director deems him incurable and therefore…

La Strega
Episode 24. La Strega
1989-05-27 · 22 min

A young man tries to destroy a beautiful witch, whom he thinks has placed his mother under a deadly curse.

Season 2
Season 2
24 episodes · 1989
The Face
Episode 1. The Face
1989-10-01 · 22 min

Two burgling brothers try to rob an old woman and the more ruthless of the two ends up killing her by accident after she bites him. Soon, the infected wound starts to turn into a face.

Portrait of the Artist
Episode 2. Portrait of the Artist
1989-10-08 · 22 min

The art being displayed in a local exhibit may not be what it appears to be as the haunting figures hanging in the gallery resemble those of recent missing persons.

A Bond of Silk
Episode 3. A Bond of Silk
1989-10-15 · 22 min

A newlywed couple book the basement suite of a fancy hotel which turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.

Rerun
Episode 4. Rerun
1989-10-22 · 22 min

A teenage girl resurrects a recently deceased movie star that pledges his undying love for her. Her best friend enlists the formerly late actor's agent for help.

Love Hurts
Episode 5. Love Hurts
1989-10-29 · 22 min

A DMV employee begins an affair with his wife and father-in-law being the only thing holding him back. However, the seductress taps into her learned dark magic to make him all hers.

The Farmer's Daughter
Episode 6. The Farmer's Daughter
1989-11-05 · 22 min

A man takes shelter at a farm for the evening, where he's surprised to be sharing a room with the farmer's pretty daughter.

Jar
Episode 7. Jar
1989-11-12 · 22 min

While managing a remote inn near a wilderness swamp, an innkeeper makes ends meet by selling jars of items from the swamp. One particular item helps others to 'meet ends'. A curious private eye checks into the inn in search of a missing…

The Demons
Episode 8. The Demons
1989-11-19 · 22 min

Greedy alien Arcturus tries to enslave a demon to grant his wishes, but instead gets a Chicago insurance agent named Arthur Gammet. Poor Arthur must fulfill the alien's wishes, even if it means getting a demon of his own.

Reaper
Episode 9. Reaper
1989-11-26 · 22 min

An elderly man in a nursing home, terrified of death, makes a deal with the Grim Reaper — if he gets more souls for Death, he gets to live a bit longer. Things complicate when he falls for a caring elderly nurse.

The Mandrake Root
Episode 10. The Mandrake Root
1989-12-10 · 22 min

In her basement, a married woman finds her late grandmother's exotic plant: the mythical mandrake root, an ingredient used in black magic to create the perfect lover that unfortunately feeds on human blood.

Half As Old As Time
Episode 11. Half As Old As Time
1989-12-17 · 22 min

Ready to pay any price to stay young, a dying old man asks his archaeologist daughter to reveal the secret location of a forbidden Native American Fountain of Youth supposedly protected by an evil snake god.

Museum Hearts
Episode 12. Museum Hearts
1990-01-07 · 22 min

A lothario and two women he cheated on are trapped in a museum basement with the ancient bog body of a man-hating druid priestess, who worshiped Ceridwen.

Habitat
Episode 13. Habitat
1990-01-14 · 22 min

A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.

Bed and Boar
Episode 14. Bed and Boar
1990-01-21 · 22 min

A traveling salesman spends the night in a hotel next door to a beautiful woman and her husband, who hides a dark secret.

Mr. Swlabr
Episode 15. Mr. Swlabr
1990-01-28 · 22 min

Roy Barton lives a life of misery. Since his dad left, he has been made into a slave, serving his mother and sister hand and foot. Hope comes in the form of a creature who calls himself Swlabr.

Perchance to Dream
Episode 16. Perchance to Dream
1990-02-04 · 22 min

Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend seeks a psychologist's help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face his subconsciousness.

One Wolf's Family
Episode 17. One Wolf's Family
1990-02-11 · 22 min

Anya, a girl from a family of wolves, plans to marry Stanley, but her father objects as Stanley is a were-hyena.

The Offering
Episode 18. The Offering
1990-02-18 · 22 min

After receiving a head injury in a car crash, Lewis, recovering in the hospital, finds that he can see a strange creature that he believes is the source of cancer.

Far Below
Episode 19. Far Below
1990-02-25 · 22 min

Sent to investigate why a subway maintenance crew is paid so highly, a nosy city official gets far more than he bargained for.

Micro Minds
Episode 20. Micro Minds
1990-03-04 · 22 min

An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.

Refugee
Episode 21. Refugee
1990-05-13 · 22 min

A retiring disillusioned top American spy is enlisted one last time to retrieve a defecting female Soviet physicist, but an unexpected visit from the agents of Hell to the safehouse, where the two are hiding from the KGB, complicates…

The Gift
Episode 22. The Gift
1990-05-20 · 22 min

A rich kid is kidnapped for ransom by two ruthless criminals and taken to a remote cabin. In its basement, he finds a mysterious but benevolent beast-man who offers him a supernatural escape. But there's a price.

The Bargain
Episode 23. The Bargain
1990-05-27 · 22 min

A lonely bookstore owner goes to extreme lengths to transform her appearance in order to woo a handsome customer.

The Family Man
Episode 24. The Family Man
1990-06-03 · 22 min

A young boy tries to protect his family from his mother's new boyfriend, who is in fact an alien, but the lad can only see the true reptile using his dead father's glasses.

Season 3
Season 3
24 episodes · 1990
Stressed Environment
Episode 1. Stressed Environment
1990-09-30 · 22 min

Dr. Elizabeth Porter, who spent twelve years raising rats in an unhealthy environment in hopes of evolving their intelligence, faces the terrifying results of her experiment.

Murray's Monster
Episode 2. Murray's Monster
1990-10-07 · 22 min

Psychiatrist Murray Van Pelt attempts to use a man who can turn into an unstoppable monster whenever his repressed anger is let loose through hypnosis to get rid of his annoying wife.

Bug House
Episode 3. Bug House
1990-10-14 · 22 min

Ellen and May's father died some time ago, and May has started living in the family's broken-down, bug-infested cabin. While visiting, Ellen discovers that her sister has a handsome new lover named Peter and that May is due to give birth…

Cellmates
Episode 4. Cellmates
1990-10-21 · 22 min

A spoiled American ends up in a South American jail for killing a kid with his car. He counts on his rich father's lawyer to get him out but a weird old political prisoner tells him he's in 'the bad cell' that no one ever leaves.

Outpost
Episode 5. Outpost
1990-10-28 · 22 min

A space mining corporation representative visits the company facility on an uninhabited planet run by a mutant slave to see why his output is behind schedule.

The Hole
Episode 6. The Hole
1990-11-04 · 22 min

During the Vietnam War, American soldiers Kenner and Torres, and a South Vietnamese lieutenant blast their way into an underground base and series of tunnels operated by the Viet Cong. They discover a horribly wounded guerrilla, who tells…

Small Blessing
Episode 7. Small Blessing
1990-11-11 · 22 min

Two normal, loving human parents try to keep their cute, cannibalistic, mutant infant son from devouring the neighbors. Meanwhile, a wannabe serial killer stalks the area.

Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
Episode 8. Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
1990-11-18 · 22 min

Young conspiracy theorist Kevin tries to convince his cool skeptic friend Tommy that an old-timey local barbershop is run by vampires in disguise.

The Young and the Headless
Episode 9. The Young and the Headless
1990-11-25 · 22 min

Jealous wheelchair-bound Edward takes his wife Victoria's long-lost alpha male ex, Hunk, who suddenly came back for her, out of the picture for good. Being scientists, the two use microchips that mimic the human mind to rebuild Hunk.

The Waiting Game
Episode 10. The Waiting Game
1990-12-09 · 22 min

Four survivors of a nuclear blowout hide in their shelters, only connected by a walkie-talkie. While unbeknownst to them, the corpses of the dead are reanimated by something older than the radioactivity.

Sin-Sop
Episode 11. Sin-Sop
1990-12-09 · 22 min

A nice, young, southern faith healer uses the miraculous cleansing ability of the corpse of the most evil man in the world to run a small, popular, sin-extraction business. A female reporter and a cynical psycho-killer try to debunk him.

A New Woman
Episode 12. A New Woman
1990-12-16 · 22 min

A greedy wife tries to get her dying rich husband to give her the control over his buildings for the poor that she plans to sell. The husband's strange doctor tries to scare her straight.

Malcolm
Episode 13. Malcolm
1990-12-23 · 22 min

Unhappy wife Lorna asks her depressed, workaholic husband Malcolm to play his clarinet for her like he did in their youth. The music causes severe pain in his abdomen and he's taken to surgery. What they find trapped in there is beyond…

Household Gods
Episode 14. Household Gods
1990-12-30 · 22 min

Deborah is a married career woman who just had her first baby. Instead of taking care of her child and home, she hires a nanny to take care of things while she works from home. Everything begins to go wrong, which the nanny says have…

The Space-Eaters
Episode 15. The Space-Eaters
1991-01-06 · 22 min

Two old gentlemanly friends play a game of chess, when a sinister telepathic alien invader shaped like a giant tentacled eyeball arrives to eat their brains.

The Waiting Room
Episode 16. The Waiting Room
1991-01-13 · 22 min

Ben suggests to his newlywed son John and daughter-in-law Kate to spend their wedding night in the same hotel room where he spent his honeymoon. When a mysterious woman kidnaps John there, Ben reveals his secret to Kate.

Leavings
Episode 17. Leavings
1991-01-21 · 22 min

Beat cops Mancini and Pankhurst tell their boss about the strange occurrences they've recently witnessed such as normal people being turned into surgically reassembled freaks. The inspector offers the truth, but it comes with a price.

Desirable Alien
Episode 18. Desirable Alien
1991-01-27 · 22 min

To pass the US citizenship test, secretive Greek lothario Hercules Valvalotus must take a physical, which he desperately wants to avoid, so he tries to seduce the female immigration officer to get a free pass.

A Face for Radio
Episode 19. A Face for Radio
1991-02-03 · 22 min

Sleazy late night radio host Roy Bright brings in an alluring guest who claims aliens gave her the solution to evil in the world — a monster that eats bad people who agree to it. He laughs it off, at first...

Werewolf of Hollywood
Episode 20. Werewolf of Hollywood
1991-02-10 · 22 min

An ambitious screenwriter plans to use the information that a top producer in the Hollywood studio he's working for might be a werewolf to finally advance his career.

Talk Nice to Me
Episode 21. Talk Nice to Me
1991-02-17 · 22 min

A ladies' man is being harassed over the phone by a mysterious lonely female stalker with a seductive voice.

Hostile Takeover
Episode 22. Hostile Takeover
1991-02-24 · 22 min

A greedy Wall Street banker tries to apply Reagan's voodoo economics literally — by selling his soul to the Devil through a voodoo priestess to become rich and powerful.

The Maker
Episode 23. The Maker
1991-04-18 · 22 min

In an abandoned hotel, Mack meets a drunk named Freddy who can create anything he wants out of thin air, even food and money, but it all ends up having some critical flaw to it. If Freddy stops drinking? His nightmares return.

The Moving Finger
Episode 24. The Moving Finger
1991-04-26 · 22 min

When a mysterious, impossibly long finger inexplicably and creepily pokes up out of the drain of his bathroom sink, family man Howard Mitla is pushed to the brink of madness in his attempts to get rid of it.

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