Monsters1988
“You’ll never look at the world the same way again.”
Created by Richard P. Rubinstein, Mitchell Galin
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
A beloved late-80s syndicated anthology series, Monsters delivers a fresh creature feature every episode — each one built around a different kind of monster, from puppeteered horrors to mutated animals run amok. Sharing its lineage with Tales from the Darkside, the show leans more strictly into horror territory while still leaving room for darkly comic twists. The variety of creatures and tones keeps viewers guessing, making it ideal for a binge of bite-sized genre thrills. It's the kind of series where no two episodes feel quite alike, yet every one promises something that goes bump in the night.
Content: Creature Violence, Mild Gore, Comedic Horror Tone May Undercut Scares For Some Viewers
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · The FevermanPremiere4.0Oct 22, 1988 · 22 min · Dir: Michael Gornick
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 at
S1.E2 · Holly's HouseOct 29, 1988 · 22 min · Dir: Theodore Gershuny
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 re
S1.E3 · New York Honey1.0Nov 5, 1988 · 22 min · Dir: Gerald Cotts
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.
S1.E4 · The Vampire HunterNov 12, 1988 · 22 min · Dir: Michael Gornick
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?
S1.E5 · My Zombie Lover2.0Nov 19, 1988 · 22 min · Dir: David Misch
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.
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