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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.
Episode 24 : The Family Man
June. 03,1990
A young boy tries to protect his family from an alien, whom he can only see using his dead father's glasses.
Episode 23 : The Bargain
May. 27,1990
A homely owner of a bookshop is very much in love with a frequent customer who barely seems to know she exists. When she calls a number in a very old magazine, she finds that they are in business and willing to sell her a mask that will guarantee her the beauty that will catch the man's attention.
Episode 22 : The Gift
May. 20,1990
A young boy has been kidnapped and locked in the basement of a cabin where he meets and befriends a strange beast he discovers to be a man with many powers. He can help them escape their captors, but there are unfortunate limits to such abilities.
Episode 21 : Refugee
May. 13,1990
An American secret agent finds himself being tasked with one more mission. He is to help a Soviet scientist, but finds that the forces he is to help her escape from are more dangerous than the Russians.
Episode 20 : Micro Minds
March. 04,1990
A couple of scientists make a dramatic breakthrough when an antenna finds a signal from intelligent life. However, the world of these beings turns out not to be swimming in a sea of stars, but in a mere tank.
Episode 19 : Far Below
February. 25,1990
Episode 18 : The Offering
February. 18,1990
After receiving a head injury in a car crash, a man recovering in the hospital finds that he can see a strange creature that he believes is the source of cancer.
Episode 17 : One Wolf's Family
February. 11,1990
Episode 16 : Perchance to Dream
February. 04,1990
A psychiatrist and a girl help a man who is having strange dreams that may well spell his demise.
Episode 15 : Mr. Swlabr
January. 28,1990
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"". With help from Swlabr, Roy is able to turn the tables on his pesky family.
Episode 14 : Bed and Boar
January. 21,1990
A traveling salesman spends the night in a hotel next door to a beautiful woman and her husband, who hides a dark secret.
Episode 13 : Habitat
January. 14,1990
A girl volunteers to become a test study for an alien aboard its ship, only to realize the loneliness is driving her insane.
Episode 12 : Museum Hearts
January. 07,1990
A cheating man finds himself locked after-hours in a museum with three women: his girlfriend; the woman he's cheating on her with; and the reanimated body of a Druid priestess, who claims to be the spirit of woman.
Episode 11 : Half as Old as Time
December. 17,1989
Episode 10 : The Mandrake Root
December. 10,1989
While cleaning her grandmother's house, Angela finds a strange plant growing in the basement. It soon grows into what was once her grandmother's lover who soon seduces her, but has an increasing thirst for blood.
Episode 9 : Reaper
November. 26,1989
Episode 8 : The Demons
November. 19,1989
An alien accidentally conjures an insurance agent who, in order to serve his master's wishes, must summon a demon of his own.
Episode 7 : Jar
November. 12,1989
A private detective looking for a missing person discovers an innkeeper who sells mysterious jars.
Episode 6 : The Farmer's Daughter
November. 05,1989
A man takes shelter at a farm for the evening and he is surprised to be sharing a room with the farmer's pretty daughter.
Episode 5 : Love Hurts
October. 29,1989
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.
Episode 4 : Rerun
October. 22,1989
A student has somehow brought back a recently deceased TV star that pledges his undying love for her.
Episode 3 : A Bond of Silk
October. 15,1989
A newlywed couple finds out you get what you pay for when they discover that their honeymoon suite is not quite what they expected.
Episode 2 : Portrait of the Artist
October. 08,1989
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.
Episode 1 : The Face
October. 01,1989
When two brothers break into an old woman's house to rob her, they wind up killing her, but not before she bites one of them, leaving him with a nasty scar to remember her by.
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