Monsters (1988)
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Monsters (1988)
Plot.
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.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Richard P. Rubinstein
Creator
John Bolger
Charles Poole
Mitchell Galin
Creator
Karen Grossman
Director of Photography
Pamela Dean Kelly
Bird
Michael J. Anderson
Holly
Carlos Lauchu
The Beast
Robert Weil
Neighbor
David Brisbin
Dale
Marilyn Jones
Kathy
Tom Mason
Gabe
Bryan Moore
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ernest D. Farino
Director
Bette Gordon
Director
Jeffrey Wolf
Director
Mark Shostrom
Director
Scott Alexander
Director
Michael Gornick
Director
Michael Brandon
Director
Alex Zamm
Director
Bruce Feirstein
Director
John Tillinger
Director
John Gray
Director
Stephen Tolkin
Director
Sara Driver
Director
Manny Coto
Director
Kenny Myers
Director
Lizzie Borden
Director
Justin Kohn
Animation
Edithe Swensen
Writer
Michael Reaves
Writer
David Odell
Writer
Jule Selbo
Writer
Josef Anderson
Writer
Dan Simmons
Writer
Paul Dini
Writer
Michael Bishop
Writer
Ron Goulart
Writer
John Harrison
Writer
Michael McDowell
Writer
Manly Wade Wellman
Story
Robert Sheckley
Writer
Neal Marshall Stevens
Writer
Larry Charles
Writer
Gordon Rayfield
Writer
Gahan Wilson
Writer
Stephen King
Story
Michel Parry
Writer
Martin Olson
Writer
Thomas Babe
Writer
Haskell Barkin
Writer
Terrence Evans
Mr. Ritzen
Rob Morrow
Vito
Alex Cord
John Thunston
Linda Blair
Lia
Tom Noonan
Howard Mitla / Director
Alice Playten
Violet Mitla
Sharon Cornell
Police Officer
Kevin Nealon
Louis
John C. Vennema
Timothy Mason
David McCallum
The Feverman
Abby Lewis
Crone
Patrick Garner
James Burke
Michele Gornick
Girl
Katy Dierlam
The Fever
Sasha Jenson
Matthew
Patrick Joseph Moore
The Monster
Laraine Newman
Linda McGuire
John Diehl
Miles magnus
Carrington Garland
Fritz Weaver
Bobo Lewis
Tempestt Bledsoe
Christine Dunford
Al Mancini
Mary Cadorette
Karen Sillas
Eddie Velez
Danny Gerard
Silvana Gallardo
Christian LeBlanc
Julie Brown
Teresa Ganzel
Debbie Lee Carrington
Teri Copley
Lewis J. Stadlen
Ren Woods
Marcella Lowery
Ashley Laurence
Robert Lansing
Peggy Cass
Lydia Cornell
Dan Butler
Kim Johnston Ulrich
Jeff Conaway
Philip Abbott
Steve Buscemi
Calvin Levels
Rockets Redglare
Troy Donahue
Frankie Faison
George Hall
George D. Wallace
Leif Garrett
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 22, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons3
Episodes72
Running Time22m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
Wiki.
Monsters is an American syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s.The series grew out of Tales from the Darkside, the previous project by producer Richard P. Rubinstein and his company Laurel Entertainment. Unlike Tales, which sometimes featured stories of science fiction and fantasy, Monsters was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode (with very few exceptions) features a different monster with which the story was concerned, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.
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