You’ll never look at the world the same way again.
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.
The Face (エピソード 1)
脚本家: Neal Marshall Stevens
放送日: 1989-10-01
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 2)
脚本家: D. Keith Mano
放送日: 1989-10-08
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 3)
脚本家: Michael Kimball
放送日: 1989-10-15
上映時間: 22 min
概要: A newlywed couple book the basement suite of a fancy hotel which turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.
Rerun (エピソード 4) 2.0
脚本家: Peg Haller
放送日: 1989-10-22
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 5) 2.0
脚本家: Edithe Swensen
放送日: 1989-10-29
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 6)
脚本家: Bob Balaban
放送日: 1989-11-05
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 7) 3.7
脚本家: Peg Haller
放送日: 1989-11-12
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 person, and meets Ann, who has brought her husband there to get him away from it all.
The Demons (エピソード 8) 7.0
脚本家: Martin Olson
放送日: 1989-11-19
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 9)
脚本家: Josef Anderson
放送日: 1989-11-26
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 10) 1.0
脚本家: Harvey Jacobs
放送日: 1989-12-10
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 11)
脚本家: Thomas Babe
放送日: 1989-12-17
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 12) 2.0
脚本家: Theodore Gershuny
放送日: 1990-01-07
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 13)
脚本家: David Morrell
放送日: 1990-01-14
上映時間: 22 min
概要: A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.
Bed and Boar (エピソード 14)
脚本家: David Odell
放送日: 1990-01-21
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 15)
脚本家: Jule Selbo
放送日: 1990-01-28
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 16) 2.0
脚本家: Michael Reaves
放送日: 1990-02-04
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 17) 9.0
脚本家: Paul Dini
放送日: 1990-02-11
上映時間: 22 min
概要: Anya, a girl from a family of wolves, plans to marry Stanley, but her father objects as Stanley is a were-hyena.
The Offering (エピソード 18)
脚本家: Dan Simmons
放送日: 1990-02-18
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 19)
脚本家: Michael McDowell
放送日: 1990-02-25
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 20)
脚本家: David E. Smith
放送日: 1990-03-04
上映時間: 22 min
概要: An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.
Refugee (エピソード 21)
脚本家: Haskell Barkin
放送日: 1990-05-13
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 things.
The Gift (エピソード 22)
脚本家: David E. Smith
放送日: 1990-05-20
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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 (エピソード 23) 9.0
脚本家: Tom Noonan
放送日: 1990-05-27
上映時間: 22 min
概要: A lonely bookstore owner goes to extreme lengths to transform her appearance in order to woo a handsome customer.
The Family Man (エピソード 24)
脚本家: Allen Coulter
放送日: 1990-06-03
上映時間: 22 min
概要: 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.
