MonsterVision (Season 2)

MonsterVision is an American variety series that aired on TNT from March 1, 1993 to September 2000. The series was hosted by Joe Bob Briggs from 1995 to 2000, and featured classic B and cult films from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Penn and Teller guest-hosted MonsterVision marathons before Briggs came on board as the full-time host. Late in its run, the show changed formats, discarded "Last Call," and became Joe Bob's Hollywood Saturday Night and Monstervision.

  • Poster for The Fly (1986)

    The Fly (1986) (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1997-01-03

    Runtime: 85 min

    Overview: A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

  • Poster for Teen Wolf (1986)

    Teen Wolf (1986) (Episode 2)

    Overview: Scott plays hoops for a local high school basketball team before turning into a wolf.

  • Poster for Burnt Offerings

    Burnt Offerings (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1997-03-07

  • Poster for Theatre of Blood (1973)

    Theatre of Blood (1973) (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1997-01-17

    Overview: A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

  • Poster for When Time Ran Out... (1980)

    When Time Ran Out... (1980) (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1997-01-24

    Runtime: 121 min

    Overview: An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

  • Poster for Deadly Friend (1986)

    Deadly Friend (1986) (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1997-01-26

    Overview: After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain.

  • Poster for Saturn 3 (1980)

    Saturn 3 (1980) (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1997-02-14

    Runtime: 107 min

    Overview: A madman (Harvey Keitel) and his shiny robot chase a May-December couple (Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas) doing food research on Saturn's third moon.

  • Poster for From Beyond (1986)

    From Beyond (1986) (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1997-02-21

    Runtime: 100 min

    Overview: A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

  • Poster for Shaft (1971)

    Shaft (1971) (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1997-02-21

    Runtime: 120 min

    Overview: A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

  • Poster for CyberTracker (1994)

    CyberTracker (1994) (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1997-02-28

    Runtime: 115 min

    Overview: Eric is a secret agent currently working as a security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.

  • Poster for Predator (1987)

    Predator (1987) (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1997-04-04

    Runtime: 131 min

    Overview: A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

  • Poster for Slaughter High (1986)

    Slaughter High (1986) (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1997-04-04

    Runtime: 110 min

    Overview: An April Fools' prank returns to haunt Doddsville High's alumni when they attend a reunion at their abandoned school.

  • Poster for Man's Best Friend (1993)

    Man's Best Friend (1993) (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1997-04-11

    Overview: A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.

  • Poster for China Girl (1987)

    China Girl (1987) (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1997-04-11

    Runtime: 102 min

    Overview: When Tony and Tyan-Hwa fall in love, they tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown. The forbidden romance between an Italian boy and a Chinese girl starts a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.

  • Poster for She (1984)

    She (1984) (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1997-05-02

    Runtime: 123 min

    Overview: In a post-apocalyptic America, She, a fierce warrior who leads a women's cult, teams up with two brothers searching for their kidnapped sister. They come across weird cults before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.

  • Poster for Soylent Green (1973)

    Soylent Green (1973) (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1997-05-23

    Overview: A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

  • Poster for Alien (1979)

    Alien (1979) (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1997-06-07

    Runtime: 138 min

    Overview: After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

  • Poster for It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

    It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958) (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1997-12-26

    Runtime: 87 min

    Overview: In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth...

  • Poster for Megaforce (1982)

    Megaforce (1982) (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1997-07-05

    Runtime: 115 min

    Overview: When the country of sardun need help defending itself from its neighbor country, it seeks out the super secret millitary team megaforce. When the team deploys and defeats the enemy's army they discover they did too good of a job, and now they could start a war.

  • Poster for Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

    Warrior of the Lost World (1983) (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1997-07-05

    Runtime: 104 min

    Overview: A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.

  • Poster for Time Runner (1993)

    Time Runner (1993) (Episode 21)

    Air date: 1997-07-12

    Runtime: 105 min

    Overview: During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.

  • Poster for The Protector (1985)

    The Protector (1985) (Episode 22)

    Air date: 1997-07-12

    Runtime: 113 min

    Overview: Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.

  • Poster for Skeeter (1993)

    Skeeter (1993) (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1997-07-26

    Runtime: 112 min

    Overview: As the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!

  • Poster for Endangered Species (1982)

    Endangered Species (1982) (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1997-07-26

    Runtime: 111 min

    Overview: About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

  • Poster for When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1997-08-09

    Runtime: 121 min

    Overview: Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic Era.

  • Poster for Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

    Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988) (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1997-08-23

    Runtime: 106 min

    Overview: Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.

  • Poster for Sleepstalker (1995)

    Sleepstalker (1995) (Episode 27)

    Air date: 1997-09-06

    Runtime: 118 min

    Overview: A serial killer known as "The Sandman" is resurrected by a voodoo priest into a body made of sand. To keep his new body, he must track down and kill the one victim who escaped him seventeen years before.

  • Poster for Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)

    Philadelphia Experiment II (1993) (Episode 28)

    Air date: 1997-09-06

    Overview: In the sci-fi thriller The Philadelphia Experiment the sole survivor of a wartime experiment is catapulted 41 years into the future and must race to save the world as we know it. It's now 10 years later--1993.

  • Poster for Alien 3 (1992)

    Alien 3 (1992) (Episode 29)

    Air date: 1997-09-13

    Runtime: 163 min

    Overview: Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

  • Poster for Barbarella (1968)

    Barbarella (1968) (Episode 30)

    Air date: 1997-09-13

    Runtime: 117 min

    Overview: In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

  • Poster for Steel Dawn (1987)

    Steel Dawn (1987) (Episode 31)

    Air date: 1997-09-20

    Overview: In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.

  • Poster for Ghoulies (1985)

    Ghoulies (1985) (Episode 32)

    Air date: 1997-09-27

    Runtime: 95 min

    Overview: A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.

  • Poster for The Birds (1963)

    The Birds (1963) (Episode 33)

    Air date: 1997-09-27

    Runtime: 142 min

    Overview: A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

  • Poster for Troll (1986)

    Troll (1986) (Episode 34)

    Air date: 1997-10-04

    Runtime: 98 min

    Overview: A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.

  • Poster for Trancers (1985)

    Trancers (1985) (Episode 35)

    Air date: 1997-10-04

    Runtime: 89 min

    Overview: A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.

  • Poster for Child's Play (1988)

    Child's Play (1988) (Episode 36)

    Air date: 1997-10-11

    Runtime: 102 min

    Overview: A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.

  • Poster for Theodore Rex (1996)

    Theodore Rex (1996) (Episode 37)

    Air date: 1997-10-18

    Runtime: 98 min

    Overview: In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.

  • Poster for Capricorn One (1978)

    Capricorn One (1978) (Episode 38)

    Air date: 1997-11-15

    Runtime: 148 min

    Overview: When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.

  • Poster for Cocoon (1985)

    Cocoon (1985) (Episode 39)

    Air date: 1997-12-13

    Runtime: 137 min

    Overview: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor.

  • Poster for Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

    Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984) (Episode 40)

    Air date: 1997-12-20

    Runtime: 118 min

    Overview: After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.

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