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Monsters had a run from 1988 to 1991 and previously was running in syndication on SCI-FI.

Produced by Richard P. Rubinstein, producer of Tales from the Darkside, Monsters was a 30-minute weekly show that was... more »

Welcome to the Monsters guide at TV.com

Monsters had a run from 1988 to 1991 and previously was running in syndication on SCI-FI.

Produced by Richard P. Rubinstein, producer of Tales from the Darkside, Monsters was a 30-minute weekly show that was very simple in its premise. Normally, as Rubinstein said, due to budget restrictions all the scripts were written with only one or two interior scenes and a maximum of six or seven characters and always involved a monster. less «

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  One of my favorite shows. What are you favorite episodes?

  One of my favorite shows. What are you favorite episodes?less «

  EvilEddie85 Last online Apr 22, 2008
  3 comments, last one Mar 17, 2008 + Add Comment

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  10 Perfect

  Ok so basically i want these shows to be brought back to life because they were so totally awesome and gruesome and scary!!! And i absolutely loved everything about them!!! hide « show »

  I really want monsters on DVD i used to stay up late at night to watch this! AND I WAS ONLY 6 OR 7, BuT I Remember It Now and remember how excited i used to get when it would come on, please please please get it back on tv re run it or get it out on dvd, please do something!!!!! theses alot of fans out here!!!i want to see IT SOOO BAD!!! Please get it back on!!! I absolutely loved this show sooooo much!!!!!! i would love to see tales from the darkside, the froday the 13th series, Freddies nightmare serious, are you afraid of the dark series and Monsters!! Who can make this happen??? please let me know at daninwendy83 at yahoo, this is my contact please let me know!!!

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  WendyGuerra Added 8 days ago All my reviews
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  7.5 Good

  This show was a amazing for a low budget horror series. The twists and turns in the storylines were often quite entertaining, even though the acting (when looked at now) seems a lot like a show just getting into it's grove. hide « show »

  Despite it's low budget, I really enjoyed this series when it was first released and still remember quite a few of the episode stories despite it not being released to DVD currently.
  
  Each story usually takes place on a limited 2 or 3 scene (ground floor and basement or house entryway and emergency room) set where storyline was definitely what kept it going. Even when you knew it involved some sort of monster (the name of the show sets that up,) the kind of monster was quite often fun to guess.
  
  The acting is not stellar in a way that always makes you empathize with the characters and the language is quite dated to the time period (i.e. "I learned that in the slammer. That was my prep school."), but the roles of various characters are easy to categorize (such as "leader type" "peon" "person who will die because they desperately deserve to" etc.)
  
  All and all a very entertaining and fun flashback to when TV stories were not overshadowed by CGI.

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  blueravenwolf Added Jan 12, 2009 All my reviews
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  9.5 Superb

  This I managed to get on ebay, so I will wear it off until SOMEBODY releases the real deal on DVD!! hide « show »

  Sure, some stories were kinda cheesy, but they were funny, some scary and never a waste of time, I thought the show was pretty amazing for the budget they must had on hand (or at least it looked like they didn't had much), I understand that this show was a spin-off of Tales From the Darkside, but to my taste Monsters were a lot better!!
  I have so many personal favorites, but some that were really eerie for me are "Pillow Talk" and "My Zombie Lover" (check the recaps) this is one of the shows that MUST return to our screens, I´M LOOKING at you SCI-FI channel!!!

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  bangor09 Added Nov 29, 2007 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Monsters! my favorite creepy show in the whole wide universe!
  This show is gross, this show is raw, this show is frantic. hide « show »

  What is better than Tales from the crypt? the answer is Monsters!, well it must be cause i am a big fan of the show. This show has some of the creepies stories i have ever seen on tv, the acting is not superb but delivers, the special effects were excellent maybe not the best but they were all the show needed.
  
  Gross, is one word i can use to depict this show. From a long finger that crawl out of a can to a hovering eye that sucks brains this and much moe crazyness you can find in this tv show.
  I LOVE IT I LOVE IT I LOVE IT
  
  (they HAVE to put this out on DVD, now)

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  twilightboy Added Nov 24, 2006 All my reviews
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  6.8 Fair

  A Tales from Darkside style show spinoff from Laurel. hide « show »

  Trying to capitalize on the popularity and success of "Tales", Laurel Production tried to spinoff another show with mixed results. Not quite gaining the reputation or the success of "Tales", "Monsters" ended up being just another obscure show that most tv viewers will forget about.
  
  The problem was that many episodes flat out sucked. There wasn't quite the notoriety, writing, or budget at times. Some of the episodes that were supposed to be scary just came off as really silly, and didn't achieve the dark, and
  gripping endings that "Tales" could gain.
  
  That's not to say all episodes were bad "Glim Glim", "The Match Game" stand out as outstanding episodes unfortunately the decent episodes were thrown with bad ones. If this ever came out to DVD, I probably wouldn't shell out any big money unless there is a ton of special features which seems highly doubtful. Still for anyone whose into these kind of shows it's worth a look.

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  marvelfan89 Added Sep 18, 2006 All my reviews