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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.

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22nd October 1988 - 26th April 1991
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The Feverman
22nd October 1988

Episode 1

An unusual healer is a man's last hope for his ailing daughter.

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Holly's House
29th October 1988

Episode 2

A puppeteer for a favorite children's program starts seeing her puppet move and talk on its own...but is it all in her mind?

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New York Honey
5th November 1988

Episode 3

A man falls for a beautiful seductress who turn out to be a giant bee.

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The Vampire Hunter
12th November 1988

Episode 4

Can the famous vampire hunter save his friend before his old enemy can kill the young man, or worse, turn him into another bloodsucker?

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My Zombie Lover
19th November 1988

Episode 5

A young woman left at home by her zombie-hunting family gets a suprise visit from an old classmate.

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Where Is the Rest of Me?
26th November 1988

Episode 6

A mad doctor develops a serum that keeps dead bodies from deteriorating.

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The Legacy
3rd December 1988

Episode 7

Dale finds the private sanctuary of Fulton Pierce, a famous, dead, horror actor. Dale can see Fulton's image in the old make-up case that was owned by the actor, and his life soon goes down a dark road.

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Sleeping Dragon
10th December 1988

Episode 8

Scientists discover a time capsule, unaware of the dragon that sleeps inside...

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Pool Sharks
17th December 1988

Episode 9

A pool hustler, Gabe finds himself involved in a high-stakes game (literally) with Natasha, a seductive vampire.

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Pillow Talk
24th December 1988

Episode 10

A man feeds a monster that resides in his bedroom.

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Rouse Him Not
31st December 1988

Episode 11

An artist draws inspiration from the house she has recently moved into. However, it has a dark history and the previous owner, a practitioner of witchcraft, has left something behind in the basement.

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Fools' Gold
21st January 1989

Episode 12

A group of miners stumble upon a lost chamber with a horde of treasure - to get it, all they have to do is deal with the guardian troll.

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Glim-Glim
4th February 1989

Episode 13

A mysterious disease has killed most of the people in town and Amy's father believes that the hideous alien holed up in the library is responsible. But as Amy soon learns, Glim-Glim may be their only hope for survival.

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Parents from Space
11th February 1989

Episode 14

A girl dealing with her cruel foster parents, is blessed when aliens take over their bodies.

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The Mother Instinct
18th February 1989

Episode 15

A slimy, good-for-nothing husband tries to get money from his mother-in-law, especially when he finds out that her fruit can produce a serum that can boost the human strength. He is prepared to do anything to get rich from it, but hasn't counted on just how protective a mother can be.

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Their Divided Self
25th February 1989

Episode 16

Siamese twins seek help from a psychologist.

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Taps
4th March 1989

Episode 17

Suzy murders her lover, a talented tap dancer. In this take on ""The Telltale Heart,"" she cuts up the body to hide the parts...but one body part refuses to stay quiet.

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The Match Game
15th April 1989

Episode 18

Four teenagers go into a haunted Victorian mansion and play a game where each tell part of a ghost story while a match burns, suddenly the story comes true.

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Rain Dance
22nd April 1989

Episode 19

A greedy couple are stuck in a dried-up land so as to exploit the native people of their relics. The indigenous tribe offers one last item for them, a nasty-looking statue of Masow, the God of Death, who is said to promise rain at the expense of a sacrifice.

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Cocoon
29th April 1989

Episode 20

A detective has his psychic girlfriend try to find the identity of a wealthy woman who has miraculously survived an accident unscratched, but with no memory of who she is and is disturbed about what she sees.

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All in a Day's Work
6th May 1989

Episode 21

A witch tries to protect herself against a demon.

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Satan in the Suburbs
13th May 1989

Episode 22

After winning a bet with Lucifer, a devil is promised a single and struggling housewife to write his memoirs and turn it into a bestseller.

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Mannequins of Horror
20th May 1989

Episode 23

A nurse tries to help a patient who obsesses on perfecting his clay mannequins. But little does she know how much of a connection he actually has with them.

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La Strega
27th May 1989

Episode 24

A man aims to take revenge against a shopkeeper whom he believes is a witch who killed his mother via a curse.

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