Monsters(1988)

series - first aired/released 1988-10-22 - audience 6.9

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Comedy, Drama

Directed by Alan Kingsberg, Alex Zamm, Allen Coulter, Anthony Santa Croce, Bette Gordon, Brian Thomas Jones, Bruce Feirstein, Bruno Spandello, Carl Stine, Christopher Todd, David Misch, David Severeid, Debra Hill, Ernest Farino, Frank De Palma, Gerald Cotts, Greg Cannom, Jeffrey Wolf, John Auerbach, John Gray, John Lafia, John Strysik, John Tillinger, Kenny Myers, Lizzie Borden, Manny Coto, Mark Rezyka, Mark Shostrom, Michael Brandon, Michael Gornick, Michael Warren Powell, Paul Boyington, Peter Stein, Philip Alderton, P.J. Pesce, Randall Moldave, Richard Benner, Richard Friedman, Robert T. Megginson, Roger Nygard, Sara Driver, Scott Alexander, Scott Vickrey, Stephen Tolkin, Theodore Gershuny, Thomas J. Whelan, T.K. Hudson, Tom Abrams, Tom Noonan, Warner Shook, William Wesley

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.