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The Best Episodes of Monsters

Every episode of Monsters ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Monsters!

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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. Similarly to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Monsters Season 3 Episode 10 - The Waiting Game
    7.5/10(172 votes)

    #1 - The Waiting Game

    S3:E10

    Four survivors of a nuclear blowout hide in their shelters, only connected by a walkie-talkie. While unbeknownst to them, the corpses of the dead are reanimated by something older than the radioactivity.

    Director:Bruno Spandello
    Writer:John Fox

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  2. Monsters Season 1 Episode 18 - The Match Game
    7.3/10(259 votes)

    #2 - The Match Game

    S1:E18

    In a haunted Victorian mansion, two couples play a game where each person tells part of a ghost story about the late former owner while a match burns. The story somehow comes true, and he rises from the grave to take their lives.

    Director:Michael Brandon
    Writer:David Chaskin

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  3. Monsters Season 1 Episode 23 - Mannikins of Horror
    7.2/10(302 votes)

    #3 - Mannikins of Horror

    S1:E23

    In an Orwellian society, a female doctor in an insane asylum tries to help her patient, a former brilliant surgeon obsessed with giving life to his clay figurines, before the institution director deems him incurable and therefore expendable.

    Director:Ernest Farino
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  4. Monsters Season 3 Episode 6 - The Hole
    7.2/10(155 votes)

    #4 - The Hole

    S3:E6

    During the Vietnam War, American soldiers Kenner and Torres, and a South Vietnamese lieutenant blast their way into an underground base and series of tunnels operated by the Viet Cong. They discover a horribly wounded guerrilla, who tells them that the VC tunneled through an old burial ground, and now the dead want vengeance.

    Director:David Severeid
    Writer:Haskell Barkin

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  5. Monsters Season 3 Episode 11 - Sin-Sop
    7.2/10(107 votes)

    #5 - Sin-Sop

    S3:E11

    A nice, young, southern faith healer uses the miraculous cleansing ability of the corpse of the most evil man in the world to run a small, popular, sin-extraction business. A female reporter and a cynical psycho-killer try to debunk him.

    Director:P.J. Pesce
    Writer:Doug Wallace

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  6. Monsters Season 3 Episode 15 - The Space-Eaters
    7.2/10(108 votes)

    #6 - The Space-Eaters

    S3:E15

    Two old gentlemanly friends play a game of chess, when a sinister telepathic alien invader shaped like a giant tentacled eyeball arrives to eat their brains.

    Director:Robert T. Megginson
    Writer:Robert T. Megginson

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  7. Monsters Season 1 Episode 13 - Glim-Glim
    7.1/10(357 votes)

    #7 - Glim-Glim

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Peter Stein
    Writer:F. Paul Wilson

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  8. Monsters Season 2 Episode 3 - A Bond of Silk
    7.1/10(158 votes)

    #8 - A Bond of Silk

    S2:E3

    A newlywed couple book the basement suite of a fancy hotel which turns out to be the lair of a monstrously sized arachnid.

    Director:Ernest Farino
    Writer:Michael Kimball

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  9. Monsters Season 3 Episode 17 - Leavings
    7.0/10(104 votes)

    #9 - Leavings

    S3:E17

    Beat cops Mancini and Pankhurst tell their boss about the strange occurrences they've recently witnessed such as normal people being turned into surgically reassembled freaks. The inspector offers the truth, but it comes with a price.

    Director:John Tillinger
    Writer:Gahan Wilson

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  10. Monsters Season 3 Episode 19 - A Face for Radio
    6.9/10(102 votes)

    #10 - A Face for Radio

    S3:E19

    Sleazy late night radio host Roy Bright brings in an alluring guest who claims aliens gave her the solution to evil in the world — a monster that eats bad people who agree to it. He laughs it off, at first...

    Director:Bruce Feirstein
    Writer:Bruce Feirstein

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  11. Monsters Season 3 Episode 20 - Werewolf of Hollywood
    6.9/10(110 votes)

    #11 - Werewolf of Hollywood

    S3:E20

    An ambitious screenwriter plans to use the information that a top producer in the Hollywood studio he's working for might be a werewolf to finally advance his career.

    Director:Thomas J. Whelan
    Writer:Ron Goulart

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  12. Monsters Season 1 Episode 9 - Pool Sharks
    6.8/10(342 votes)

    #12 - Pool Sharks

    S1:E9

    Pool hustler Gabe challenges seductive but evil Natasha to a game. The kicker is she is a vampire and he is out for revenge against her.

    Director:Alan Kingsberg
    Writer:Alan Kingsberg

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  13. Monsters Season 1 Episode 10 - Pillow Talk
    6.8/10(221 votes)

    #13 - Pillow Talk

    S1:E10

    Miles goes to great lengths to keep his bed possessed by a Lovecraftian nightmare full. But an assertive female writer who seems to fancy him challenges his status quo.

    Director:Carl Stine
    Writer:David Odell

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  14. Monsters Season 1 Episode 15 - The Mother Instinct
    6.8/10(177 votes)

    #14 - The Mother Instinct

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writer:David E. Smith

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  15. Monsters Season 1 Episode 21 - All in a Day's Work
    6.8/10(190 votes)

    #15 - All in a Day's Work

    S1:E21

    A man haunted by his doppelgänger asks a white witch and single mother to help him raise a demon to defeat it before it takes him and her son.

    Director:Allen Coulter
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  16. Monsters Season 2 Episode 6 - The Farmer's Daughter
    6.8/10(163 votes)

    #16 - The Farmer's Daughter

    S2:E6

    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.

    Director:Michael Warren Powell
    Writers:Bob Balaban, Kenneth Pressman

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  17. Monsters Season 2 Episode 19 - Far Below
    6.8/10(137 votes)

    #17 - Far Below

    S2:E19

    Sent to investigate why a subway maintenance crew is paid so highly, a nosy city official gets far more than he bargained for.

    Director:Debra Hill
    Writer:Michael McDowell

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  18. Monsters Season 3 Episode 8 - Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
    6.8/10(142 votes)

    #18 - Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites

    S3:E8

    Young conspiracy theorist Kevin tries to convince his cool skeptic friend Tommy that an old-timey local barbershop is run by vampires in disguise.

    Director:John Strysik
    Writer:Dan Simmons

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  19. Monsters Season 3 Episode 23 - The Maker
    6.8/10(91 votes)

    #19 - The Maker

    S3:E23

    In an abandoned hotel, Mack meets a drunk named Freddy who can create anything he wants out of thin air, even food and money, but it all ends up having some critical flaw to it. If Freddy stops drinking? His nightmares return.

    Director:William Wesley
    Writer:Michael Kimball

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  20. Monsters Season 2 Episode 2 - Portrait of the Artist
    6.7/10(148 votes)

    #20 - Portrait of the Artist

    S2:E2

    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.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:D. Keith Mano

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  21. Monsters Season 2 Episode 9 - Reaper
    6.7/10(124 votes)

    #21 - Reaper

    S2:E9

    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.

    Director:John Lafia
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  22. Monsters Season 2 Episode 23 - The Bargain
    6.7/10(131 votes)

    #22 - The Bargain

    S2:E23

    A lonely bookstore owner goes to extreme lengths to transform her appearance in order to woo a handsome customer.

    Director:Tom Noonan
    Writer:Tom Noonan

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  23. Monsters Season 3 Episode 3 - Bug House
    6.7/10(124 votes)

    #23 - Bug House

    S3:E3

    Ellen and May's father died some time ago, and May has started living in the family's broken-down, bug-infested cabin. While visiting, Ellen discovers that her sister has a handsome new lover named Peter and that May is due to give birth but has been enduring severe abdominal pains. Peter seduces Ellen, who has always been competitive with May (but has long denied it). Both the truth about Peter and his reason for seducing Ellen soon become clear.

    Director:Kenny Myers
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  24. Monsters Season 3 Episode 5 - Outpost
    6.7/10(109 votes)

    #24 - Outpost

    S3:E5

    A space mining corporation representative visits the company facility on an uninhabited planet run by a mutant slave to see why his output is behind schedule.

    Director:T.K. Hudson
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  25. Monsters Season 1 Episode 14 - Parents from Space
    6.6/10(196 votes)

    #25 - Parents from Space

    S1:E14

    An orphan named Cindy receives a blessing in disguise when her abusive foster parents are taken over by friendly aliens whose ship has broken down.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Waiting Game" is the best rated episode of "Monsters". It scored 7.5/10 based on 172 votes. Directed by Bruno Spandello and written by John Fox, it aired on 12/9/1990. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Match Game".