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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. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Monsters Season 2 Episode 17 - One Wolf's Family
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - One Wolf's Family

    S2:E17

    A family of werewolves attempt to assimilate into modern American society.

    Director:Alex Zamm
    Writer:Paul Dini

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  2. Monsters Season 3 Episode 10 - The Waiting Game
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Waiting Game

    S3:E10

    After a nuclear blowout, only two factions remain. Humans inside of a small locked shelter, and nuclear holocaust vampires. With the two sides only separated by a small digital code on the outside of the shelter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Monsters Season 3 Episode 24 - The Moving Finger
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - The Moving Finger

    S3:E24

    A man battles a large finger that that rises out of drain of his sink.

    Director:Kenny Myers
    Writer:Haskell Barkin

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  4. Monsters Season 3 Episode 8 - A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
    6.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - A Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites

    S3:E8

    Two teenagers think the barber shop across the street may be a secret meeting place for town vampires.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Dan Simmons

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  5. Monsters Season 1 Episode 1 - The Feverman
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Feverman

    S1:E1

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

    Director:Michael Gornick
    Writer:Neal Marshall Stevens

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  6. Monsters Season 1 Episode 18 - The Match Game
    2.3/10(3 votes)

    #6 - The Match Game

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Michael Brandon
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Monsters Season 1 Episode 5 - My Zombie Lover
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - My Zombie Lover

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Monsters Season 1 Episode 17 - Taps
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #8 - Taps

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Larry Charles

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  9. Monsters Season 1 Episode 20 - The Cocoon
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #9 - The Cocoon

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:John Gray
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Monsters Season 2 Episode 4 - Rerun
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Rerun

    S2:E4

    A student has somehow brought back a recently deceased TV star that pledges his undying love for her.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Monsters Season 2 Episode 5 - Love Hurts
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - Love Hurts

    S2:E5

    A DMV employee begins an affair with his wife and father-in-law being the only thing holding him back. However, the seductress taps into her learned dark magic to make him all hers.

    Director:Manny Coto
    Writer:Edithe Swensen

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  12. Monsters Season 2 Episode 7 - Jar
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Jar

    S2:E7

    A private detective looking for a missing person discovers an innkeeper who sells mysterious jars.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Monsters Season 2 Episode 12 - Museum Hearts
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Museum Hearts

    S2:E12

    A cheating man finds himself locked after-hours in a museum with three women: his girlfriend; the woman he's cheating on her with; and the reanimated body of a Druid priestess, who claims to be the spirit of woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Monsters Season 2 Episode 16 - Perchance to Dream
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Perchance to Dream

    S2:E16

    A psychiatrist and a girl help a man who is having strange dreams that may well spell his demise.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  15. Monsters Season 3 Episode 3 - Bug House
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Bug House

    S3:E3

    A man awakes to find himself in a home where the lady of the house has a non-chalant attitude towards the bugs in her home.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  16. Monsters Season 3 Episode 21 - Talk Nice to Me
    2.0/10(2 votes)

    #16 - Talk Nice to Me

    S3:E21

    A columnist and lady's man is harassed by a woman via the phone, but he can't figure out who she is, how she seems to know what's going on in his apartment all the time, or how she manages to get into his place without him seeing her.

    Director:Ernest D. Farino
    Writer:Paul Dini

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  17. Monsters Season 1 Episode 3 - New York Honey
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #17 - New York Honey

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Monsters Season 2 Episode 10 - The Mandrake Root
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - The Mandrake Root

    S2:E10

    While cleaning her grandmother's house, Angela finds a strange plant growing in the basement. It soon grows into what was once her grandmother's lover who soon seduces her, but has an increasing thirst for blood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Monsters Season 3 Episode 1 - Stressed Environment
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - Stressed Environment

    S3:E1

    Mutant rats threaten pesticide wielding scientists in a laboratory.

    Director:Jeffrey Wolf
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Monsters Season 3 Episode 16 - The Waiting Room
    1.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - The Waiting Room

    S3:E16

    A father brings his son and his new wife to a hotel where he and his wife once stayed. It seems that there is a specific reason for this, one that has to do with a promise he broke to a woman he encountered in a room that exists only in the dark.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Monsters Season 1 Episode 2 - Holly's House
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #21 - Holly's House

    S1:E2

    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?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Monsters Season 1 Episode 4 - The Vampire Hunter
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #22 - The Vampire Hunter

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Michael Gornick
    Writer:Edithe Swensen

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  23. Monsters Season 1 Episode 6 - Where's the Rest of Me?
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Where's the Rest of Me?

    S1:E6

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Monsters Season 1 Episode 7 - The Legacy
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - The Legacy

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Jeffrey Wolf
    Writer:John Harrison

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  25. Monsters Season 1 Episode 8 - Sleeping Dragon
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Sleeping Dragon

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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Best Episodes Summary

"One Wolf's Family" is the best rated episode of "Monsters". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Alex Zamm and written by Paul Dini, it aired on 2/11/1990. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Waiting Game".