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The Best Episodes of Monsters Season 1

Every episode of Monsters Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Monsters Season 1!

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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
    Monsters Season 1 Episode 1 - The Feverman
    6.5/10(331 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Monsters Season 1 Episode 2 - Holly's House
    6.2/10(298 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Monsters Season 1 Episode 3 - New York Honey
    5.5/10(257 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Monsters Season 1 Episode 4 - The Vampire Hunter
    5.2/10(319 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Monsters Season 1 Episode 5 - My Zombie Lover
    5.8/10(366 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Monsters Season 1 Episode 6 - Where's the Rest of Me?
    5.7/10(224 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Monsters Season 1 Episode 7 - The Legacy
    5.0/10(204 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Monsters Season 1 Episode 8 - Sleeping Dragon
    5.8/10(299 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Monsters Season 1 Episode 9 - Pool Sharks
    6.8/10(325 votes)

    #9 - Pool Sharks

    S1:E9

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Monsters Season 1 Episode 10 - Pillow Talk
    6.8/10(206 votes)

    #10 - Pillow Talk

    S1:E10

    A man feeds a monster that resides in his bedroom.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:David Odell

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  11. Monsters Season 1 Episode 11 - Rouse Him Not
    5.7/10(238 votes)

    #11 - Rouse Him Not

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Mark Shostrom
    Writer:Michel Parry

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  12. Monsters Season 1 Episode 12 - Fools' Gold
    6.1/10(173 votes)

    #12 - Fools' Gold

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Mark Shostrom
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Monsters Season 1 Episode 13 - Glim-Glim
    7.2/10(346 votes)

    #13 - 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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Monsters Season 1 Episode 14 - Parents from Space
    6.6/10(184 votes)

    #14 - Parents from Space

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Monsters Season 1 Episode 15 - The Mother Instinct
    6.8/10(168 votes)

    #15 - 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:Unknown

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  16. Monsters Season 1 Episode 16 - Their Divided Self
    4.1/10(181 votes)

    #16 - Their Divided Self

    S1:E16

    Siamese twins seek help from a psychologist.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Bishop

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  17. Monsters Season 1 Episode 17 - Taps
    5.7/10(173 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Monsters Season 1 Episode 18 - The Match Game
    7.4/10(244 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. Monsters Season 1 Episode 19 - Rain Dance
    6.2/10(169 votes)

    #19 - Rain Dance

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Monsters Season 1 Episode 20 - The Cocoon
    6.2/10(169 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Monsters Season 1 Episode 21 - All in a Day's Work
    6.8/10(176 votes)

    #21 - All in a Day's Work

    S1:E21

    A witch tries to protect herself against a demon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  22. Monsters Season 1 Episode 22 - Satan in the Suburbs
    5.5/10(252 votes)

    #22 - Satan in the Suburbs

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  23. Monsters Season 1 Episode 23 - Mannikins of Horror
    7.3/10(290 votes)

    #23 - Mannikins of Horror

    S1:E23

    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.

    Director:Ernest D. Farino
    Writer:Josef Anderson

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  24. Monsters Season 1 Episode 24 - La Strega
    6.0/10(263 votes)

    #24 - La Strega

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Lizzie Borden
    Writer:Michael McDowell

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Feverman" is the best rated episode of "Monsters" season 1. It scored 6.5/10 based on 331 votes. Directed by Michael Gornick and written by Neal Marshall Stevens, it aired on 10/22/1988. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Holly's House".