6.6/10277 votes#1 - The Feverman
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/1988
An unusual healer is a man's last hope for his ailing daughter.
Director: Michael Gornick
Writer: Neal Marshall Stevens
6.2/10248 votes#2 - Holly's House
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/1988
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.6/10217 votes#3 - New York Honey
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1988
A man falls for a beautiful seductress who turn out to be a giant bee.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.2/10289 votes#4 - The Vampire Hunter
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1988
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
5.9/10319 votes#5 - My Zombie Lover
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/1988
A young woman left at home by her zombie-hunting family gets a suprise visit from an old classmate.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/10190 votes#6 - Where Is the Rest of Me?
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/26/1988
A mad doctor develops a serum that keeps dead bodies from deteriorating.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.0/10174 votes#7 - The Legacy
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/1988
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
5.8/10270 votes#8 - Sleeping Dragon
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1988
Scientists discover a time capsule, unaware of the dragon that sleeps inside...
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Reaves
6.8/10293 votes#9 - Pool Sharks
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/17/1988
A pool hustler, Gabe finds himself involved in a high-stakes game (literally) with Natasha, a seductive vampire.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/10174 votes#10 - Pillow Talk
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/24/1988
A man feeds a monster that resides in his bedroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: David Odell
5.6/10209 votes#11 - Rouse Him Not
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/31/1988
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
6.1/10143 votes#12 - Fools' Gold
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1989
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: N/A
7.2/10310 votes#13 - Glim-Glim
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10152 votes#14 - Parents from Space
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1989
A girl dealing with her cruel foster parents, is blessed when aliens take over their bodies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10142 votes#15 - The Mother Instinct
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1989
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: N/A
4.0/10152 votes#16 - Their Divided Self
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1989
Siamese twins seek help from a psychologist.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Bishop
5.6/10147 votes#17 - Taps
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1989
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: N/A
Writer: Larry Charles
7.4/10209 votes#18 - The Match Game
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/15/1989
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: N/A
6.1/10144 votes#19 - Rain Dance
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/22/1989
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: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.2/10145 votes#20 - Cocoon
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1989
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: N/A
6.8/10148 votes#21 - All in a Day's Work
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1989
A witch tries to protect herself against a demon.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jule Selbo
5.3/10226 votes#22 - Satan in the Suburbs
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1989
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: N/A
Writer: Jule Selbo
7.3/10258 votes#23 - Mannequins of Horror
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/20/1989
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
5.9/10236 votes#24 - La Strega
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/27/1989
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
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Feverman" is the best rated episode of "Monsters" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 277 votes. Directed by Michael Gornick and written by Neal Marshall Stevens, it aired on 10/22/1988. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Holly's House".