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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 Worst Episode
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    Monsters Season 1 Episode 16 - Their Divided Self
    4.1/10(191 votes)

    #1 - Their Divided Self

    S1:E16

    One stormy evening, Dr. Blackman tries to counsel successful professional comedians James and Robert Self, who also happen to be conjoined twins who won't stop bickering and trying to kill each other.

    Director:Frank De Palma
    Writer:Michael Bishop

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  2. Monsters Season 3 Episode 14 - Household Gods
    4.7/10(116 votes)

    #2 - Household Gods

    S3:E14

    Deborah is a married career woman who just had her first baby. Instead of taking care of her child and home, she hires a nanny to take care of things while she works from home. Everything begins to go wrong, which the nanny says have occurred because Deborah has offended 'the household gods'.

    Director:Michael Warren Powell
    Writer:Edithe Swensen

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  3. Monsters Season 1 Episode 7 - The Legacy
    5.1/10(217 votes)

    #3 - The Legacy

    S1:E7

    Dale finds the private sanctuary of late horror icon Fulton Pierce. Dale can see Fulton's image in the old makeup 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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  4. Monsters Season 2 Episode 10 - The Mandrake Root
    5.1/10(129 votes)

    #4 - The Mandrake Root

    S2:E10

    In her basement, a married woman finds her late grandmother's exotic plant: the mythical mandrake root, an ingredient used in black magic to create the perfect lover that unfortunately feeds on human blood.

    Director:Brian Thomas Jones
    Writer:Harvey Jacobs

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  5. Monsters Season 1 Episode 4 - The Vampire Hunter
    5.2/10(332 votes)

    #5 - The Vampire Hunter

    S1:E4

    Can famous vampire hunter Ernest Chariot save his assistant Jack before his old enemy Charles Poole can kill the young man, or worse, turn him into another bloodsucker?

    Director:Michael Gornick
    Writer:Edithe Swensen

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  6. Monsters Season 2 Episode 4 - Rerun
    5.3/10(127 votes)

    #6 - Rerun

    S2:E4

    A teenage girl resurrects a recently deceased movie star that pledges his undying love for her. Her best friend enlists the formerly late actor's agent for help.

    Director:John Auerbach
    Writers:Peg Haller, Bob Schneider

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  7. Monsters Season 2 Episode 8 - The Demons
    5.3/10(129 votes)

    #7 - The Demons

    S2:E8

    Greedy alien Arcturus tries to enslave a demon to grant his wishes, but instead gets a Chicago insurance agent named Arthur Gammet. Poor Arthur must fulfill the alien's wishes, even if it means getting a demon of his own.

    Director:Scott Alexander
    Writers:Martin Olson, Robert Sheckley

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  8. Monsters Season 2 Episode 15 - Mr. Swlabr
    5.3/10(155 votes)

    #8 - Mr. Swlabr

    S2:E15

    Roy Barton lives a life of misery. Since his dad left, he has been made into a slave, serving his mother and sister hand and foot. Hope comes in the form of a creature who calls himself Swlabr.

    Director:Warner Shook
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  9. Monsters Season 2 Episode 16 - Perchance to Dream
    5.5/10(119 votes)

    #9 - Perchance to Dream

    S2:E16

    Following a blow to the head, Alex's nightmares appear to be becoming reality. His girlfriend seeks a psychologist's help and he suggests for Alex to enter the dream world and face his subconsciousness.

    Director:Paul Boyington
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  10. Monsters Season 2 Episode 21 - Refugee
    5.5/10(103 votes)

    #10 - Refugee

    S2:E21

    A retiring disillusioned top American spy is enlisted one last time to retrieve a defecting female Soviet physicist, but an unexpected visit from the agents of Hell to the safehouse, where the two are hiding from the KGB, complicates things.

    Director:Scott Vickrey
    Writer:Haskell Barkin

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  11. Monsters Season 1 Episode 3 - New York Honey
    5.6/10(274 votes)

    #11 - New York Honey

    S1:E3

    A greedy married man blackmails his eccentric beekeeper neighbor to profit off his tasty honey. He also falls for the beekeeper's mysterious, seductive vamp girlfriend.

    Director:Gerald Cotts
    Writer:Harvey Jacobs

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  12. Monsters Season 1 Episode 22 - Satan in the Suburbs
    5.6/10(269 votes)

    #12 - Satan in the Suburbs

    S1:E22

    A charming devil forces a down-on-her-luck but principled suburbanite single mother to be his ghost writer, and if his biography gets published, he'll get a better position in hell. She tries to convert him to the side of goodness.

    Director:Warner Shook
    Writer:Jule Selbo

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  13. Monsters Season 2 Episode 13 - Habitat
    5.6/10(123 votes)

    #13 - Habitat

    S2:E13

    A woman agrees to be an alien test subject, only to lose her mind with loneliness.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writer:David Morrell

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  14. Monsters Season 1 Episode 6 - Where's the Rest of Me?
    5.7/10(238 votes)

    #14 - Where's the Rest of Me?

    S1:E6

    In a right-wing South American dictatorship on the verge of leftist rebellion, mad scientist Dr. Willard Wingite keeps a rebel's cadaver alive to harvest its organs for his rich friends. But the undead rebel decides to get his organs back.

    Director:Richard Benner
    Writer:Richard Benner

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  15. Monsters Season 1 Episode 11 - Rouse Him Not
    5.7/10(249 votes)

    #15 - Rouse Him Not

    S1:E11

    A painter with strange visions who lives in an old cottage is visited by a warlock who used to live there. But his arrival wakes an ancient beast buried far below the cottage.

    Director:Mark Shostrom
    Writer:Michel Parry

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  16. Monsters Season 1 Episode 17 - Taps
    5.7/10(187 votes)

    #16 - Taps

    S1:E17

    Professional dancer/actress Suzy St. Claire wants independence from her possessive dancing partner and boyfriend, so she poisons and dismembers him. However, his severed leg in a red tap shoe seeks revenge.

    Director:David Misch
    Writers:David Misch, Larry Charles

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  17. Monsters Season 2 Episode 20 - Micro Minds
    5.7/10(116 votes)

    #17 - Micro Minds

    S2:E20

    An astronomy student believes she has contacted an alien lifeform that is frighteningly close to earth.

    Director:Anthony Santa Croce
    Writer:David E. Smith

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  18. Monsters Season 3 Episode 13 - Malcolm
    5.7/10(110 votes)

    #18 - Malcolm

    S3:E13

    Unhappy wife Lorna asks her depressed, workaholic husband Malcolm to play his clarinet for her like he did in their youth. The music causes severe pain in his abdomen and he's taken to surgery. What they find trapped in there is beyond bizarre.

    Director:Tom Noonan
    Writer:Tom Noonan

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  19. Monsters Season 3 Episode 18 - Desirable Alien
    5.7/10(107 votes)

    #19 - Desirable Alien

    S3:E18

    To pass the US citizenship test, secretive Greek lothario Hercules Valvalotus must take a physical, which he desperately wants to avoid, so he tries to seduce the female immigration officer to get a free pass.

    Director:Bette Gordon
    Writer:Edithe Swensen

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  20. Monsters Season 3 Episode 24 - The Moving Finger
    5.7/10(197 votes)

    #20 - The Moving Finger

    S3:E24

    When a mysterious, impossibly long finger inexplicably and creepily pokes up out of the drain of his bathroom sink, family man Howard Mitla is pushed to the brink of madness in his attempts to get rid of it.

    Director:Kenny Myers
    Writer:Haskell Barkin

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  21. Monsters Season 1 Episode 5 - My Zombie Lover
    5.8/10(383 votes)

    #21 - My Zombie Lover

    S1:E5

    One night each year, the dead come back to life. A young zombie falls for his living female classmate but his hunger for human flesh and her prejudiced, zombie hunter father stand in the way of their happiness.

    Director:David Misch
    Writer:David Misch

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  22. Monsters Season 1 Episode 8 - Sleeping Dragon
    5.8/10(310 votes)

    #22 - Sleeping Dragon

    S1:E8

    A mysterious prehistoric capsule is found outside Reno. Four scientists study it, but a lizard-looking monster hatches from it. With a heavy snowstorm raging outside, they must fight for their survival.

    Director:Mark Rezyka
    Writer:Michael Reaves

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  23. Monsters Season 2 Episode 22 - The Gift
    5.8/10(133 votes)

    #23 - The Gift

    S2:E22

    A rich kid is kidnapped for ransom by two ruthless criminals and taken to a remote cabin. In its basement, he finds a mysterious but benevolent beast-man who offers him a supernatural escape. But there's a price.

    Director:Jeffrey Wolf
    Writer:David E. Smith

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  24. Monsters Season 2 Episode 11 - Half As Old As Time
    5.9/10(115 votes)

    #24 - Half As Old As Time

    S2:E11

    Ready to pay any price to stay young, a dying old man asks his archaeologist daughter to reveal the secret location of a forbidden Native American Fountain of Youth supposedly protected by an evil snake god.

    Director:Christopher Todd
    Writer:Thomas Babe

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  25. Monsters Season 3 Episode 21 - Talk Nice to Me
    5.9/10(96 votes)

    #25 - Talk Nice to Me

    S3:E21

    A ladies' man is being harassed over the phone by a mysterious lonely female stalker with a seductive voice.

    Director:Ernest Farino
    Writer:Paul Dini

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Their Divided Self" is the worst rated episode of "Monsters". It scored 4.1/10 based on 191 votes. Directed by Frank De Palma and written by Michael Bishop, it aired on 2/25/1989. This episode scored 0.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Household Gods".