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Series notes
Show type: horror anthology
Show produced: 1988-1992
Nunmber of episodes: 72
Show was syndicated
Monsters came from the same production company that previously created Tales From the Darkside which Monsters bore a strong resemblance to. Monsters was a little more restrictive than its predecessor since each episode needed to have some type of monster. The show did not have a host to introduce or comment on this weeks episode but instead showed a monster family watching a horror story on their television.
Monsters: The Complete Series was released on DVD March 18, 2014 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. There are 9 DVDs in the box set.
Production Credits
Series Created by: Richard P. Rubinstein & Mitchell Galin
Executive Producer: Richard P. Rubinstein
Executive in Charge of Production: Mitchell Galin
Series Special Effects Make-up Consultant: Dick Smith
Supervising Producer: Jan Saunders, Anthony Santa Croce
Co-Producer: Ooty Moorehead
Produced by: Bill Siegler, Michael Gornick, Anthony Santa Croce, Ooty Moorehead
Creative Consultant: Tom Allen, Neal Stevens
Opening Music: Donald A. Rubinstein
A Laurel Production in association with Tribune Broadcasting Company
In season 1 and the beginning of season 2 the closing credits ended with a Teletrib logo. Teletrib was a syndicator of television programming from 1987 to 1990.
According to the credits the Main Theme and Series Music was available from Silva Screen Records . However I have not been able to find anything about it.
Starting with season 1 episode 3 this was added to the closing credits: This series is dedicated to the memory of Tom Allen. He was creative consultant for both Tales from the Darkside and Monsters. Tom Allen passed away on September 30th, 1988 during production of the first season of Monsters.
Guide notes
Synopses are from Donna R. Lemaster's Monsters episode guide version April 1996. Credits are as listed on the DVD release episodes.
Season 1
1. The Feverman
Airdate: October 22, 1988
Written by: Neal Stevens
Directed by: Michael Gornick
Starring: John C. Vennema
Special Guest Star: David McCallum as The Feverman
Co-Starring: Abby Lewis (Crone), Patrick Garner (James Burke), Michele Gornick (Girl), Katie Dierlam (The Fever)
Synopsis: The feverman makes some unusual requests of a father desperate for help for his dying daughter.
2. Holly's House
Airdate: October 29, 1988
Teleplay by: David Loucka, Jon Connolly
Story by: Ted Gershuny
Directed by: Ted Gershuny
Starring: Marilyn Jones, Perry Lang
Co-Starring: Pamela Dean Kenny (Bird), Neil Smith (The Director), Michael Anderson (Holly)
Synopsis: When a puppeteer considers leaving her job on a tv show, her puppet comes to life and wreaks havoc on the set.
3. New York Honey
Airdate: November 5, 1988
Written by: Harvey Jacobs
Directed by: Jerry C. Smith
Starring: Lewis J. Stadlen, MacIntyre Dixon, Andrea Thompson, Elaine Bromka
Synopsis: A New York co-op owner gets a big surprise when he decides to stand up to his loud neighbor.
Note: End credits included: Bee Wrangler - David A. Brody.
4. The Vampire Hunter
Airdate: November 12, 1988
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Michael Gornick
Starring: John Bolger, Page Hannah
Special Guest Star: Robert Lansing as Ernest
Co-Starring: Jack Koenig (Jack), Sylvia Short (Mrs. Haggerty)
Synopsis: A vampire hunter's nephew bites off more than he can chew when he tries to impress a lady by offering to rescue her brother from a vampire.
5. My Zombie Lover
Airdate: November 19, 1988
Story by: Bill Burnett, David Misch
Teleplay by: David Misch
Directed by: David Misch
Starring: Tempestt Bledsoe, Steve Harper, Ed Wheeler, Marcella Lowery, Eugene Byrd
Synopsis: A teenage girl has trouble turning down a suitor-one of her classmates who has recently died.
6. Where's the Rest of Me?
Airdate: November 26, 1988
Written by: Dick Benner
Directed by: Dick Benner
Starring: Meatloaf, Franco Harris
Co-Starring: Black-Eyed Susan (Regina Wells), Drew Eliot (J.J. Marshall), Frank Tarsia (Adam))
Synopsis: A doctor invites three of his former transplant patients to his Caribbean home in hopes of convincing them to invest in his latest scheme.
7. The Legacy
Airdate: December 3, 1988
Teleplay by: John Sutherland
Based on a story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: Jeff Wolf
Starring: David Brisbin, Lara Harris
With: Mary Ann Gibson (Stella), Kevin Jefferies (Apparitions)
Synopsis: A biographer makes a terrifying discovery while researching the life of a famous horror movie star.
8. Sleeping Dragon
Airdate: December 10, 1988
Written by: Michael Reaves
Directed by: Mark Rezyka
Starring: Kin Shriner, Russell Johnson, Beth Toussaint
Synopsis: A young archeologist finds a prehistoric shell and accidentally unleashes a prehistoric creature that has been waiting 65 million years inside of it.
Note: End credits included: Monster Played by Wayne Toth.
9. Pool Sharks
Airdate: December 17, 1988
Written by: Alan Kingsberg
Directed by: Alan Kingsberg
Starring: Tom Mason, Irving Metzman
With: Rebecca Downs (Natasha), Page Johnson (Cappy)
Synopsis: A pool hustler ends up playing for his life after he tracks down the beautiful woman responsible for his brother's death.
Note: End credits included: Pool Consultant - George Mikula.
10. Pillow Talk
Airdate: December 24, 1988
Written by: David Odell
Directed by: Carl Stine
Starring: John Diehl, Mary Woronov, Ruth de Sosa
Synopsis: A horror writer seeks out women who can feed his creativity.
11. Rouse Him Not
Airdate: December 31, 1988
Teleplay by: Michel Parry.
Based on the story by: Manly Wade Wellman
Directed by: Mark Shostrom
Starring: Alex Cord, Terrence Evans, Laraine Newman as Linda McGuire
Synopsis: Evil Forces are accidentally unleashed when an artist disturbs a pentagram in the basement of an old cottage she has just moved into.
Note: End credits included: Monster Played by Patrick Moore.
12. Fools' Gold
Airdate: January 21, 1989
Written by: Michael Reaves
Directed by: Greg Cannom
Starring: Jeff Conaway, Mary Cadorette, T.J. Castronovo
Co-Starring: Debbie Carrington
Synopsis: Construction workers ignore the warnings about not taking the buried treasure they have uncovered.
13. Glim-Glim
Airdate: February 4, 1989
Written by: F. Paul Wilson
Directed by: Peter Michael Stone
Starring: Mark Hofmaier, Brian Fitzpatrick, Jenna von Oÿ as Amy
Synopsis: Three people hide from an alien they think is out to get them.
14. Parents From Space
Airdate: February 11, 1989
Written by: Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
Directed by: Jerry Smith
Starring: Frank Gorshin, Mary Griffin
Special Guest Star: Peggy Cass
With: Ann Hilary (Mrs. Rogers)
Synopsis: The arrival of rodents from space spells relief for a young girl whose foster parents constantly abuse her.
Note: Cindy's foster parents have the same character names (Ward and June) as the parents in the fifties sitcom Leave It to Beaver.
15. The Mother Instinct
Airdate: February 18, 1989
Written by: D. Emerson Smith
Directed by: Bette Gordon
Starring: Elizabeth Franz, Finn Carter, Tom Gilroy
Synopsis: A greedy young man tries to steal the amazing strength-giving melons developed by his crippled mother-in-law.
16. Their Divided Self
Airdate: February 25, 1989
Teleplay by: Michael Bishop
Based on His Story: Collaborating
Directed by: Frank De Palma
Starring: David L. Lander, Keith MacKechnie, Karen Haber, Edye Byrde, Rich Hall as Dr. Blackman
Synopsis: Conjoined twins who don't get along turn to a psychiatrist for help.
Note: End credits included: Special Thanks to Betsy Johnson.
17. Taps
Airdate: March 4, 1989
Written by: Larry Charles, David Misch
Directed by: David Misch
Starring: Mary Jo Keenen, Neal Jones
Special Guest Star: Dan Frazer
Synopsis: An overly ambitious dancer is haunted by the shoes of the partner she murdered to advance her career.
Note: End credits included: Leg Effects by John Dods.
18. The Match Game
Airdate: April 15, 1989
Teleplay by: David Chaskin
Story by: Christopher Orville
Directed by: Michael Brandon
Starring: Byron Thames, Sasha Jenson, Tori Spelling
Special Guest Star: Ashley Laurence
Co-Starring: Tom Woodruff, Jr.
Synopsis: Two couples learn the dangers of playing with fire when they break into a deserted Victorian mansion and disrupt the dust.
Note: End credits included: Monster Played by Tom Woodruff, Jr. Tom along with Alec Gillis were credited for creating the monster.
19. Rain Dance
Airdate: April 22, 1989
Written by: Michael Kimball
Directed by: Richard Friedman
Starring: Kent McCord, Teri Copley, Betty Carvalhao
Co-Starring: Antonio Hoyos (Death God)
Synopsis: A greedy couple who make money selling off Indian artifacts find themselves at the mercy of an ancient Indian rain god.
20. Cocoon
Airdate: April 29, 1989
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: John Gray
Starring: Silvana Gallardo, Kim Ulrich
Special Guest Star: Billy Drago
Co-Starring: Erik Holland
Synopsis: A policeman enlists the aid of a psychic to help a wealthy amnesiac learn about her past and to solve a sixty-year-od murder case.
21. All in a Day's Work
Airdate: May 6, 1989
Teleplay by: Jule Selbo
Based on a story by: Michael Galloglach
Directed by: Allen Coulter
Starring: Adrienne Barbeau, James Morrison, Brandon Bluhm
Special Appearance by: Eddie Velez
Synopsis: A white magic practitioner is approached by a man who wants to conjure up a demon to deal with his doppelganger.
22. Satan in the Suburbs
Airdate: May 13, 1989
Teleplay by: Barbara Boatner, Jule Selbo
Story by: Barbara Boatner
Directed by: Warner Shook
Starring: Christopher Noth, Deborah Strang, Danny Gerard
Synopsis: A junior devil works hard to tempt a desperate single mother into ghostwriting his autobiography.
Note: Book seen in the episode: Interview With the Devil as told to Xantippe Bullock Fincher. It had the banner: #1 Best Seller.
23. Mannikins of Horror
Airdate: May 20, 1989
Teleplay by: Josef Anderson
Based on a story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: Ernest Farino
Starring: Glynis Barber, William Prince, Brian Brophy
Synopsis: A psychotic doctor discovers a way to animate clay figures with parts of his own body.
24. La Strega
Airdate: May 27, 1989
Teleplay by: Michael McDowell
Based on a story by: Richard A. Russo
Directed by: Lizzie Borden
Starring: Linda Blair, Rob Morrow
Special Guest Star: Maria Tucci
With: Anita Durst (The Customer)
Synopsis: A young man sets out to kill an attractive witch, whom he thinks has placed his mother under a deadly curse.
Note: La Strega is Italian for The Witch
Season 2
1. The Face
Airdate: October 1, 1989
Written by: Neal Stevens
Directed by: Allen Coulter
Starring: Imogene Coca, Gregory Grove, Gary Roberts
Synopsis: A crook, bitten by his latest victim, finds the hateful old woman has taken a bizarre revenge on him.
2. Portrait of the Artist
Airdate: October 8, 1989
Written by: D. Keith Mano
Directed by: Jerry Smith
Starring: Darren McGavin, Beeson Carroll, Laurie Kennedy
Co-Starring: Cheryl Russell (Voice of Penny Darcy)
Synopsis: A man suspects the janitor of an unusual art gallery has something to do with the disappearance of his daughter.
3. A Bond of Silk
Airdate: October 15, 1989
Written by: Michael Kimball
Directed by: Ernest Farino
Starring: Lydia Cornell, Marc McClure as Nash
Synopsis: A couple on their honeymoon find a giant spider's web in their hotel suite.
Note: End credits included: Spider Man Played by Dale R. Brady.
4. Rerun
Airdate: October 22, 1989
Written by: Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
Directed by: John Auerbach
Starring: Mark Nassar, Mitchell Whitfield, Rachel Jones
Special Guest Star: Kaye Ballard
Co-Starring: Robert Weil (Voice of the Boss)
Synopsis: A deceased TV star returns to life and moves in with a college student who was one of his biggest fans.
5. Love Hurts
Airdate: October 29, 1989
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Manny Coto
Starring: Olivia Brown, Henry Brown, Ren Woods, Valentina Quinn
Co-Starring: Fred Pinkard (Mr. Brownell)
Synopsis: A sexy southern belle uses voodoo to seduce a married man.
6. The Farmer's Daughter
Airdate: November 5, 1989
Teleplay by: Kenneth Pressman
Story by: Kenneth Pressman, Bob Balaban
Directed by: Michael Warren Powell
Starring: Soupy Sales, Stephanie Phillips, Bobo Lewis, George Hall
Synopsis: A traveling salesman hides from a thunderstorm in the farmhouse of a nice elderly couple and falls for their mysterious, young, seductive daughter whom they keep in the attic.
7. Jar
Airdate: November 12, 1989
Teleplay by: Bob Schneider, Peg Haller
Based on a story by: Steven W. Davis
Directed by: Bette Gordon
Starring: Fritz Weaver, Richard Edson, Gina Gershon, Ed Kovens
Synopsis: A P.I.'s search for a missing person leads him to a country inn where "things" in jars, guaranteed to make people disappear, are being sold.
8. The Demons
Airdate: November 19, 1989
Teleplay by: Martin Olson, Robert Sheckley
Based on a story by: Robert Sheckley
Directed by: Scott Alexander
Starring: Richard Moll, Jeff Silverman, Karen Hensel, Lou Mustillo, Eddie Deezen as The Demon
Synopsis: The attempts of a sorcerer from another dimension to summon a demon bring him an insurance salesman from Earth instead.
9. Reaper
Airdate: November 26, 1989
Teleplay by: Josef Anderson
Based on a story by: Robert Bloch
Directed by: Jean Patenaude
Starring: Barbara Billingsley, George D. Wallace, Curt Lowens
Co-Starring: Catherine Blue (Gina), Mary Dean (Miss Endicott)
Synopsis: A dying man makes a deal with Death to deliver three people in his place, but cannot manage to snare the right three.
10. The Mandrake Root
Airdate: December 10, 1989
Written by: Harvey Jacobs
Directed by: Brian Thomas Jones
Starring: Melba Moore, Frankie Faison, Byron Minns, Claudia Silver
Synopsis: A frustrated woman is turned into a seductress by means of a thorny root inherited from her grandmother.
11. Half as Old as Time
Airdate: December 17, 1989
Teleplay by: Thomas Babe
Based on a story by: Taenha Goodrich, Jake West
Directed by: Christopher Todd
Starring: Leif Garrett, Valerie Wildman, Nick Ramus
Synopsis: A terminally ill archeologist hopes to become immortal with a secret kept at an Indian reservation
Note: End credits included: A Taste of Darkness by Blacksmith © 1989 Tropical Records.
12. Museum Hearts
Airdate: January 7, 1990
Teleplay by: Ted Gershuny
Based on a story by: David P. Beavers
Directed by: Ted Gershuny
Starring: Patrick Breen, Louise Roberts, Sarah Trigger, Pamela Dean Kenny as "Cerridwen"
Synopsis: A man becomes locked in a museum cellar with his two girlfriends and the ancient bog body of a man-hating druid priestess.
13. Habitat
Airdate: January 14, 1990
Written by: David Morrell
Directed by: Bette Gordon
Starring: Lili Taylor
Co-Starring: Frederick Wessler (Aliens's Voice)
Synopsis: Enough money for the rest of her life persuades a young woman to risk her sanity and become the subject of an alien experiment where she will live in isolation for nine months.
14. Bed and Boar
Airdate: January 21, 1990
Written by: David Odell
Directed by: Sara Driver
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Jodie Markell, Charles Kay-Hune
Co-Starring: Sarah Driver (Voice of Mom)
Synopsis: A travelling salesman meets a woman in the hotel room next door who believes her husband is a real boar.
15. Mr. Swlabr
Airdate: January 28, 1990
Teleplay by: Jule Selbo
Based on a story by: Steven L. Nelson
Directed by: Warner Shook
Starring: Kate McGregor-Stewart, Robert Oliveri, Danielle Ferland, Rockets Redglare
Synopsis: An unhappy boy is befriended by a toy from a box of cereal that offers to defend him from his abusive parents.
Note: End credits included: Train Town Model - David Gallo
16. Perchance to Dream
Airdate: February 4, 1990
Written by: Michael Reaves
Directed by: Paul Boyington
Starring: Raphael Sbarge, Sarah G. Buxton, Kenneth Danziger
Synopsis: A head injury causes a college student to come down with a case of chronic insomnia, with the side effect that his dreams become real.
17. One Wolf's Family
Airdate: February 11, 1990
Written by: Paul Dini
Directed by: Alex Zamm
Starring: Anne Meara, Jerry Stiller, Robert Clohessy, Amy Stiller, Karen Shallo
Synopsis: A werewolf disapproves of the were-hyena his daughter intends to marry.
Note: Amy Stiller is the daughter of Jerry Stiller.
18. The Offering
Airdate: February 18, 1990
Teleplay by: Dan Simmons
Based on a story by: Dan Simmons
Directed by: Ernest Farino
Starring: Orson Bean, Robert Krantz, Bob Larkin
Co-Starring: Karen Hittleman (Radiologist)
Synopsis: An accident victim with a serious head wound becomes convinced that the cancer that killed both of his parents was actually an alien parasite.
19. Far Below
Airdate: February 25, 1990
Teleplay by: Michael McDowell
Based on a story by: Robert Barbour Johnson
Directed by: Debra Hill
Starring: Barry Nelson, John Scott Clough, Calvin Levels
Co-Starring: Rick Goldman (Watson), Jan Munroe (Janson)
Synopsis: A New York City cost consultant journeys into the subway system to investigate an expensive project he can find no explanantion for in his records.
20. Micro Minds
Airdate: March 4, 1990
Written by: D. Emerson Smith
Directed by: Anthony Santa Croce
Starring: Troy Donahue, Belle Avery as Paula
Co-Starring: David Permenter (Gok)
Synopsis: A college student and her professor discover two races of intelligent micro-organisms both wanting help in destroying the other.
21. Refugee
Airdate: May 13, 1990
Written by: Haskell Barkin
Directed by: Scott Vickrey
Starring: Peter White, Judy Geeson, S.A. Griffin, Phillip Abbott as Oliver
Synopsis: A retiring disillusioned top spy agrees to one last mission and finds himself fighting for the soul of a Soviet defector who is being pursued by Lucifer's minions.
22. The Gift
Airdate: May 20, 1990
Written by: D. Emerson Smith
Directed by: Jeffrey Wolf
Starring: Abe Vigoda, John Bolger, Brad Greenquist, Zach Overton
Co-Starring: Carlos Lauchu (The Beast)
Synopsis: A pair of hoodlums kidnap a millionaire's son, but find that a strange creature is living in the basement of their hideout.
23. The Bargain
Airdate: May 27, 1990
Written by: Tom Noonan
Directed by: Tom Noonan
Starring: Kim Greist, Kevin Geer, Sharon Schlarth
Synopsis: A lonely bookstore owner sacrifices her books for good looks to win the affections of a handsome customer.
24. The Family Man
Airdate: June 3, 1990
Written by: Gordon Rayfield, Allen Coulter
Directed by: Michael Warren Powell
Starring: Michael O'Gorman, Annie Corley, Calvin Armitage, Kelli Rabke
Synopsis: A 10-year-old boy learns that his mother's new boyfriend is not wha he seems to be when seen through a pair of his deceased father's glasses.
Season 3
1. Stressed Environment
Airdate: September 30, 1990
Written by: Neal Stevens
Directed by: Jeffrey Wolf
Starring: Carol Lynley, Victor Raider-Wexler, Scott J. Weir, Kathleen McCall
Synopsis: A female scientist who spent 12 years raising rats in a stressed environment in the hopes of evolving their intelligence faces the terrifying results of her experiment.
2. Murray's Monster
Airdate: October 7, 1990
Written by: Scott Alexander
Directed by: Scott Alexander
Starring: Joe Flaherty, Miriam Flynn, Teresa Ganzel, Marvin Kaplan
Synopsis: A neurotic psychiatrist decides to rid himself of his overbearing wife by using one of his patients, who turns into a monster when he gets angry.
3. Bug House
Airdate: October 14, 1990
Teleplay by: Josef Anderson
Based on a story by: Lisa Tuttle
Directed by: Ken Myers
Starring: Karen Sillas, Robert Kerbeck, Juliette Kurth
Synopsis: A woman visiting her pregnant sister fears that the baby may not be human.
Note: End credits included: Roach Wrangler - David A. Brody.
4. Cellmates
Airdate: October 21, 1990
Written by: David Odell
Directed by: Stephen Tolkin
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield, Ferdinald Mayne, David Sage, Geno Silva
Synopsis: A spoiled rich American finds himself in a Mexican prison where his fellow prisoners have been vanishing into thin air.
5. Outpost
Airdate: October 28, 1990
Written by: Michael Reaves
Directed by: T.K. Hudson
Starring: Juliet Mills, Tony Fields
Synopsis: A planet station inspector plans on closing down a base run by a genetically altered human, whose former identity comes as a surprise to her.
6. The Hole
Airdate: November 4, 1990
Teleplay by: Haskell Barkin
Story by: Gerry Conway, Wayne Berwick
Directed by: David Severeid
Starring: Ahmad Rashad, Antone Pagán, Glenn Kubota, Mitchell McCormack
Synopsis: During the Vietnam War, two US marines and their allied South Vietnamese guide face an enemy of the unearthly variety while exploring an underground Viet Kong tunnel.
7. Small Blessing
Airdate: November 11, 1990
Written by: Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
Directed by: Roger Nygard
Starring: Julie Brown, David Spad, Peggy Rea, Kevin Nealon as Louis
Synopsis: A young couple suspect that their newborn son is responsible for the disappearance of the neighbors and their pets.
8. Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites
Airdate: November 18, 1990
Written by: Dan Simmons
Directed by: John Strysik
Starring: Wil Wheaton, Matt LeBlanc, John O'Leary, Al Mancini
Synopsis: A pair of teenage boys have a hair raising experience when they break into a barber shop they believe is a haven for vampires.
9. The Young and the Headless
Airdate: November 25, 1990
Teleplay by: Peg Haller, Bob Schneider
Based on a story by: W.C. Morrow
Directed by: Tom Abrams
Starring: Karen Valentine, George Reinholt, John Schiappa
Synopsis: A disabled scientist asks his surgeon wife to replace his human brain with a microchip.
10. The Waiting Game
Airdate: December 9, 1990
Written by: John Fox
Directed by: Bruno Spandello
Starring: Doug McKeon, Stephen Burleigh, Carrington Garland, Leo Garcia
Synopsis: After a nuclear holocaust, those safe inside the bunker that launched the attack find evidence that there are survivors outside their doors.
11. Sin-Sop
Airdate: December 9, 1990
Teleplay by: Douglas Wallace
Based on a story by: Alan Boguse
Directed by: P.J. Pesce
Starring: Richard Borg, Christine Dunford, Christopher Shaw, Charlotte Booker, Robert Valenzi
Synopsis: A skeptical journalist investigates a man who claims to have a device that can extract sin from people.
12. A New Woman
Airdate: December 16, 1990
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Brian Thomas Jones
Starring: Linda Thorson, Tom McDermott, Dan Butler
Special Guest Star: Mason Adams as the Doctor
Co-Starring: Michael Stoltz, John Rosado & John Mingione (The Zombies)
Synopsis: A doctor is determined to give some Christmas spirit to a ruthless businesswoman who is planning on turning a shelter for the homeless into a corporate high rise.
13. Malcolm
Airdate: December 23, 1990
Written by: Tom Noonan
Directed by: Tom Noonan
Starring: Ed Lauter, Carole Shelley
Special Guest Star: Farley Granger
Co-Starring: Byll Potts & Donald Smyth (Surgical Orderlies)
Synopsis: A doctor discovers that the reason a clarinet player's career has hit the skids is due to a parasite attached to his stomach.
14. Household Gods
Airdate: December 30, 1990
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Michael Warren Powell
Starring: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Priscilla Shanks, Jeff Ware, "Little Mike" Anderson, Lynn Frazen-Cohen, Lindsey Schwartz
Synopsis: A career woman ends up offending more than her family when she starts neglecting her housework.
15. The Space-Eaters
Airdate: January 6, 1991
Teleplay by: Robert T. Megginson
Based on a story by: Frank Belknap Long
Directed by: Robert T. Megginson
Starring: Richard Clarke, Mart Hulswit, Richard M. Hughes
Synopsis: In this tribute to 1950s monster movies, two old gentlemanly friends are playing a game of chess when someone arrives who claims that aliens have eaten his brain.
16. The Waiting Room
Airdate: January 13, 1991
Written by: Neal Stevens
Directed by: Philip Alderton
Starring: John Saxon, Lisa Waltz, Christian Le Blanc, Denise Gentile
Synopsis: A newlywed couple spend their wedding night in a mysterious inn where the groom is captured by a being seeking revenge against his father.
17. Leavings
Airdate: January 20, 1991
Teleplay by: Gahan Wilson
Based on a story by: Gahan Wilson
Directed by: John Tillinger
Starring: Clifton James, John Christopher Jones, Ken Costigan, John Robert Bloom, Tony Shalhoub as Mancini
Synopsis: A pair of policemen are assigned to discover how body parts have been stolen from living, homeless people.
18. Desirable Alien
Airdate: January 27, 1991
Written by: Edithe Swensen
Directed by: Bette Gordon
Starring: Tony Spiridakis, Wendy A. Makkena, Luis Guzmán, Rick Aviles as Mr. Vega
Special Guest Star: Deborah Harry
Synopsis: An immigrant with an irresistable power over women uses his power to seduce his INS caseworker and to ensure his bid for citizenship.
Note: End credits included: Murals by Tim Burns.
19. A Face for Radio
Airdate: February 3, 1991
Written by: Bruce Feirstein
Directed by: Bruce Feirstein
Starring: Morton Downey Jr., Laura Branigan, Lori Krebs, Phillip Stewart
Special Guest Star: Julie Wilson
Featuring the voice of: Rick Wessler
Synopsis: An obnoxious radio talk show host has as his latest guest an unusual woman with a talking alien.
Note: End credits included: Special Thanks - John Dods
20. Werewolf of Hollywood
Airdate: February 10, 1991
Teleplay by: Ron Goulart
Based on a story by: Ron Goulart
Directed by: Tom Whelan
Starring: Richard Belzer, David Leary, Geraldine Leer
Special Guest Star: Shelley Berman
Synopsis: A pair of bored screen writers discover a werewolf on a Hollywood studio backlot.
Note: End credits included: Graphics by Jane Sobczak.
21. Talk Nice to Me
Airdate: February 17, 1991
Written by: Paul Dini
Directed by: Ernest Farino
Starring: Ed Marinaro, Teri Ann Linn, David Spielberg
Also Starring: Tina Louise as "The Voice"
Synopsis: A womanizer who strings women along via the telephone is terrorized by an anonymous caller who seems to know his every move.
22. Hostile Takeover
Airdate: February 24, 1991
Written by: Jonathan Valin
Directed by: Randall Moldave
Starring: Dennis Christopher, Tracey Walter, William Lanteau, Pam Grier as "Matilde"
Synopsis: A corporate raider who uses voodoo experts to get ahead is possessed by the 300-year-old spirit of a voodoo priest.
23. The Maker
Airdate: April 18, 1991
Written by: Michael Kimball
Directed by: William Wesley
Starring: Eddie Bracken, Philip Anglim, Carla Herd
Synopsis: A drunk meets a weird old man who has the ability to create whatever he wants out of thin air, although not always with the desired results.
24. The Moving Finger
Airdate: April 26, 1992
Teleplay by: Haskell Barkin
Story by: Stephen King
Directed by: Ken Myers
Starring: Tom Noonan, Alice Playten, Sharon Cornell
Co-Starring: Richard B. Shull (Announcer), Anne Byrne (Game Contestant), Robert E. Weil (Neighbor)
Synopsis: A man becomes quite distressed over a long finger that has emerged from the drain in his bathroom sink, and which resists all efforts to remove it.
Note: First U.S. broadcast of this episode was delayed until the rerun cycle of 1992. End credits included: Finger Effects by John Dods.
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