Monsters 35 years old
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 in sporadic weekday marathons. In a similar vein to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and in some ways succeeded the show. It differed in some respects nonetheless. While Tales sometimes dabbled in stories of science fiction and fantasy, this series was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode of Monsters featured a different monster which the story concerned, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats. Similar to Tales, however, the stories in Monsters were rarely very straightforward action plots and often contained some ironic twist in which a character's conceit or greed would do him in, often with gruesome results. Adding to this was a sense of comedy often lost on horror productions which might in some instances lighten the audience's mood but in many cases added to the overall eeriness of the production.
Credits
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Julie Brown She was 30 , now 65 years old | |
| Wil Wheaton He was 16 , now 51 years old | as Kevin |
| Tom Noonan He was 37 , now 73 years old | as Howard Mitla |
| Kevin Nealon He was 34 , now 70 years old | as Louis |
| Steve Buscemi He was 30 , now 66 years old | |
| Karen Sillas She was 25 , now 60 years old | |
| Mary Woronov She was 44 , now 80 years old | |
| Christine Dunford | |
| Perry Lang He was 28 , now 64 years old | |
| Mason Adams He was 69 , 86 years old when he died | |
| Darren McGavin He was 66 , 83 years old when he died | |
| Russell Johnson He was 63 , 89 years old when he died | |
| Farley Granger He was 63 , 85 years old when he died | |
| Abe Vigoda He was 67 , 94 years old when he died | |
| Karen Valentine She was 41 , now 76 years old | |
| Alex Cord He was 55 , now 90 years old | |
| Alice Playten She was 41 , 63 years old when she died | as Violet Mitla |
| Robert Lansing He was 123 , 64 years old when he died | |
| Deborah Van Valkenburgh She was 36 , now 71 years old | |
| Tori Spelling She was 15 , now 50 years old | |
| Amy Stiller She was 27 , now 62 years old | as Anya |
| Kaye Ballard She was 62 , 93 years old when she died | |
| Fritz Weaver He was 62 , 90 years old when he died | |
| Teresa Ganzel She was 31 , now 67 years old | |
| Imogene Coca She was 79 , 92 years old when she died | |
| Debbie Lee Carrington She was 28 , 58 years old when she died | |
| Philip Abbott He was 65 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Jerry Stiller He was 61 , now 96 years old | as Victor |
| Rob Morrow He was 26 , now 61 years old | |
| Dan Butler He was 33 , now 69 years old | |
| Kim Johnston Ulrich She was 33 , now 69 years old | |
| Frankie Faison He was 39 , now 74 years old | |
| Eddie Velez He was 30 , now 65 years old | |
| Calvin Levels He was 34 , now 69 years old | |
| Linda Blair She was 29 , now 65 years old | |
| Marcella Lowery She was 42 , now 77 years old | |
| Jeff Conaway He was 37 , 60 years old when he died | |
| Ferdy Mayne He was 72 , 81 years old when he died | |
| Meat Loaf He was 41 , now 76 years old | |
| Al Mancini He was 55 , 74 years old when he died | |
| Elizabeth Franz She was 47 , now 82 years old | |
| Terrence Evans He was 44 , 71 years old when he died | |
| Peggy Cass She was 64 , 74 years old when she died | |
| Bobo Lewis She was 62 , 72 years old when she died | |
| Christian LeBlanc He was 30 , now 65 years old | |
| James Morrison He was 34 , now 70 years old | as Steven Rose, Ph.D. |
| Ashley Laurence She was 22 , now 57 years old | |
| Lydia Cornell She was 35 , now 70 years old | |
| Lewis J. Stadlen He was 41 , now 77 years old | |
| Tempestt Bledsoe She was 15 , now 50 years old |
Crew
| Name | Job title |
|---|---|
| Manny Coto Directing He was 27 , now 62 years old | Director |
| Jeffrey Wolf Directing He was 42 , now 78 years old | Director |
| Mark Shostrom Directing He was 32 , now 67 years old | Director |
| Ernest D. Farino Directing | Director |
| Stephen King Writing He was 41 , now 76 years old | Story |
| Bruce Feirstein Directing He was 32 , now 68 years old | Director |
| Michael Gornick Directing He was 38 , now 74 years old | Director |
| Stephen Tolkin Directing He was 34 , now 70 years old | Director |
| Michael Reaves Writing He was 38 , now 73 years old | Writer |
| John Gray Directing | Director |
| Bette Gordon Directing She was 33 , now 68 years old | Director |
| Lizzie Borden Directing She was 128 , 66 years old when she died | Director |
| Edithe Swensen Writing | Writer |
| Robert Sheckley Writing He was 60 , 77 years old when he died | Writer |
| Tom Noonan Directing He was 37 , now 73 years old | Director |
| Josef Anderson Writing | Writer |
| Martin Olson Writing He was 11 , now 24 years old | Writer |
| Michael Brandon Directing He was 43 , now 79 years old | Director |
| John Tillinger Directing He was 50 , now 85 years old | Director |
| Haskell Barkin Writing He was 55 , 79 years old when he died | Writer |
| Kenny Myers Directing | Director |
Monsters (35 years)
Ended
- First Air Date: 1988-10-01
- Runtime: [22,30] minutes
- Number of Episodes: 72
