Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series that initially ran from 1988 to 1991 and was rerun on the Sci-Fi Channel in the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs in intermittent weekday marathons on Chiller, NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel. In a manner comparable to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters had the same producer and in some ways surpassed the show. Nonetheless, it varied in a few ways. In contrast to Tales, which occasionally featured science fiction and fantasy tales, this series was primarily horror. As the title suggests, each episode of Monsters focused on a different monster, ranging from a mechanical puppet from a fictional children's television show to mutant, armed lab rodents. Similar to Tales, the stories in Monsters were rarely conventional action storylines and frequently featured an ironic twist in which a character's arrogance or avarice led to horrific consequences. Adding to this was a sense of humor that is typically absent from horror productions, which in some circumstances may have served to lighten the mood of the audience, but in most cases contributed to the overall unsettling nature of the production.
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Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series that initially ran from 1988 to 1991 and was rerun on the Sci-Fi Channel in the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs in intermittent weekday marathons on Chiller, NBC Universal's horror and suspense-themed cable channel. In a manner comparable to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters had the same producer and in some ways surpassed the show. Nonetheless, it varied in a few ways. In contrast to Tales, which occasionally featured science fiction and fantasy tales, this series was primarily horror. As the title suggests, each episode of Monsters focused on a different monster, ranging from a mechanical puppet from a fictional children's television show to mutant, armed lab rodents. Similar to Tales, the stories in Monsters were rarely conventional action storylines and frequently featured an ironic twist in which a character's arrogance or avarice led to horrific consequences. Adding to this was a sense of humor that is typically absent from horror productions, which in some circumstances may have served to lighten the mood of the audience, but in most cases contributed to the overall unsettling nature of the production.
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