Monsters (1988 – 1991) – Horror TV Shows We Miss

In the ’70s, George A. Romero and his producing partner Richard P. Rubinstein formed the company Laurel Entertainment, and one TV show that came out of Laurel during Romero and Rubinstein’s years of working together was Tales from the Darkside, an anthology that mixed science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Earlier this year, we looked back at Tales from the Darkside for an episode of the Horror TV Shows We Miss video series. Romero left Laurel in the mid-’80s, and a while later Rubinstein oversaw another horror anthology TV show. That show was called Monsters, and it’s the one we’re digging into with the new episode of Horror TV Shows We Miss. Check it out in the embed above!

Created by Rubinstein and Mitchell Galin, Monsters has the following synopsis:

From modern-day fables of fear, to stories that uncover the trembling terrors of times past, each episode of this acclaimed series harbors a terrible secret its very own gruesome monster to haunt your dreams in tales of mystery, suspense and imagination.

The show ran for three seasons, from 1988 to 1991, and ended up with a total of 72 episodes.

The Horror TV Shows We Miss series is all about taking a

nostalgic look back at the genre series that marked us while growing up and that helped shape our love of horror today.

This episode was Written and Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Adam Walton, Produced by John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

A couple previous episodes of Horror TV Shows We Miss can be seen below. If you’d like to see more, and check out the other shows we have to offer, head over to the JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channel – and subscribe while you’re there! Shows that have been covered for this series include Nightmare Cafe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Friday the 13th, Freddy’s Nightmares, Tales from the Crypt, The X-Files, Twin Peaks, and more.

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