MonsterVision — Season 1

Aired 28 June 1996 • 104 min

Bizarre experiences and terrible nightmares plague a cartoonist who lost a hand in a fateful car accident. The hand is not found at the scene of the accident, but soon returns to murder anyone who angers its owner.

Aired 28 June 1996

Professor Bernard Quatermass' manned rocket ship returns to Earth, but two of the astronauts are missing and the survivor seems ill and unable to communicate.

Aired 5 July 1996

Local legend tells of a ship lured on to the rocks of Antonio Bay being enveloped by a supernatural cloud as it sank; the myth says that when this mysterious fog returns, the victims will rise up from the depths seeking vengeance.

Aired 5 July 1996

A doctor finds a jungle laboratory, complete with mad scientist and genetic engineering experiments.

Aired 12 July 1996 • 97 min

For reasons unknown, the recently deceased are rising from the grave as flesh-hungry zombies. Fleeing from the undead horde, a small group of survivors, including Barbara (Patricia Tallman), Ben (Tony Todd) and Harry (Tom Towles), sequester themselves in a remote farmhouse. With the zombies outside the house multiplying, tensions flare, as the group argues over the best way to escape their increasingly dire situation before they are overrun completely.

Aired 12 July 1996

A seemingly friendly farmer and his sister kidnap unsuspecting travelers and bury them alive, using them to create the "special meat" they are famous for.

Aired 19 July 1996 • 93 min

A seeker named Dogen rescues Dhyana after her father is murdered by the evil Jared-Syn. To avenge her father's death, Dogen must find Jared-Syn's hideout in the mysterious "Lost City", but the only person who knows where it is an aging, burned-out seeker named Rhodes. Along the way, they will need to do battle against the hunter Baal and his Cyclopean minions for engaging Jared-Syn in a final encounter.

Aired 19 July 1996

A police officer in the future uncovers the deadly secret behind a society that worships youth.

Aired 26 July 1996

A troubled family move to an isolated house, and find and adopt a couple of cats already in residence. These are not the only occupants however...

Aired 26 July 1996

A young woman gets raped by a mysterious man-creature, and years later her son begins a horrific transformation into a similar beast.

Aired 2 August 1996

When Fool breaks into the home of his family's landlords, he discovers that they have mutilated several boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs. As Fool attempts to flee, he meets their daughter, Alice. Can Fool and Alice escape?

Aired 2 August 1996

After a violent incident with a special chemical, a research scientist is turned into a swamp plant monster.

Aired 9 August 1996

In a post-apocalyptic America, She, a fierce warrior who leads a women's cult, teams up with two brothers searching for their kidnapped sister. They come across weird cults before standing against the odds to defeat the evil Norks.

Aired 9 August 1996

A lone warrior nicknamed Deathstalker is sent by a witch on a quest to find a sword, a chalice, and an amulet, two of which are held by the wicked king and sorcerer, Munkar.

Aired 16 August 1996

A cowboy named Tuck Kirby seeks fame and fortune by capturing an Allosaurus living in a Mexican valley and putting it in a wild west show. His star attraction, called the Gwangi, turns out to have an aversion to being shown in public.

Aired 16 August 1996

The earliest atomic tests in New Mexico cause common ants to mutate into giant man-eating monsters that threaten civilization.

Aired 23 August 1996

After his friend is killed by her abusive father, the new kid in town attempts to save her by implanting a robotic microchip into her brain.

Aired 23 August 1996

Vivian has magic powers. She doesn't hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tired of her and is putting his charm on a new girl in school, Robin. Robin discovers that she also has magic powers, and it comes to a mental showdown between the two women over David.

Aired 30 August 1996

A nightmarish futuristic fantasy about the controlling power of big corporations and an innocent cop who stumbles on the truth.

Aired 30 August 1996

A documentary-style drama about the "Fouke Monster", a Bigfoot-type creature that has been sighted in and around Fouke, Arkansas since the 1950s.

Aired 6 September 1996 • 104 min

Terrorists with an indestructible robot take over a high-rise hospital in order to kidnap the president's daughter.

Aired 6 September 1996

In Italy, during World War II some American soldiers find an alien UFO.

Aired 13 September 1996

A group of teenage camp counselors attempt to re-open an abandoned summer camp with a tragic past, but they are stalked by a mysterious, relentless killer.

Aired 13 September 1996

Five years after the events of the first film, a summer camp next to the infamous Camp Crystal Lake is preparing to open, but the legend of Jason is weighing heavy on the proceedings.

Aired 20 September 1996

A novelist and a young horror fan attempt to save a small New England town which has been invaded by vampires.

Aired 27 September 1996

H.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period.

Aired 27 September 1996

Scott McKenzie, a history professor, becomes involved with two time travelers from the year 2586 after making a discovery in an old photograph from 1886.

Aired 4 October 1996

A sword-and-sorcery fantasy about a young man's search for revenge. Armed with supernatural powers, the handsome hero and his animal allies wage war against marauding forces.

Aired 4 October 1996

Dar is a warrior who can talk to the beasts. He is forced to travel to Earth to stop his evil brother from stealing an atomic bomb and turning their native land from a desert into, well - a desert.

Aired 11 October 1996

When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.

Aired 11 October 1996

An invisible demon in the cargo hold of a jet airliner terrorizes the passengers.

Aired 18 October 1996

When an alien spacecraft of enormous power is spotted approaching Earth, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the overhauled USS Enterprise in order to intercept it.

Aired 25 October 1996

Kids all over America want Silver Shamrock masks for Halloween. Doctor Daniel Challis seeks to uncover a plot by Silver Shamrock owner Conal Cochran.

Aired 25 October 1996

A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.

Aired 31 October 1996 • 131 min

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

Aired 31 October 1996 • 104 min

The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.

Aired 31 October 1996 • 112 min

Carol Anne is staying with her aunt in a high-rise building, where the supernatural forces haunting her make their return.

Aired 1 November 1996 • 206 min

In this remake of the 1933 classic, an oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

Aired 8 November 1996

Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the south-west.

Aired 15 November 1996

A telepathic mutant recruits a post-World War III TV game-show warrior to lead her band of mutants to safety.

Aired 15 November 1996 • 92 min

A mysterious martial artist is going around and killing martial arts masters with his unique style, Tiger Claw. Two police detectives, who're also martial arts experts, use unorthodox methods to track down the serial killer.

Aired 22 November 1996

A creature of demonic nature, too hideous to have a name, once again terrorizes the college kids that summoned it.

Aired 22 November 1996 • 104 min

A nomad mercenary on a high-tech motorcycle helps bring about the downfall of the evil Orwellian government, the Omega.

Aired 29 November 1996 • 124 min

A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Aired 29 November 1996 • 142 min

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert "freedom school" for runaways.

Aired 6 December 1996 • 104 min

The fearless warrior Red Sonja sets out to avenge her family's murder and rid her kingdom from the tyrannical rule of evil Queen Gedren.

Aired 6 December 1996

This documentary puts forth the theory that UFOs are actually beings from another dimension, and reviews past incidents of UFO sightings in support of that theory.

Aired 13 December 1996

When a recently divorced mother and her two teenage boys move to a coastal town to stay with her father, it doesn't take long for the brothers to realize the area is a haven for something much more sinister than party-going surfers.

Aired 13 December 1996

Jason Voorhees stalks a group of friends who have just arrived to spend the weekend at a cabin near Crystal Lake.

Aired 20 December 1996

A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.

Aired 20 December 1996

The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.

Aired 27 December 1996 • 118 min

A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place for assorted creatures of the night. The vampire then regales him with three stories, each interspersed with musical performances at the club.

Aired 27 December 1996

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.