Monsters: Rerunstarts as college student Allison (Rachel Jones) is visited by Tony Sterling, a big TV star that she has a crush on. The only problem is that Tony has been dead for three months & he has come back as a zombie to make love to Allison. Concerned for Allison her friend Matt visit's Tony's ex-agent (Kaye Ballard) who reveals to him that Tony was dabbling in Satanism & Witchcraft before he died, Matt soon realises that Tony wants much more from Allison than her love & that she is in great danger...
Episode four from season two of Monsters this originally aired in the US during October 1989, directed by John Auerbach one has to say that Rerun is right down there with some of the poorer episodes from the show such as Their Divided Self (1989) & Satan in the Suburbs (1989) from season one & is the worst episode from the second season so far. The episode only lasts for twenty odd minutes & as such the story feels rushed, there's little scraps of plot here about soul's & animals, hell, soul stealing, people may not be who they appear to be & for some reason Tony likes to bite people on the neck for no apparent reason. The plot is predictable, not that much happens & it's only a few amusing lines of dialogue that save it from being a total turkey.
There's a really over-the-top showbiz agent character in this who wears some of the most ridiculous looking thick rimmed white glasses I have seen. There's no real horror here & the monster in this episode is an eel like thing that is only very briefly seen at the end. Rerun has a bit of romance but like the rest of the episode it doesn't really work. There's a brief but shameless reference to Creepshow 2 (1987) which was made by the same production company & was also a horror anthology as an impossible to miss poster for it is seen hanging in the agent's office. The acting & production values are alright but nothing special.
Rerun is definitely a Monsters episode that isn't worth a second viewing, one of the weaker episodes & maybe the weakest from season two overall.
Episode four from season two of Monsters this originally aired in the US during October 1989, directed by John Auerbach one has to say that Rerun is right down there with some of the poorer episodes from the show such as Their Divided Self (1989) & Satan in the Suburbs (1989) from season one & is the worst episode from the second season so far. The episode only lasts for twenty odd minutes & as such the story feels rushed, there's little scraps of plot here about soul's & animals, hell, soul stealing, people may not be who they appear to be & for some reason Tony likes to bite people on the neck for no apparent reason. The plot is predictable, not that much happens & it's only a few amusing lines of dialogue that save it from being a total turkey.
There's a really over-the-top showbiz agent character in this who wears some of the most ridiculous looking thick rimmed white glasses I have seen. There's no real horror here & the monster in this episode is an eel like thing that is only very briefly seen at the end. Rerun has a bit of romance but like the rest of the episode it doesn't really work. There's a brief but shameless reference to Creepshow 2 (1987) which was made by the same production company & was also a horror anthology as an impossible to miss poster for it is seen hanging in the agent's office. The acting & production values are alright but nothing special.
Rerun is definitely a Monsters episode that isn't worth a second viewing, one of the weaker episodes & maybe the weakest from season two overall.
