MonsterVision

Season 1998

"Monstervision" was a hosted movie show, with a number of hosts, one being John Bloom as "Joe Bob Briggs".

Where to Watch MonsterVision • Season 1998

101 Episodes

  • Strays (1991)
    E1
    Strays (1991)A yuppie couple buys a remote country home unaware of the local feral cat problem. They soon find themselves terrorized by the horde of viscous and bloodthirsty... cats. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • The Beast Within (1982)
    E2
    The Beast Within (1982)The growing pains of a teenage boy born from an unholy union between his mother and a swamp beast send him into the murky deep to find his father. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Carrie (1976)
    E3
    Carrie (1976)
  • The Warriors (1979)
    E4
    The Warriors (1979)Coney Island gang gets blamed for murder during an all-gang meeting. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in New York is after the Warriors! Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • The Wraith (1986)
    E5
    The Wraith (1986)
  • Galaxis (1995)
    E6
    Galaxis (1995)Legend says that the sacred crystal is the source for all life and was created at the beginning of time. Kyla has sought the crystal to use its powers for himself and he takes the crystal after smashing the defenders on the Planet Sintaria. But there is another identical crystal on Earth and Ladera heads there to get it before the evil Kyla. She finds that Jed has taken the crystal from is hiding place, but Victor and his inexhaustible hit men want it for money they gave to Jed. Ladera easily handles the weak earthlings and saves Jed, but Kyla is also after the crystal. Jed and Ladera must find the crystal before Kyla, the clueless cops or the dimwitted villains.
  • Black Sunday (1977)
    E7
    Black Sunday (1977)An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
  • The Exorcist (1973)
    E8
    The Exorcist (1973)
  • The Hand (1981)
    E9
    The Hand (1981)
  • Teen Wolf (1985)
    E10
    Teen Wolf (1985)An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself turning into a werewolf. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • The Fly (1986)
    E11
    The Fly (1986)Jeff Goldblum gets into a teleporter without a proper sanitation check, and it leads to one of the best Drive-In make-up effects in history. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Excalibur (1981)
    E12
    Excalibur (1981)
  • Swamp Thing (1982)
    E13
    Swamp Thing (1982)
  • Maximum Overdrive (1986)
    E14
    Maximum Overdrive (1986)
  • Creepshow (1982)
    E15
    Creepshow (1982)Inspired by the E.C. comics of the 1950s, George A. Romero and Stephen King bring five tales of terror to the screen.
  • Immortal Combat (1994)
    E16
    Immortal Combat (1994)
  • Superbeast (1972)
    E17
    Superbeast (1972)
  • She (1965)
    E18
    She (1965)The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
  • She (1983)
    E19
    She (1983)
  • The Seventh Sign (1988)
    E20
    The Seventh Sign (1988)
  • Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
    E21
    Look Who's Talking Too (1990)
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
    E22
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)A flighty teenage girl learns that she is her generation's destined battler of vampires.
  • Hammer (1972)
    E23
    Hammer (1972)Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and begins a lucrative career in the ring, only to find out that his new employer wants him to throw a fight and take part in other illicit activities. Hammer reacts to this news violently, and the feud is on.
  • It Lives Again (1978)
    E24
    It Lives Again (1978)Another suburban woman is about to give birth to a mutant monster as an epidemic of monster babies sweeps across America. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)
    E25
    It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (1987)A kindhearted judge lets the mutant babies live out their lives on a secluded island, and now we get unruly 5 year olds with sharp teeth marauding through the tropical foliage. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • The Goonies (1985)
    E26
    The Goonies (1985)A group of kids goes treasure hunting, faces gangsters, puzzles and monsters, all to save their homes from an evil land developer. Joe Bob gives it ★
  • Gremlins (1984)
    E27
    Gremlins (1984)Mischievous monsters take over a Norman Rockwell-looking town and harass a bunch of character actors. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
    E28
    Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)A boy and his grandpa go on a VIP tour of a local factory where they're met with song, whimsy... and terror. Intermission segments feature a call with the director Mel Stewart.
  • Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)
    E29
    Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980)Originally a gritty two-part TV mini series telling a true story of the the life behind the cold grey walls of "The Rock". Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • The Warriors (1979)
    E30
    The Warriors (1979)
  • Red Sonja (1985)
    E31
    Red Sonja (1985)Red Sonja is leader of tribe of amazons who are riding in search of evil Queen Gedren, so they can avenge the death of 20 virgins who got tossed into a pit of boiling grease. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
    E32
    Prelude to a Kiss (1992)Alec Baldwin and Meg Ryan struggle to come to terms with their relationship. Hang in there, get past the sappy love story part and it it will get pretty interesting, pretty fast. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    E33
    Rosemary's Baby (1968)A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building. Soon, the woman suspects her neighbors have sinister plans for her pregnancy. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★, a horror classic.
  • Genesis II (1973)
    E34
    Genesis II (1973)Gene Rodenberry's failed Star Trek follow-up. A NASA scientist wakes in New Mexico of the future after spending 150 years in suspended animation. Joe Bob gives it ★
  • The Dead Zone (1983)
    E35
    The Dead Zone (1983)Christopher Walken comes out of a coma with the ability to see the future and tries to stop a disaster from happening in this Stephen King adaptation. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)
    E36
    Warlock: The Armageddon (1993)When an evil Warlock tries to unleash Satan upon this earth, a suburban Druid order calls upon two California teens to find the runestones to stop him. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
    E37
    Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)Raymond Burr and around 3000 Japanese extras are pitted against a 12-story lizard with bad breath awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)
    E38
    Godzilla vs Mothra (1964)Japan is under attack from two monsters in this classic battle between a rampaging Godzilla and a colossal moth unwittingly hatched by greedy tycoons. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
    E39
    When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)Another Hammer dinosaur flick without a single line of English dialog filled with drop dead gorgeous cave women wearing only two strips of fuzzy dental floss. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Prehistoric Women (1967)
    E40
    Prehistoric Women (1967)An African Explorer gets sucked into a time-space vortex thingamajiggy and ends up in a rhino worshiping cave women civilization. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • The Fury (1978)
    E41
    The Fury (1978)Top secret government agency kidnaps young people with psychokinetic powers and trains them as secret weapons. Now they're after Kirk Douglas' son. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Saturn 3 (1980)
    E42
    Saturn 3 (1980)Sex crazed drug-head space pirate tries to steal Farrah Fawcett away from Kirk Douglas by programming a cyborg to take over their brains. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • Parents (1989)
    E43
    Parents (1989)A young boy living in typical middle class 50s suburbia is becoming concerned about his parents' fondness for "mystery meat." Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)
    E44
    Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)Kristy Swanson is a 10th century Bavarian peasant girl frozen by sorcerer's spell who returns as a 1991 department store window display. Joe Bob gives it ★½... ★★½ if you're already drunk.
  • Phantasm II (1988)
    E45
    Phantasm II (1988)Tall Man is back with three silver balls and a full levitating hand. It's up to a recent mental patient Mike and his friend Reggie to end his macabre practices. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • The Beast Within (1982)
    E46
    The Beast Within (1982)A mutant insect teenager is compelled to return to the place he was conceived. Soon dead bodies start piling up as his parents struggle to understand what's happening. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Orca (1977)
    E47
    Orca (1977)A sensitive story of a death duel between a killer whale and a careless man who killed the whale's wife. Featuring multiple character actor chompings. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)
    E48
    Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)A government scientist's quest to build the ultimate fighter plane leads to a time-tripping nightmare in Nazi Germany. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • Back to the Future (1985)
    E49
    Back to the Future (1985)Week 1 of Joe Bob's summer school: Physics. The feel good time travel hit of 1985 about what would happen if you turned a DeLorean into a time machine and went back 30 years to get involved in your parents' love life. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Time After Time (1979)
    E50
    Time After Time (1979)Week 1 of Joe Bob's summer school: Physics. Jack the Ripper jumps into H.G Wells' time machine and zaps himself to 70s San Francisco. H.G. Wells follows. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • The Beastmaster (1982)
    E51
    The Beastmaster (1982)Week 2 of Joe Bob's summer school: Animal Rights with a guest ferret expert. A sword & sorcery story of Dar who, with the help of his ferret sidekicks, combats the schemes of The Sorceress and Balcifer, Lord of Darkness. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)
    E52
    Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time (1991)Week 2 of Joe Bob's summer school: Animal Rights with a guest pet psychic. Beastmatster Dar and his animal companions time warp to 1990s Los Angeles to stop his evil brother from stealing a devastating weapon. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996)
    E53
    Beastmaster III: The Eye of Braxus (1996)Week 2 of Joe Bob's summer school: Animal Rights. Beastmaster is back in barbarian times where he's battling a sorcerer planning to revive a demonic god with a sacred jewel. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)
    E54
    Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994)Week 3 of Joe Bob's summer school: Philosophy with director Wes Craven Fantasy and reality meet as the horrific Freddy Krueger steps out of Elm St. and into the real-life of the actress who played his killer in the original. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
    E55
    The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)Week 3 of Joe Bob's summer school: Philosophy with director Wes Craven. A Harvard guy goes down to Haiti to find the formula for turning people into zombies, but the secret police gives him more than he bargained for. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Surviving the Game (1994)
    E56
    Surviving the Game (1994)Week 4 of Joe Bob's summer school: Black Studies with guest lecturer Ice-T. Ice-T plays a homeless man hired as a hunting guide only to find that his employers hunt humans for sport. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Cleopatra Jones (1973)
    E57
    Cleopatra Jones (1973)Week 4 of Joe Bob's summer school: Black Studies with guest lecturer Ice-T. Secret agent and karate babe Cleopatra Jones tries to rescue her boyfriend from a drug-queen pervert known as Mommy.
  • The Wraith (1986)
    E58
    The Wraith (1986)Week 5 of Joe Bob's summer school: Driver's Ed. The best science fiction car crash revenge ghost comedy of 1986. Staring Charlie Sheen, Nick Cassavetes, and a black Dodge Turbo Interceptor. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Duel (1971)
    E59
    Duel (1971)Week 5 of Joe Bob's summer school: Driver's Ed. Diabolical exhaust belching big-rig goes head to head with a befuddled Dennis Weaver on the highways of California. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • They Live (1988)
    E60
    They Live (1988)Week 6 of Joe Bob's summer school: Phys Ed with guest lecturer Roddy Piper. Rowdy Roddy Piper finds sunglasses that allow him to see the truth: a cabal of outer-space ghouls is controling the world with subliminal messages. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Immortal Combat (1994)
    E61
    Immortal Combat (1994)Week 6 of Joe Bob's summer school: Phys Ed with guest lecturer Roddy Piper. Rowdy Roddy Piper and Sonny Chiba battle an army of ancient Mayan steroid monster zombie kung-fu killers in a Caribbean jungle. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Poison Ivy (1992)
    E62
    Poison Ivy (1992)Week 7 of Joe Bob's summer school: Sex Ed with author Nancy Friday. A seductive teen befriends an introverted high school student and schemes her way into the lives of her wealthy family. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Poison Ivy 2: Lily (1995)
    E63
    Poison Ivy 2: Lily (1995)Week 7 of Joe Bob's summer school: Sex Ed. A naive art student from Michigan finds Ivy's diary and decides to be just like her. See-through top and all. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • Red Dawn (1984)
    E64
    Red Dawn (1984)Week 8 of Joe Bob's summer school: ROTC with col. David Hackworth After half of class of '84 gets sprayed with semi-automatic fire by invading communists, a group of teens heads to the mountains to become guerrilla fighters. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • WarGames (1983)
    E65
    WarGames (1983)Week 8 of Joe Bob's summer school: ROTC with col. David Hackworth An underachiever is on the run after mistakenly hacking into US defense system and almost causing World War III playing Global Thermonuclear War. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Motel Hell (1980)
    E66
    Motel Hell (1980)Week 9 of Joe Bob's summer school: Acne with Dr. Vail Reese. Local sheriff learns the secret behind the world-famous home made sausages produced at his siblings' motel. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Return of the Living Dead, Part II (1988)
    E67
    Return of the Living Dead, Part II (1988)Week 9 of Joe Bob's summer school: Acne. Secret zombie gas makes the local dead rise. Now it's up to a 12 year old, his leotard-clad sister and a cable TV installer to stop this zombie-rama. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Carrie (1976)
    E68
    Carrie (1976)Week 10 of Joe Bob's summer school: Occult Studies with a modern-day witch. The movie that made Sissy Spacek one of the most famous supernatural psycho killers in horror movie history, and dealt with tampons and pads in an adult manner. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Embrace of the Vampire (1995)
    E69
    Embrace of the Vampire (1995)Week 10 of Joe Bob's summer school: Occult Studies. A local vampire tries to turn a co-ed reincarnation of his old girlfriend into a vampire so they can spend eternity snacking on bisexual college kids. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • The Last Starfighter (1984)
    E70
    The Last Starfighter (1984)Teenage video game whizz is taken from his trailer park to a planet of receding hairlines so he can use his skills to protect the galaxy from invasion. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • Peacemaker (1990)
    E71
    Peacemaker (1990)Hilary Shepard is caught between two starmen in this space-alien super cop stunt movie that's the best wheels & triggers action flick since Action Jackson. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Coma (1978)
    E72
    Coma (1978)Doctor discovers hanky-panky going on in her big Boston hospital, as relatively healthy patients end up in comas. Honest to goodness 70s classic. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Waxwork (1988)
    E73
    Waxwork (1988)College students get too close to the wax dummies and get zapped to an alternate reality where famous ghouls and sadists want to rip their throats out. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
    E74
    Big Trouble in Little China (1986)John Carpenter blends comedy, martial arts, adventure and horror into a comic book tale of intrigue in San Francisco's Сhinatown. Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, and hopping vampires.
  • Theodore Rex (1996)
    E75
    Theodore Rex (1996)
  • One Million Years B.C. (1966)
    E76
    One Million Years B.C. (1966)A cave-man banished from his tribe gets romantic with fur bikini-clad Raquel Welch and fights a lot of giant iguanas and animated dinosaurs. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • King Kong Lives (1986)
    E77
    King Kong Lives (1986)Kong is in search of his monkey missus after coming back to life in east Tennessee. It's only a matter of time before you-know-what: Monkey Fu! Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • The Gate (1987)
    E78
    The Gate (1987)Two kids dig up a meteor in their backyard and accidentally mumble some heavy metal rock music lyrics into the hole which summons up the devil. Chucky the doll joins via satellite link. Joe Bob gives it ★★
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
    E79
    Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)Four big name directors set out to capture the spirit of the original show. Two of the stories are good, the other two suck. Find out which. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • It's Alive (1974)
    E80
    It's Alive (1974)Newborn goes straight from his mother's womb to a killing spree in L.A., attacking innocent milkmen and leaving a trail of phony blood wherever it goes. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • It Lives Again (1978)
    E81
    It Lives Again (1978)Another suburban woman is about to give birth to mutant monster in this sequel from Larry Cohen, who thinks horribly deformed angry babies are kind of funny. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Friday the 13th (1980)
    E82
    Friday the 13th (1980)The Halloween dusk-to-dawn marathon opens with the movie that created the slasher formula of teens getting butchered cause they were having too much sex. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
    E83
    Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)With slight hiccups, dusk-to-dawn marathon continues with Friday the 13th, Part 2 that picks up right up with the same girl exactly where the first one ends. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)
    E84
    Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982)Despite broken drive-in totals, dusk-to-dawn marathon continues with the same thing that happened in Part 1 and Part 2: bunch of teenagers go into the woods and they don't come out. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)
    E85
    Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985)Dusk-to-dawn marathon is experiencing more problems, with Part 4 now missing among other difficulties, Joe Bob and the crew skip to Part 5. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
    E86
    Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)The marathon concludes despite the escalating issues in the studio with Jason getting zapped back to life by a bolt of lightning and going after more teens. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
    E87
    Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)A post-apocalyptic drifter stumbles into a capitalist city where he takes on Tina Turner and her championship wrestling reject with a midget on his back. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Play Misty for Me (1971)
    E88
    Play Misty for Me (1971)Clint Eastwood's directorial debut in which he stars as a radio host whose life gets turned upside down after an encounter with an obsessed fan. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Needful Things (1993)
    E89
    Needful Things (1993)An extended version (with about 46 sub-plots) of the Stephen King flick about an antique store offering enticing items that cost more than just money. Until Ed Harris intervenes. Joe Bob gives it ★★½
  • Jaws (1975)
    E90
    Jaws (1975)Big shark terrorizes tourist trap, makes water too bloody for swimming, three drunk guys go a-hunting. Featuring two music notes that'll make you scared to go back in the water. Joe Bob gives it ★★★★
  • Four Days in November (1964)
    E91
    Four Days in November (1964)A solemn documentary presentation for the 35th anniversary of Kennedy assassination with the director/producer Mel Stewart and Dallas Times reporter Bob Porter. No rating or drive-in totals.
  • Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
    E92
    Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)Five siblings are left for the summer with a babysitter that looks like an old lady, but acts like Rambo. The old bat dies off the bat, leaving the kids fending for themselves. Joe Bob gives it ★½
  • Deadly Friend (1986)
    E93
    Deadly Friend (1986)Basically a breakfast club version of Bride of Frankenstein - a kid sticks a robot brain into a dead girl's body, then tries to stop her from killing all the neighbors. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • The Fog (1980)
    E94
    The Fog (1980)Adrienne Barbeau double feature. A century after a shipwreck kills six sailors off the coast of small California town, an evil fog brings them back. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Swamp Thing (1982)
    E95
    Swamp Thing (1982)Adrienne Barbeau double feature. After a fiery incident with corporate mercenaries in a swamp research facility, a scientist turns into one of the first environmental superheroes and fights back. No rating or drive-in totals.
  • Joe's Apartment (1996)
    E96
    Joe's Apartment (1996)A guy is taking dating advice from the talking cockroaches living in his NY apartment. Possibly the best cockroach musical filmed in the East Village. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Nightbreed (1990)
    E97
    Nightbreed (1990)A man is drawn to a mythical home of slime gloopola monsters underneath a cemetery in northern Canada, while a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • Gremlins (1984)
    E98
    Gremlins (1984)A very Joe Bob Christmas Special with songs by Rusty's tabernacle choir and the only Christmas movie with a "pet" exploded in a microwave. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½
  • Pet Shop (1994)
    E99
    Pet Shop (1994)A very Joe Bob Christmas continues. Couple of aliens land in an Arizona suburb and give bunch of outer-space animals to some kids from Brooklyn who are in the witness protection program. Joe Bob gives it ★½
  • Raising Cain (1992)
    E100
    Raising Cain (1992)John Lithgow goes multiple personality on us as he kidnaps his friends' kids, so his even more psycho daddy can put him in a cage and study him. Joe Bob gives it ★★★
  • The People Under the Stairs (1991)
    E101
    The People Under the Stairs (1991)Wes Craven's socially redeeming child abuse classic about a kid who finds out his landlords imprisoned a little girl and keep zombie mutants between the walls. Joe Bob gives it ★★★½

 

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