MonsterVision Season 2, Episode 98: Cocoon (1985)

The Fly (1986)

A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.

85 min

Teen Wolf (1986)

Scott plays hoops for a local high school basketball team before turning into a wolf.

Burnt Offerings

Theatre of Blood (1973)

A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.

When Time Ran Out... (1980)

An active volcano threatens a south Pacific island resort and its guests as a power struggle ensues between the property's developer and a drilling foreman.

121 min

Deadly Friend (1986)

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.

Saturn 3 (1980)

A madman (Harvey Keitel) and his shiny robot chase a May-December couple (Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas) doing food research on Saturn's third moon.

107 min

From Beyond (1986)

A group of scientists have developed the Resonator, a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality. But when the experiment succeeds, they are immediately attacked by terrible life forms.

100 min

Shaft (1971)

A crime lord hires black private eye, John Shaft, to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

120 min

CyberTracker (1994)

Eric is a secret agent currently working as a security guard for senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he does not only have Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but also those nearly undefeatable Trackers.

115 min

Predator (1987)

A team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

131 min

Slaughter High (1986)

An April Fools' prank returns to haunt Doddsville High's alumni when they attend a reunion at their abandoned school.

110 min

Man's Best Friend (1993)

A genetically engineered dog escapes from the science facility where it was created. A family takes it in unaware of its deadly instincts which soon emerge. The scientist who created the dog tries to find it before its too late.

China Girl (1987)

When Tony and Tyan-Hwa fall in love, they tip the balance of power in New York's Little Italy and Chinatown. The forbidden romance between an Italian boy and a Chinese girl starts a tragic conflict between ethnic gangs.

102 min

She (1984)

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.

123 min

Soylent Green (1973)

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

Alien (1979)

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

138 min

It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)

In 1973, the first manned expedition to Mars is marooned; by the time a rescue mission arrives, there is only one survivor: the leader, Col. Edward Carruthers, who appears to have murdered the others! According to Carruthers, an unknown life form killed his comrades during a sandstorm. But the skeptical rescuers little suspect that "it" has stowed away for the voyage back to Earth...

87 min

Megaforce (1982)

When the country of sardun need help defending itself from its neighbor country, it seeks out the super secret millitary team megaforce. When the team deploys and defeats the enemy's army they discover they did too good of a job, and now they could start a war.

115 min

Warrior of the Lost World (1983)

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

104 min

Time Runner (1993)

During the unstoppable alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992 in hope of changing the future. But attempt after attempt is made by someone there to catch and kill him.

105 min

The Protector (1985)

Two New York City cops, Billy Wong and Danny Garoni, head to Hong Kong after the daughter of a rich businessman is kidnapped by the drug lord, Mr. Ko.

113 min

Skeeter (1993)

As the result of a corrupt businessman's illegal toxic waste dumping, a small desert town is beset by a deadly swarm of huge bloodthirsty mutant mosquitoes!

112 min

Endangered Species (1982)

About a retired New York cop on Vacation in America's West who is drawn into a female sheriff's investigation of a mysterious series of cattle killings.

111 min

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)

Sanna escapes being sacrificed and meets Tara. Together, they live in a seaside tribe that worships the Sun God and survive the dangers of the creatures from the Mesozoic Era.

121 min

Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)

Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.

106 min

Sleepstalker (1995)

A serial killer known as "The Sandman" is resurrected by a voodoo priest into a body made of sand. To keep his new body, he must track down and kill the one victim who escaped him seventeen years before.

118 min

Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)

In the sci-fi thriller The Philadelphia Experiment the sole survivor of a wartime experiment is catapulted 41 years into the future and must race to save the world as we know it. It's now 10 years later--1993.

Alien 3 (1992)

Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.

163 min

Barbarella (1968)

In the 41st century, an astronaut partakes in sexy misadventures while seeking to stop an evil scientist who threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

117 min

Steel Dawn (1987)

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by the leader of a murderous gang who's after the water they control.

Ghoulies (1985)

A young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons.

95 min

The Birds (1963)

A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.

142 min

Troll (1986)

A wicked troll king in search of a mystical ring that will transform him to human form invades a San Francisco apartment complex where a powerful witch lives.

98 min

Trancers (1985)

A gruff bounty hunter travels back in time to 1980s Los Angeles to stop a twisted criminal who can transform people into zombie-like creatures.

89 min

Child's Play (1988)

A dying serial killer transfers his consciousness into a popular kids doll using voodoo. A struggling single mother gifts her six-year-old son the much sought-after doll for his birthday, and the doll slowly begins to show its true colors.

102 min

Theodore Rex (1996)

In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.

98 min

Capricorn One (1978)

When the first manned flight to Mars is deemed unsafe and scrubbed on the launch pad, anxious authorities must scramble to save face and retain their funding - and so an unthinkable plot to fake the mission is hatched.

148 min

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)

After being mortally wounded and taken to the morgue, murderer Jason Voorhees spontaneously revives and embarks on a killing spree as he makes his way back to his home at Camp Crystal Lake.

118 min