Monsters: The Family Man starts as widowed mother of two Angie (Annie Corley) invites her new boyfriend Warren (Michael O'Gorman) to a family meal to meet her children, Neil (Calvin Armitage) & Teri (Kelli Rabke). While wearing his dead father's old glasses Neil sees Warren in his true form, a hideous Lizard monster that preys on vulnerable families but his mum won't believe him. Neil has to take drastic action in order to save his family from the slimy monster Warren but how is he going to convince them his story is true?
Episode twenty four from the second season of Monsters this originally aired in the US during June 1990, directed by Michael Warren Powell this was the final episode from the second season & is a bit of an improvement on the previous few. The script tries to say something meaningful about family life & the importance of it but with the usual Monsters twist, some aspects of Family Man work well while other's less so. The basic idea is quite cool with some monster trying to marry into an ordinary suburban family but the concept begins & ends there, there's no real explanation behind the monster or it's motives which are barely touched upon. To be honest the only reason Family Man is worth watching is because of the basic story & the viewer wanting to know what the monster is after & what will happen to the family so when both aspects of the story never really satisfy it's a little disappointing. The ending seems rushed & isn't really a twist as much as a quick way to finish the episode.
As usual for Monsters this is reasonably well made, the fake looking exterior garden set looks cheap & there's only four character's in the entire thing but Warren when seen as his monster self looks good with nice make-up effects. Family Man seems to have been filmed with the express intention of featuring a Robocop (1987) poster in the background as much as possible, it's just the poster is seen a lot considering Family man only lasts for just over twenty minutes. The acting is alright but Neil the young boy isn't that great & it's no surprise that family Man is his only screen credit.
Family Man is a neat enough way to pass twenty odd minutes, the actual monster looks good & the story has potential & keeps you watching even if it ultimately fails to deliver on it's promise. Not bad at all.
Episode twenty four from the second season of Monsters this originally aired in the US during June 1990, directed by Michael Warren Powell this was the final episode from the second season & is a bit of an improvement on the previous few. The script tries to say something meaningful about family life & the importance of it but with the usual Monsters twist, some aspects of Family Man work well while other's less so. The basic idea is quite cool with some monster trying to marry into an ordinary suburban family but the concept begins & ends there, there's no real explanation behind the monster or it's motives which are barely touched upon. To be honest the only reason Family Man is worth watching is because of the basic story & the viewer wanting to know what the monster is after & what will happen to the family so when both aspects of the story never really satisfy it's a little disappointing. The ending seems rushed & isn't really a twist as much as a quick way to finish the episode.
As usual for Monsters this is reasonably well made, the fake looking exterior garden set looks cheap & there's only four character's in the entire thing but Warren when seen as his monster self looks good with nice make-up effects. Family Man seems to have been filmed with the express intention of featuring a Robocop (1987) poster in the background as much as possible, it's just the poster is seen a lot considering Family man only lasts for just over twenty minutes. The acting is alright but Neil the young boy isn't that great & it's no surprise that family Man is his only screen credit.
Family Man is a neat enough way to pass twenty odd minutes, the actual monster looks good & the story has potential & keeps you watching even if it ultimately fails to deliver on it's promise. Not bad at all.