MonsterQuest
| MonsterQuest | |
|---|---|
 Season one Monster Quest title screen | |
| Narrated by | Stan Benard |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 29 (as of Sept. 24, 2008) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Dale Bosch |
| Producer | Doug Hajicek Collin Mullahy |
| Running time | 44 minutes (without commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | The History Channel |
| Release | October 31, 2007 – present |
Monster Quest is a documentary television series that began to air on October 31, 2007 on The History Channel. The program deals with the search for various cryptozoological creatures reportedly seen around the world.
The purpose of the show is best described by the narrative in the opening credits, "Witnesses around the world report seeing monsters. Are they real or imaginary? Science searches for answers, on Monster Quest."
Reviews
Most critical reviews of Monster Quest pertain to the season one DVD set which was released as a 4 DVD boxed collection on May 27, 2008.
Rich Rosell of Digitally Obsessed gave it a "B-" saying; "The good news is that this isn't a trashy reality show, eager to make everything overblown and sinister. Instead, it takes a seemingly well-researched approach, leaving viewers the opportunity to make up their own minds." and "content is certainly nerd-worthy in an I-want-to-believe/Mulder kind of way".[1]
Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD) gave the show a 5.9 out of 10 review, stating the show is "basically a rehashing of the 1970s / 1980s TV show, In Search Of" and "it leaves you with a sense of either 'been there, done that' or just a feeling of incompleteness because it basically raises as many questions as it tries to answer."[2]
Episodes
Season one
| Ep# | Title | Airdate | Description |
| 101 | America's Loch Ness Monster | October 31, 2007 | Investigation of the plesiosaur-like lake monster nicknamed Champ that supposedly lurks in Lake Champlain, dubbed "America's Loch Ness Monster". |
| 102 | Sasquatch Attack | November 7, 2007 | Investigation of the bizarre attacks upon a remote hunting cabin in Northern Ontario by suspected Bigfoot creatures and other reports of aggressive Sasquatch in the North Western United States. |
| 103 | Giant Squid Found | November 14, 2007 | Investigation off Mexico's Sea of Cortez, into the reported sightings and capture of abnormally large Humbolt Squids. |
| 104 | Birdzilla | November 21, 2007 | Investigation into the legendary Thunderbird and the sightings of other giant birds in Illinois, Texas and Alaska. |
| 105 | Bigfoot | November 28, 2007 | The continued investigations of Bigfoot in Washington State and a digital enhancement study of the infamous 1967 Patterson film. |
| 106 | Mutant Canines | December 5, 2007 | Investigation into reports of attacks on pets and livestock in Maine and Minnesota by strange hybrid canines. |
| 107 | Lions in the Backyard | December 12, 2007 | Investigation into the reports of large black cats and jaguar-like creatures that have been encroaching into human populated areas of Arizona, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York |
| 108 | Gigantic Killer Fish | December 19, 2007 | Investigation into encounters of massive freshwater fish from the Arctic to the Amazon. |
| 109 | Swamp Beast | December 26, 2007 | Investigation into the swamps of Louisiana and Florida to look for the legendary Skunk Ape. |
| 110 | Stalin's Ape Man | January 2, 2008 | Investigation of former Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's supposed plan to create ape-human hybrids. |
| 111 | Unidentified Flying Creatures | January 9, 2008 | Investigation into the purported existence of extra-dimensional atmospheric creatures known as Rods. |
| 112 | The Real Hobbit | January 16, 2008 | Investigation into the Southeast Asian reports of "Hobbit-like" humanoids called Homo floresiensis and the humanoid-ape creature known as the Orang Pendek. |
| 113 | Giganto: the Real King Kong | January 19, 2008 | Investigation into reports of the continued existence of Gigantopithecus - a huge species of extinct ape that inspired the tales of King Kong. |
| 114 | American Werewolf | January 23, 2008 | Investigation into Wisconsin and Michigan reports of a werewolf-like creature also known as the "Beast of Bray Road" and the "Michigan Dogman". |
Season two
Season two is currently airing and the schedule below is subject to change.
| Ep# | Title | Airdate | Description |
| 201 | Mega Hog | May 28, 2008 | Investigation into the reports of gigantic swine like the 800 lb "Hogzilla" shot in Georgia in 2004. |
| 202 | Vampire Beast | June 4, 2008 | Investigation into the 2007 Bolivia, North Carolina reports of strange attacks on livestock and pets by a creature that feeds on blood, and evidence that it appeared once before in the 1950s. |
| 203 | Ghosts | June 11, 2008 | Investigation into the existence of ghosts, studying activity at the Lizzie Borden axe-murder house in Fall River, Massachusetts, a Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, and strange gas station camera footage in Parma, Ohio. |
| 204 | Ohio Grassman | June 18, 2008 | Investigation into the reported sightings and physical evidence of Bigfoot-like creatures that may lurk in the eastern wilderness of the state of Ohio. |
| 205 | Giant Killer Snakes | June 25, 2008 | Investigation into the rumors of massive, man-eating anacondas in Venezuela and enormous, alligator-eating pythons in the Florida Everglades. |
| 206 | Super Rats | July 2, 2008 | Investigation into archaeological evidence that Common Rats grew to enormous size in the past, and a look into recent reports from New York City that these cat-sized rodents could be returning. |
| 207 | Black Beast of Exmoor | July 9, 2008 | Investigation into what witnesses say is a panther-like "black beast" that is killing livestock along an English countryside. |
| 208 | Chupacabra | July 23, 2008 | Investigation of the Chupacabra, or "goat sucker", a mysterious bipedal, or dog-like, blood-draining creature said to be responsible for a rash of unexplained animal killings in Puerto Rico and Texas. |
| 209 | Legend of the Hairy Beast | July 30, 2008 | Investigation into what the Native American legends have to say about Bigfoot. |
| 210 | Vampires in America | August 6, 2008 | Investigation into the legends of vampires that haunted New England in the 1700's and a look at modern-day, self-proclaimed "living vampires" who have a real craving for blood. |
| 211 | Boneless Horror | August 13, 2008 | Investigation into the depths of the North Pacific in search of giant octopus like the legendary Lusca, where some over 200 feet in length, have been reported. |
| 212 | Bigfoot in New York | August 20, 2008 | Investigation into a 1976 bigfoot sighting in upstate New York where several police officers encountered a creature known as the "Monster of Whitehall" that still haunts the area to this day. |
| 213 | Lake Monsters of the North | September 17, 2008 | Investigation into the search for "Cressie", what Native Americans call the "Pond Devil" and say is giant eel that lurks in the depths of Newfoundland's Crescent Lake. |
| 214 | China's Wildman | September 21, 2008 | Investigation into a Chinese government-led search effort for the Yeren – a wild man said to be covered in thick red hair, 5-7 feet tall, and supposedly lurking in the country's remote Hubei province. |
| 215 | Giant Bear Attack | September 24, 2008 | Investigation into horrific reports of bear attacks, from Alaska to New Jersey, focusing on witness accounts and physical remains that may be evidence of new hybrid bears of pre-historic size. |
| 216 | Giant Squid Ambush | October 8, 2008 | Return investigation to Mexico's Sea of Cortez to look at new research and evidence behind the existence of 100-foot long squids. |
| 217 | Monster Spiders | October 22, 2008 | A look at man's fear of spiders starting with the infamous Solifugae, or "Camel Spider" a large desert-dwelling arachnid of Iraq that has spawned urban legends from American soldiers serving there, and a trek into the jungles of Peru in search of other massive arachnids, some local villagers claim are large enough to eat a small dog. |
Upcoming season two cryptids
- Jaws in Illinois
- Investigation of reports that Bull Sharks have swam inland up the Mississippi River and as far as the state of Illinois and also the Greenland Sharks, known to have killed Caribou along the St. Lawrence River seaway.
- Real Dragons
- A look at reports of attacks on humans by the world's largest known lizard, the Komodo Dragon, and an investigation into reports that an even bigger lizard, the supposedly extinct Megalania, may still lurk in Australia's Blue Mountains region.
- Sasquatch Attack II
- A return investigation to look at new DNA evidence to identify a creature that has torn apart a remote cabin in Northern Ontario.
Proof of Existence
On some episodes of the show, the Monsterquest team has actually found very real proof of the monster's existence.
- In the episode "Giant Squid Found" they actually do film a very large, and I mean 60-120 foot in the depths of the Sea of Cortez based upon their "Trojan Squid" cam.
- In the episode about Sasquatch, while the Monstequest team is by their cabin something in the nearby forest is throwing rocks at the crew. One man even threw a rock back and it reacted by throwing one right back.
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