| "The Waiting Room" | |
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| Air date | January 13th, 1991 |
| Writers | Neal Marshall Stevens |
| Director | Philip Alderton |
| Producers | Ooty Moorehead; Anthony Santa Croce; Richard P. Rubinstein |
| Starring | John Saxon; Lisa Waltz; Christian Le Blanc; Denise Gentile |
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"The Waiting Room" is the sixteenth episode of season three of the television horror anthology series Monsters and the sixty-fourth episode of the series overall. It was directed by Philip Alderton with a teleplay by Neal Marshall Stevens. It first aired in syndication on Sunday, January 13th, 1991.
Synopsis[]
Benjamin O'Connell brings his son John and John's new wife Catherine to the honeymoon suite of a bed and breakfast. He tells them that this is the same room that that he brought his wife to on his own wedding night. In fact, John was conceived in the same room that he is to be staying in this night.
Benjamin holds a dark secret however. The room has magical properties and when opened without hte benefit of light shining in, leads into an altogether different room. Inside is a woman on a four-poster bed. When John disappears into the room, Benjamin confesses to Catherine that he knew of the woman, and once had an affair with her on his wedding night. He left her with child, and she made him promise that he would return to her. Benjamin never kept his promise, so now the woman lays claim to his son instead.
Catherine encounters the woman in the room, and bargains with her to release John if she can bring him Benjamin. Catherine pretends to cry out in pain, urging Benjamin to rush to her aid. As he does so, he enters the room and is now forever trapped with the immortal woman and his grown mutant offspring.
Cast[]
Starring[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| John Saxon | Benjamin O'Connell |
| Lisa Waltz | Catherine O'Connell |
| Christian Le Blanc | John O'Connell |
| Denise Gentile | The woman in the room |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Monsters was created by Mitchell Galin and Richard P. Rubinstein.
- This episode is rated TV-14.
- Dick Smith is a special effects make-up consultant on this series.
- Actor Christian Jules Le Blanc is credited as Christian Le Blanc in this episode.
- This episode marks the directorial debut of Philip Alderton. It is his first, and to date, only work in the horror genre.
- This is the fourth and final episode of Monsters written by Neal Marshall Stevens. He previously worked on "Stressed Environment" in 1990.
- Actor John Saxon is no stranger to the horror genre. He is also known for playing Lieutenant Ken Fuller in the original Black Christmas in 1974. He played Bullmer in Dario Argento's Tenebrae in 1982. He played Lieutenant Donald Thompson in A Nightmare on Elm Street in 1984 as well as its sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
- Actress Lisa Waltz will go on to play Amanda Gilbert in Pet Sematary Two in 1992.
- It is unclear exactly what the woman in the room actually is. She could be a succubus, or just an immortal seductress.
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Births | Flashbacks | Hotel | Immortality