7.8 /10 1 Votes
8.6/10 TV Country of origin United States No. of seasons 4 Executive producer(s) Dale Bosch Narrated by Stan Bernard Network History | 7.2/10 IMDb Original language(s) English No. of episodes 68 First episode date 31 October 2007 Theme song MonsterQuest Theme Song Cast Stan Bernard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar MysteryQuest, Monsters and Mysteries, Weird Travels, Is It Real?, Beast Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MonsterQuest (sometimes written as Monsterquest or Monster Quest) is an American television series that originally aired from October 31, 2007 to March 24, 2010 on the History channel. Produced by Whitewolf Entertainment, the program deals with the search for various cryptozoological creatures (cryptids) and paranormal entities reportedly witnessed around the world. A spin-off show, MysteryQuest, which focuses on unsolved mysteries, premiered on September 16, 2009.
Contents
The purpose of the show is best described by the narrator, Stan Bernard, in the introduction:
Reception
Most critical reviews of MonsterQuest 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-", stating, "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." He also believed that the "content is certainly nerd-worthy in an I-want-to-believe/Mulder kind of way".
Cinematic Happenings Under Development (CHUD) gave the show a 5.9/10 review, saying that 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."
Diablo Cody gave the show high praise in the October 24, 2008 issue of the magazine Entertainment Weekly. She says, "I found a minotaur in that labyrinth of suck: MonsterQuest...on the History Channel."
Notable case findings
The episode titled "America's Wolfman" made news when "The Gable Film" was uncovered as a hoax when a team uncovered irregularities in the film, and then forced the hoaxers to confess to werewolf expert Linda Godfrey. However the Hoaxers say that they told MonsterQuest from the beginning that the film was a fake and they fabricated the "investigation" to make a more interesting episode.
Cancellation
In a statement made March 24, 2010 on the cryptozoological blog CryptoMundo, MonsterQuest producer Doug Hajicek announced that History Channel had canceled the series midway through 4th season. Hajicek said, "The official end of MonsterQuest did not happen because of any lack of topics or for lack of viewers. The Network has decided to go another direction to assure their future as a powerful force in television."
Season 1
Released 2010 contains 14 episodes running approx 600 minutes
Note: Due to a production error, "Giganto - The Real King Kong" was not included on the DVD release. It has been listed that an episode titled "Tree Man" appeared on the DVD release as episode 14. But no evidence can be found to support this on any of the worldwide DVD releases.
Season 2
Released 2010 contains 20 episodes running approx 900 minutes
Season 3
Released 2011 contains 25 episodes running approx 1100 minutes