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Famous eccentric horror writer Miles (a solid performance by John Diehl) owns a Lovecraftian monster bed that he feeds women to on a regular basis. Miles has his life thrown out of whack after he meets rival horror writer Viki (the always terrific Mary Woronov).

Director Carl Stiner relates the enjoyably offbeat story at a zippy pace as well as maintains an engaging tongue-in-cheek tone throughout. David Odell's witty script manages to be pretty sexy in spots and comes complete with a doozy of a surprise ending. Ruth de Sosa has a funny bit as ditsy groupie Barbara. But what makes this particular episode work like a charm is the fact that it doesn't punk out on its outrageous premise. A real hoot.

Well if you want monsters you get not one but *two* in this weird episode. John Diehl (Miami Vice) is a strange horror novelist who feeds female pick-ups to his bed! Yep, we see one victim suffer a terrible fate when she believes her favorite author, Miles Magnus (Diehl), is about to make love to her, laying on his bed, being eaten alive (she is trapped by these appendages which come from its mouth, pulled through the middle of the bed; we see her reaching arms-open to Miles who just stands and watches her slowly disappear in its mouth, the beast's teeth visible briefly after finishing din-din). Magnus, however, isn't prepared for his chosen next victim, romance novelist, Viki (cult icon Mary Woronov), who has a secret of her own, *lifting* a personal manuscript from his apartment, fleeing while his back is turned. This manuscript is a personally detailed writing of his own experiences, thoughts, and feelings about the bed monster, such as how he is psychically linked to it, mentioning how he feels trapped, while also explaining what it tells him in his dreams. Viki seems to be smitten with this manuscript, calling and inviting Magnus over to her place. Viki just might have a surprise in store for Miles..

For some reason, I found "Pillow Talk", despite the welcome presence of Woronov who plays these clever and intelligent female characters (that sense of mystery and danger she often has is also present as well) really well, rather flat. It has these monsters which are so silly looking I couldn't consider too horrifying. The bed that eats might be a familiar monster to those who have seen the cult flick, "Death Bed: The Bed That Eats", others might find the one in "Pillow Talk" just as grotesque. The other one however, a refrigerator, is just too much; maybe this will give others a nice giggle. The bed monster, according to Diehl, is an ancient creature that has lived since the dinosaurs. The death scenes are done without music, quite an interesting choice since most shows would contain some type of score to place emphasis on the horrible situation befalling victims. Diehl plays his character as absent personality, a real oddball who seems to have an awkward way with women, while Woronov seems capable of luring all sorts of men, because she seems more seductive and sensual (cunning and slick). See this one for Woronov; I would probably even say this is essential viewing for Woronov completists.

Monsters: Pillow Talk starts as horror writer Miles Magnus (John Diehl) & his latest lover Barbara (Ruth de Sosa) enter his apartment, soon Miles has Barbara on his large double bed but much to Barbara's horror his bed turns out to be an ancient tentacled monster with a huge toothy mouth that likes to eat pretty young girls & Barbara quickly becomes it's latest meal. This monster has an insatiable appetite & Miles is always on the look out for more potential food for it, he then meets & charms a fellow writer named Viki (Mary Woronov) who has a secret of her own...

Episode ten from season one of Monsters this originally aired in the US on 24th December which was as we all know is Christmas Eve although one has to say Pillow Talk is far from a festive tale, directed by Carl Stine this is a great episode that I throughly enjoyed. The whole plot revolving a huge monster that eats women living inside some horror writers bed is just a great concept that works very well in a short twenty odd minute horror anthology & there's even a good unexpected twist ending that also works very well in context with the episode & what it's trying to do. Pillow Talk otherwise is quite simplistic but that's one of the reason why it works I suppose, there's a bit of exposition about where the monster came from & that it's either some ancient creature from the beginning of time or an alien of some sort with psychic powers.

The monster in Pillow Talk seems to have been styled on the Sarlacc Pit monster from Return of the Jedi (1983) as it's just a big round mouth with lots of sharp teeth & tentacles to pull pretty young girls inside it. There's a certain ominous atmosphere about it & the story is a little weird & certainly memorable. The acting is alright with veteran actress Mary Woronov quite good as the scheming Viki.

Pillow Talk is yet another bizarre off the wall Monsters episode that works very well, it's sort of creepy in an odd way & it's got a monster which eats girls in it. What more do you want?

A famous writer who holds a dark secret that he contains an ancient creature as a bed, manages to lore young female fans to his home to feed it with. However, he manages to attract a beautiful and strange woman who develops a fondness for him and may just have a dark secret all of her own.

"Pillow Talk" is defiantly a nice title for this cool little tale. This is one I remember fondly watching on the "Chiller" TV channel and on cable years ago, there's several things that go into making this so enjoyable, first John Diehl plays the role of Miles excellently, he comes off as the odd guy with something to hide perfectly. The second is the special effect they use on the creature bed, I mean its so fun and probably the best effect of the series so far, the sounds it makes to its extending tentacles are just perfect. The other creature "SPOILER" is a killer refrigerator its not as good as the bed effect but still nice. The story really benefits from its short run time and ends with a nice and fun twist. So far probably my favorite of the series alongside "Sleeping Dragon".