Monsters HD was the first all-horror channel, and broadcast exclusively in 1080i high definition

High-definition television

High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...

. Monsters HD was the longest-running HI-Def Horror and Creature Feature channel to date. Programming included uncut and commercial-free monster movies featuring such villains as Michael Myers (Halloween)

Michael Myers (Halloween)

Michael Myers is a fictional character from the Halloween series of slasher films. He first appears in John Carpenter's Halloween as a young boy who murders his older sister, then fifteen years later returns home to murder more teenagers...

(Halloween

Halloween

Hallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...

), Freddy Krueger

Freddy Krueger

Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a fictional, horrifying character from the Nightmare on Elm Street series of horror films. He first appears in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street as a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams,...

(A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American slasher film directed and written by Wes Craven, and the first film of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. The film features Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Amanda Wyss, Jsu Garcia, Robert Englund, and Johnny Depp in his feature film...

), Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees

Jason Voorhees is a fictional character from the Friday the 13th series of slasher films. He first appeared in Friday the 13th , as the son of camp cook-turned-murderer, Mrs. Voorhees, in which he was portrayed by Ari Lehman. Created by Victor Miller, with contributions by Ron Kurz, Sean S...

(Friday The 13th

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, which superstition holds to be a day of bad luck. In the Gregorian calendar, this day occurs at least once, but at most three times a year...

), Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...

and Godzilla

Godzilla

is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...

.

It was part of the Voom HD Networks and was available through Cablevision and Dish Network

Dish Network

Dish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...

. Monsters HD, along with other Voom HD channels, ceased operations on January 20, 2009.

Films played in High Definition (720p) throughout Monsters HD's run (list in progress):
Alone in the Dark (1982, Horror)
Alienator
Amazing Colossal Man, The (1957, SciFi)
Amityville Horror, The (1979, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Amityville II: The Possession, The (1982, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Amityville: The Demon (1983, Horror) shown 1:85:1
And Now the Screaming Starts (1973, Horror)
Asylum (1972, Horror)
Atomic Submarine, The (1959, SciFi)
Beast of Hollow Mountain, The (1956, Horror)
Berserk (1967, Horror)
Breeders (1986, SciFi)
Bloodlust: Subspecies III (1993, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Blacula (1972, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
Boogens, The (1981, Horror)
Bug (1975, Horror)
Burning, The
Creation of the Humanoids (1962, SciFi)
Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Chosen, The / Stridulum (1978, Horror)
Corridors of Blood (1958, Horror)
Crawling Eye, The (1958, SciFi)
Dagora the Space Monster (1964, SciFi) OAR
Daimajin (1966)
Dawn of the Dead (1978, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Day the World Ended, The (1956, SciFi)
Dead Alive (1993, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Demonic Toys (1992, Horror)
Dentist, The (1996, Horror)
Deranged (1974)
Destination Inner Space (1966, SciFi)
Devil Doll (1964, Horror)
Devil's Rain, The (1975, Horror)
Dolls (1987, Horror)
Earth vs. the Spider (1958, SciFi)
Fiend Without a Face (1958, Horror)
First Man Into Space (1959, SciFi)
Frankenstein Conquers the World (1966, SciFi)
From Beyond
Funhouse, The (1981, Horror)
Galaxina (1980, SciFi)
Gamera 2: Assault of the Legion (1996, Horror)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999, SciFi)
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster (1967, SciFi)
Gate, The (1987, Horror)
Godzilla 1985 (American version)
Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1966, SciFi)
Godzilla vs. the Thing (1964, SciFi)
Godzilla's Revenge (1969, SciFi)
Grave of the Vampire (1972, Horror)
Graveyard Shift (1990, Horror)
Grizzly (1976, Horror) shown OAR
Haunted Strangler, The (1958, Horror)
Hearse, The (1980, Horror)
Horror of Party Beach, The (1964, Horror)
House That Dripped Blood, The (1971, Horror)
Humanoids From the Deep (1980, Horror)
Hunchback of Notre Dame, The (1957, Drama)
I Come in Peace (1990, Action / Ad) shown 1:85:1
Invaders From Mars (1986, SciFi)
Island of the Burning Doomed (1967, SciFi)
Madman (1982, Horror)
Mad Monster Party (1967, Children's)
Mighty Peking Man, The (1977, Action / Ad)
Monsterama
Motel Hell (1980)
My Bloody Valentine (1981, Horror)
Neanderthal Man, The (1953, SciFi)
Night of the Living Dead (1968, Horror)
Night of the Demons:
Night of the Demons 2 (1994, Horror)
Nomads
Octaman
Orca (1977, Horror)
Piranha (1978, Horror)
Piñata: Survival Island (2002, Horror)
Planet of the Vampires (1965, SciFi)
Playgirls and the Vampire, The
Puppet Master (1989, Horror)
Puppet Master II (1990, Horror)
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991, Horror)
Puppet Master 4 (1993, Horror) shown 1:85:1
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994, Horror)
Return of Daimajin (1966)
Return of the Living Dead (1985, Horror/Comedy)
Rodan (1956, SciFi)
Revenge of the Zombies (1943, Horror)
Saga of the Viking Women & Their Voyage to the Waters of the Great Sea Serpent, The (1957, Action / Ad)
Scarecrows (1988, Horror)
Scream and Scream Again (1970, Horror)
Shaft, The (2001, Horror)
She Creature, The (1956, Horror)
Slaughter of the Vampires (1962, Horror)
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988, Horror)
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland (1989, Horror) Slasher
Subspecies (1991, Horror)
Superbeast (1972, Horror)
Teenage Caveman (1958, SciFi)
Terror Beneath the Sea (1970, SciFi)
Terror From the Year 5000 (1958, SciFi)
Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975, SciFi)
Thing, The (1982, Horror)
Tomb, The (1986, Horror)
Wicker Man, The (1973, Mystery)
Undead, The (1957, Horror)
Unnamable, The (1988, Horror)
Troll 2 (1992, Horror)
War of the Gargantuas (1966, SciFi)
War of the Colossal Beast (1958, SciFi)
Werewolves on Wheels (1971, Horror)
Wishmaster (1997, Horror)
Wrath of Daimajin (1966)
Varan the Unbelievable (1962, SciFi)
Voodoo Woman (1957, Drama)