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Monsters HD was television's first 24/7 linear horror and creature feature channel in the United States and premiered exclusively on the Voom DTH satelllite platform, owned by Cablevision, on October 1, 2003. Rainbow Media's AMC Network and its annual October "Monsterfest" programming of horror films served as the springboard and promotional platform for the launch of Monsters HD. Monsters HD commissioned the digital restoration of its film library, bringing them to high definition, and presented world television premieres of films like the Director's Cut of Stuart Gordon's film version of H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond.

In May 2006, the Canadian horror publication Rue Morgue Magazine featured a cover story on the Monsters HD network reporting that the channel also "aired the world television premiere of Bubba Ho Tep" and "has been broadcasting a wide range of beloved classics like The Evil Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Tombs of the Blind Dead, Madman, Psychomania, The Tingler, Abominable Dr. Phibes, Scanners, Curse of the Demon -- you name it -- all presented in 5.1 sound, uncut and completely commercial free." Rue Morgue Magazine also noted that Monsters HD "managed to secure licensing deals with all the major studios -- Paramount and their franchises, MGM (which includes the AIP drive-in classics from Roger Corman to Samuel Arkoff), New Line's (post Paramount) Friday The 13th movies as well as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), the Universal classics, Sony/Columbia's Harryhausen films and even oddball titles like Octaman and Joe Giannone's Madman.

Monsters HD's curation of horror films and thematic program stunts for 2006 were presented in Rue Morgue Magazine's "TV Terror Guide" which cited the channel's monthly marathons, weekly film strips, and double and triple features. Some of the highlights included in Rue Morgue: "Monsters Mother's Day" featuring Larry Cohen's It's Alive,  It Lives Again, and It's Alive III: Island of the Alive;  "Jawsfest" featuring Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3-D and Jaws: The Revenge; "Zombiethon" featuring Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Dead Alive, Dead Heat, The Ghoul; Tombs of the Blind Dead (franchise)|Tombs of The Blind Dead, Sugar Hill and Return of the Living Dead ;  "Monsters Goes Ape" featuring King Kong (1933), Son of Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Mighty Peking Man and King Kong (1976) and "Killer Toy Stories" featuring Child's Play, Child's Play 2, the first five Puppetmaster films and Devil Doll. The channel also aired several original productions, including a series focusing on different genre celebrities, special effects artists, monster movie props and creature collectibles hosted by Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, (Cassandra Peterson), entitled "Monsterama." Tim Lucas, editor of the publication Video Watchdog, noted that "This show was clearly put together by people who know this stuff, and it is always a treat to watch." Some of the highlights included in Video Watchdog: "a profile of Paul Blaisdell featuring clips from his hard-to-see home made movie THE CLIFF MONSTER and vintage creature effects test footage; a Bob Burns episode with a brief tour of his collection and documentary footage of his renowned Halloween shows; a look back at TV Horror Hosts from Vampira to Zacherle to Elvira, hosted by series producer Daniel Roebuck (in Horror Host makeup); a visit to the crowded department of a Godzilla toy collector; segments devoted to Basil Gogos, Forry Ackerman, Rick Baker (whose in-house museum is eye-popping in HD), the KNB effects guys."

Monsters HD's other productions included a series of suggestive video "comic strip" vignettes called "Gruesome Twosomes," featuring comic book cover artwork by Mike Hoffman, and two, live-action, scantily clad females disrobing while "keyed in" to "green screen" thematic horror and monster comic book settings. . Monsters HD's Gruesome Twosome comic strips continue to air in their censored form on YouTube under the user name "MonstersHD", and were described on the website Best-Horror-Movies.com as "horror themed burlesque segments that aired uncensored between movies in the early morning hours."

Monsters HD also produced a one-hour documentary, in association with director Chip Selby and CS Films, on the Tales from the Crypt comic and television series entitled Tales From The Crypt: From Comic Books to Television, which premiered at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles, California in 2004. The documentary was described by the website Horrortalk.com as an "in depth look at EC, from its difficult beginnings to its tragic ending and the decency hearing that caused it."

Monsters HD commissioned genre artist and Swamp Thing co-creator Bernie Wrightson "to design their EC Comics-style image spots and brand." Horror writer and fellow Swamp Thing comic book artist Stephen R. Bissette noted on his blog MYRANT  "Wrightson's fun riff on Jack Kamen's EC inspired Creepshow poster" as well as "Wrightson's 'Eye Want You!' parody of the famous Flagg Uncle Sam recruitment poster" which Monsters HD used to introduce a skeletal Frankenstien Zombie character named "Uncle Samhain." . Monsters HD announced Wrightson's Uncle Samhain character at the San Diego Comic Con in July of 2006 with the character artwork appearing on branded T-Shirts, print advertisements and web banners heralding Monsters HD's user-generated video series called "American Monstar". On October 30 and 31, 2006, the Uncle Samhain character appeared in an animated "American Monstar" promotional spot which ran in over 150 movie theatres across the United States with a special Monsters HD presentation of John Carpenter's Halloween.

Monsters HD also has a boutique line of action figures, produced in association with Executive Replicas and Amok Time, which were reviewed by collector and Fangoria.com contributor Mike Koopmans who noted, "I'm most impressed by the Monsters HD line. It's not so much the quality and detail that tickles me so; it's the odd choice of characters." Prototypes of Monsters HD's Uncle Samhain character and Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster) appeared at the New York Toy Fair in 2008, but only the creature from [[Horror of Party Beach (film)|Horror of Party Beach and the vampire girl from Blood of Dracula were produced.[5]