TerrorVision (1986) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

The Beast originates from the alien planet Pluton, where it was converted into pure energy by a garbage disposal and beamed toward Earth. When the Putterman family installs their satellite dish, the alien energy strikes it and materializes the creature directly into their television set, allowing it to enter their home through the screen.

• hungry beast
• television
• satellite dish
• alien planet
• pluton
• materializes

The Beast is a predatory creature whose nature is to hunt and consume living beings. Its name literally describes its defining trait, it is perpetually hungry and must feed on humans to survive. This hunger drives it to hunt the Putterman family throughout the house.

• hungry beast
• eats humans
• monster
• survival
• predator

Sherman's parents lock him in the fallout shelter so they can have privacy with their guests Cherry and Spiro, the swingers they brought home. This separates Sherman from the rest of the family during the initial attack, trapping him underground while the Beast terrorizes the house.

• sherman
• fallout shelter
• parents
• locked
• swingers
• cherry
• spiro

After consuming Cherry, the Beast demonstrates the ability to mimic her appearance and voice. It uses this mimicry to lure Spiro into a trap by pretending to be Cherry calling for help. This ability suggests the Beast absorbs not just the physical form but also some aspects of its prey's characteristics.

• beast mimics
• cherry
• spiro
• imitation
• duplicate
• lure trap

The siblings discover that the Beast can be temporarily subdued with food and television imagery. They feed it and show it TV programs to keep it calm. They also teach the creature basic words like 'TV,' 'music,' and their own names, giving them some minimal control over the dangerous entity.

• subdue beast
• sherman
• suzy
• food
• television
• teach words
• control

Pluthar is the alien who originally sent the Hungry Beast to Earth. He appears on TV to warn humanity that the Beast will continue to spread and destroy Earth unless all television equipment is destroyed. His reasoning is that destroying TVs will prevent the Beast from using them as portals to travel and multiply.

• pluthar
• alien
• destroy tvs
• warning
• television
• beast spreads

Medusa arrives at the house hoping to appear on TV for fame. She sees Pluthar on the screen and mistakes him for the Beast, killing him with an axe. Immediately after, the real Beast arrives and, with a powerful gust of air, sucks Medusa and the surviving characters into its mouth, killing them all.

• medusa
• pluthar
• killed
• beast
• mistake
• axe
• eaten

O.D. tries to calm the Beast by playing music and singing to it, hoping to soothe the creature. However, his provocation backfires, the Beast interprets his actions as a threat and attacks, consuming O.D. in the process.

• o.d.
• eaten
• beast
• music
• provoke
• soothe
• backfires

The next morning, Medusa's chauffeur wakes up to find someone imitating her hiding in the back seat of his car. The imitation demands to be taken to the TV station, suggesting the Beast's influence has spread beyond the Putterman home and that the threat may not actually be over.

• chauffeur
• ending
• medusa
• imitation
• tv station
• ambiguous ending
• threat continues

The Pleasure Dome is a room in the Putterman house designed for adult entertainment, where Cherry and Spiro retreat. The Beast invades this space, killing Cherry there and using the room's intimate nature to set a trap for Spiro.

• pleasure dome
• cherry
• spiro
• trap
• room
• beast invades

When Sherman tries to call the police from the fallout shelter, they treat his desperate call about a monster as a prank and don't take it seriously. This reflects the film's satirical take on authority, no one believes the impossible story until it's too late.

• police
• prank
• sherrman
• call
• ignored
• not believed