Svengoolie - Season 31

1. Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)

Aired: 1/4/2025

Tonight on MeTV- we bring back a different take on a classic Robert Louis Stevenson horror novel – which boasts not only one of the greatest stars of Universal horror- but also the studio’s longtime top comedy team. It’s been a while since we’ve run this movie- so we are prescribing a new appointment for you with "Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"- featuring Boris Karloff as the tormented doctor!

2. Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Aired: 1/11/2025

Tonight, on MeTV- we shake a sinister family tree to harvest an early Universal horror classic. considered to be the first sequel to the original Bela Lugosi “Dracula” film. We meet the previously unknown female child of the infamous count, who is set in her father’s ways, which she wants desperately to leave behind- yet is unable to drop her corpuscle addiction- and must deal with the irresistible thirst she has inherited by virtue of being- “Dracula’s Daughter”!

3. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)

Aired: 1/18/2025

Tonight on MeTV-we go from frightful fruit to nasty nightlife- as we present a favorite cult classic fresh from the ghastly garden, followed by two horror greats sharing sinister stories at a gathering place of supernatural creatures of various kinds! We begin with the 1978 fan favorite “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”

4. The Monster Club (1981)

Aired: 1/18/2025

Nostalgiaferatoo returns with the rest of our Sven squad, Gwengoolie and the Imp, to present the 1981 musical monster mash-up “The Monster Club”. This movie is loaded with rock and roll, as Vincent Price and John Carradine share supernatural stories in a special night club for creatures of the night. (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

5. Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)

Aired: 1/25/2025

Tonight, on MeTV, we are very happy to again present the English-language version of the famed Toho Studios film that started the reign of the most famous Japanese kaiju (giant monster) in motion picture history! It’s a far cry from some of the later films, much more serious and tragic. Added for the American version, the future “Perry Mason” ( cue that theme music!) Raymond Burr became a part of movie history- as he witnesses the origin of "Godzilla- King of the Monsters"!

6. 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Aired: 2/1/2025

Tonight on MeTV- we go from last week’s huge scaly creature to another- whose origin is even more far out-created by the artistry of Ray Harryhausen’s stop-motion magic! A spaceship returns from a mission to Venus, holding injured astronauts and a strange menace that gets bigger and more destructive after travelling “20 Million Miles to Earth”!

7. The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Aired: 2/8/2025

Tonight on MeTV, it’s some singular Hammer horror, featuring the famed studio’s only werewolf film of its classic era- in which a young Oliver Reed progresses from strange childhood maladies to an adulthood plagued by the "Curse of the Werewolf"!

8. Sssssss (1973)

Aired: 2/15/2025

Tonight on MeTV- it’s more two-for-one frightful fun as we present a double feature- starting off with some mysterious experiments that give a scholar scales. It’s “Sssssss”

9. Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)

Aired: 2/15/2025

and then- it’s adolescent aliens arriving on earth to either protect or destroy humanity- thanks to a scheme to raise giant lobster-like creatures as livestock! “Teenagers from Outer Space” (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

10. The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Aired: 2/22/2025

Tonight on MeTV- it’s not a double feature, but it DOES feature double danger from a couple gigantic kaiju creatures- one originally raised by humanity, and the other raising its anger against humanity! Authorities refuse to believe that both of them are not out to cause destruction due to their differing origins, fearful that, unless they kill them both, mankind will be the loser in the “War of the Gargantuas”!

11. Dan Curtis' Dracula (1974)

Aired: 3/1/2025

Tonight on MeTV- you’ve thrilled to the amazing horrors brought to us by Dan Curtis, from “Trilogy of Terror” to “Dark Shadows” and ‘The Night Stalker”-and this time, we witness his take on the classic novel that began the tale of the most famous vampire of all- in “Dan Curtis’ ‘Dracula’!” Note: this 1974 made-for-TV production, starring Jack Palance, was originally called “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”

12. The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

Aired: 3/8/2025

Tonight, on MeTV – if you toss a coin, we’re calling heads-because our menace- a disembodied head that has survived for centuries- is unearthed and uses its amazing mental powers to control others in order to conqueror the modern world- all orchestrated by " The Thing That Couldn’t Die”!

13. The Lost World (1960)

Aired: 3/15/2025

Tonight on MeTV- it’s a classic science fiction adventure, penned by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle- in which an explorer, convinced there is an island where dinosaurs still exist, leads an expedition to a place where time has stood still- and his theory unfortunately is proven right- when Claude Rains enters the savage land of “The Lost World”!

14. Puppet Master (1989)

Aired: 3/15/2025

After being contacted by their mysterious former colleague, four psychics arrive at a secluded hotel where they are stalked by a group of murderous puppets. (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

15. Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

Aired: 3/22/2025

Tonight on MeTV- We travel to a place that legend says no man has ever returned from- and discover that the deadly species known as Gill Man is the reason why! It’s the classic original introduction to Universal Studios’ greatest monster of the 1950s, and a personal favorite of yours truly- the “Creature from the Black Lagoon”!

16. Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965)

Aired: 3/29/2025

Tonight on MeTV- a hidden planet plans to recruit two of the Earth's mightiest players to team up against a deadly beast that's destroying their world! Toho Studios presents the final four- minus one- it’s Rodan and - "Godzilla VS Monster Zero"! Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965)

17. Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

Aired: 4/5/2025

Tonight on MeTV, we not only prove that the song was right- “Big Girls Don’t Cry”- but that one really big girl, in particular, could make people die! An unhappy wife of normal size has a close encounter of the alien kind- resulting in a transformation from being the object of the townspeople’s pity to becoming a big woman in town-literally! Beware the beautiful behemoth out for vengeance on her horrible hubby-it’s the “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”!

18. The Deadly Mantis (1957)

Aired: 4/12/2025

Tonight on MeTV- with summertime only a couple months away, we thought it’d be a good idea to remind you that’s when insects again become an annoyance- but not to the extent of the man-eating menace that defrosts and creates a one-bug infestation- as an actor we know from a certain classic legal drama tries to win the case against- "The Deadly Mantis!"

19. It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Aired: 4/19/2025

Tonight on Me-TV, we have twice as many goodies to add to your pre-Easter basket- with this month’s double feature! Beware of the deceptive duplicates spawned when “It Came from Outer Space”

20. Munchies (1987)

Aired: 4/19/2025

...followed by the multiple monsters known as “Munchies”!! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

21. Willard (1971)

Aired: 4/26/2025

Tonight on MeTV- a young man who is tired of being under the thumb of a big cheese decides to fight back-with an army of rats! It’s vengeance in the form of vicious vermin lead by “Willard”!

22. Mysterious Island (1961)

Aired: 5/3/2025

During the Civil War a group of Union soldiers, a Confederate and a civilian escape the stockade using a hot-air balloon and end up on a strange Pacific island.

23. Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)

Aired: 5/10/2025

In rural Arizona, countless killer tarantulas are migrating through a farm town, killing every living thing in their path. The town's veterinarian will do everything in his power to survive the onslaught.

24. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Aired: 5/17/2025

Tonight, on MeTV-it’s this month’s double feature- starting with yet another chapter in the classic Frankenstein saga- Meet the “Ghost of Frankenstein”

25. The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Aired: 5/17/2025

....followed by the Sven Squad on a haunting hunt that ends in disaster!... witness the “Blair Witch Project”! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

26. The Mummy (1959)

Aired: 5/24/2025

Tonight, on MeTV- Christopher Lee steps into the role of yet another classic creature- and Peter Cushing again is the man who must try to stop him! It’s Hammer Studios take on the familiar story of the search for the lost tomb of Princess Ananka- which leads to the resurrection of “The Mummy”!

27. The Haunted Strangler (1958)

Aired: 5/31/2025

Tonight on MeTV- it’s horror icon Boris Karloff taking on the task of proving the innocence of a man who was executed for murder. The search for answers becomes far too personal, bringing a devastating and frightening effect upon him-which leads to more murder and a tragic transformation when citizens must fear “The Haunted Strangler” !

28. Strait-Jacket (1964)

Aired: 6/7/2025

29. Son of Dracula (1943)

Aired: 6/14/2025

30. Village of the Damned (1960)

Aired: 6/21/2025

31. Day of the Dead (1985)

Aired: 6/21/2025

(a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)

32. Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)

Aired: 6/28/2025