Episode guide
Svengoolie: Season 31
67 episodes · premiered Jan 4, 2025
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- Episode 1: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) Jan 4, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 2: Dracula's Daughter (1936) Jan 11, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 3: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978) Jan 18, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 4: The Monster Club (1981) Jan 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…
- Episode 5: Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956) Jan 25, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 6: 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) Feb 1, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 7: The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) Feb 8, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 8: Sssssss (1973) Feb 15, 2025 · 2h 30m 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”
- Episode 9: Teenagers from Outer Space (1959) Feb 15, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 10: The War of the Gargantuas (1966) Feb 22, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 11: Dan Curtis' Dracula (1974) Mar 1, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 12: The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958) Mar 8, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 13: The Lost World (1960) Mar 15, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 14: Puppet Master (1989) Mar 15, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 15: Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) Mar 22, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 16: Godzilla vs. Monster Zero (1965) Mar 29, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 17: Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958) Apr 5, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 18: The Deadly Mantis (1957) Apr 12, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 19: It Came from Outer Space (1953) Apr 19, 2025 · 2h 30m 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”
- Episode 20: Munchies (1987) Apr 19, 2025 · 2h 30m ...followed by the multiple monsters known as “Munchies”!! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 21: Willard (1971) Apr 26, 2025 · 2h 30m 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”!
- Episode 22: Mysterious Island (1961) May 3, 2025 · 2h 30m 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.
- Episode 23: Kingdom of the Spiders (1977) May 10, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 24: The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) May 17, 2025 · 2h 30m 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”
- Episode 25: The Blair Witch Project (1999) May 17, 2025 · 2h 30m ....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)
- Episode 26: The Mummy (1959) May 24, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 27: The Haunted Strangler (1958) May 31, 2025 · 2h 30m 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…
- Episode 28: Strait-Jacket (1964) Jun 7, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight! is Joan Crawford a real swinger (with an axe) - once released from her "Strait-Jacket"?
- Episode 29: Son of Dracula (1943) Jun 14, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- before we celebrate Father’s Day, we take a moment to acknowledge a son- who doesn’t go OUT in the sun! He does, however, go America’s bayou country, where his plan is to…
- Episode 30: Village of the Damned (1960) Jun 21, 2025 · 2h 30m This famed 1960 movie, based on John Wyndham’s novel “The Midwich Cuckoos”, is truly frightening- and was so successful, it spawned a sequel-“Children of the Damned”.
- Episode 31: Day of the Dead (1985) Jun 21, 2025 · 2h 30m Then, we turn it over to Gwengoolie, Imp, and Nostalgiaferatoo for a real shocker- the third entry in George Romero’s “Living Dead” series- “Day of the Dead”! This 1985 film picks up the…
- Episode 32: Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965) Jun 28, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- it’s monstermania- both domestic and interplanetary– as we are introduced to a different kind of Frankenstein. This Frankenstein, like the monster we are most familiar…
- Episode 33: The Return of the Vampire (1943) Jul 5, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV, after the July 4th blasts, we get some very different blasts- that are responsible for the disinterment and restoration of a dangerous vampire thought to have been dealt…
- Episode 34: Invaders from Mars (1953) Jul 12, 2025 · 2h 30m Keep your eyes on the skies-and on MeTV tonight-as we present a truly creepy science fiction classic from the ‘50s- in which a young boy sees that aliens are taking over earth people- but…
- Episode 35: The Black Cat (1934) Jul 19, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- we bring back an early and eerie Universal offering that has two of horror’s greatest stars-Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff facing off in a complicated story of post-war…
- Episode 36: Earth Girls Are Easy (1988) Jul 26, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- instead of their usual second half of a double feature status- I’ll be stepping aside so that the Sven Squad can hit prime time for a very special screening of an ‘80s…
- Episode 37: The Black Scorpion (1957) Aug 2, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV, when we say we’re serving up a stinger- it’s not that cocktail drink! It’s a stop-motion menace whose creation was supervised by the man who brought us “King Kong”, taking…
- Episode 38: Werewolf of London (1935) Aug 9, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight, on MeTV we present the very first Universal Studios’ wolf man- who imports terror to England via Tibet- as the victim of a bizarre attack that triggers a hideous transformation…
- Episode 39: Horror of Dracula (1958) Aug 16, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight, on MeTV- it’s an iconic take on the beginnings of the king of the vampires- as portrayed for the very first time by the great Christopher Lee! Witness his first face off against…
- Episode 40: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Aug 23, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- it’s the monster-creating baron-and the evil imp from Erin- as we first bring you the Hammer version of the classic horror tale in which a brilliant scientist is obsessed…
- Episode 41: Leprechaun (1992) Aug 23, 2025 · 2h 30m and then the Sven Squad wishes you the luck o’ the squeamish as they present the cult classic “Leprechaun”! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 42: Dead of Night (1977) Aug 30, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- we add some chills to your Labor Day weekend with the product of the labors of renowned director/producer Dan Curtis- and writer Richard Matheson. It’s a triple-dip into…
- Episode 43: The Creature Walks Among Us (1956) Sep 6, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- we kick off September with a film we haven’t run in a while-the final part of the Universal Gill Man trilogy! This conclusion to the saga of the strange amphibian missing…
- Episode 44: The Bad Seed (1956) Sep 13, 2025 · 2h 30m Make sure you tune in to MeTV tonight one hour earlier than usual when we present one of Warner Bros. Studios’ biggest hits of 1956- and an iconic film which had several Academy Awards…
- Episode 45: Tarantula (1955) Sep 20, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- we have another creature spawned by atomic science- escaping into the hot climate of a small desert town-where a monstrous mélange of deformed mutants and mutilated cattle…
- Episode 46: The Night Strangler (1973) Sep 27, 2025 · 2h 30m Twas the week before the BOO-Nanza- and all through tonight- that darn Carl Kolchak has found a new fright! Yes, for those of you who have been missing Kolchak’s adventures during his…
- Episode 47: Amityville 3-D (1983) Sep 27, 2025 · 2h Then, our Sven Squad hosts a chilling house party with “Amityville 3-D!” (No special glasses are necessary- it will be presented in regular 2-D!) (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted…
- Episode 48: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966) Oct 4, 2025 · 2h 30m Let the creepy celebration of Halloween month begin- as we kick off the third annual “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” with the first of the weekly double features featuring the Sven Squad and…
- Episode 49: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) Oct 4, 2025 · 2h 30m followed by the Sven Squad baby-sitting “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane”? (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 50: Them! (1954) Oct 11, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- the “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” double features two creepy crawly classics to infest your TV- first, the 1954 giant insect thriller “THEM!”
- Episode 51: Arachnophobia (1990) Oct 11, 2025 · 2h 30m followed by the spider-filled 1990 horror comedy “Arachnophobia”! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 52: Young Frankenstein (1974) Oct 18, 2025 · 2h 30m I’ll start off the evening with an expanded show-our premiere of a film for which we have gotten many requests- Mel Brooks’ 1974 homage to the classic Universal films- “Young Frankenstein”!
- Episode 53: Frankenstein (1931) Oct 18, 2025 · 2h 30m the Sven Squad go back to the beginning of a horror franchise- as they present the first Universal “Frankenstein” film! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 54: The Fly (1958) Oct 25, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight, on MeTV- the “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza” double feature requires a No-Pest strip of film- as the Sven Squad and I proudly present another 1950s legendary classic and its sequel- with…
- Episode 55: Return of the Fly (1959) Oct 25, 2025 · 2h 30m the Sven Squad wings in to present the sequel to our movie- 1959’s “Return of the Fly”! (a House of Svengoolie presentation hosted by the Sven Squad)
- Episode 56: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Nov 1, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- it’s the one you’ve been clamoring for- as the perfect follow-up to our month-long “BOO-nanza”- Bela Lugosi as Dracula and Lon Chaney Jr. as Larry Talbot, the Wolf Man- we…
- Episode 57: The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Nov 8, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV, for the first time, we bring you the final dinosaur film from the great master of stop motion animation, Ray Harryhausen- that combines early 20th century Mexico with…
- Episode 58: Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Nov 15, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV-the Hammer saga of the vampire count continues- as Sir Christopher Lee once again puts on the fangs to create the revival of his classic character- out to get vengeance…
- Episode 59: Curse of the Undead (1959) Nov 22, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- we head out west- where ranchers are busy with more than cattle- as they battle a local bully and his cronies, out to take over what belongs to others- and the added…
- Episode 60: Devil Doll (1964) Nov 29, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- take a break from those leftovers and football-and watch as a sinister hypnotist/ventriloquist puts a beautiful young woman under his spell- with nefarious purposes- while…
- Episode 61: A Very Brady Christmas (1988) Nov 29, 2025 · 2h 30m Then, kick off your holiday season with the Sven Squad with the story…of a lovely yuletide. It’s the double feature on nobody’s wish list of the “Devil Doll” and “A Very Brady Christmas”…
- Episode 62: The Mummy's Tomb (1942) Dec 6, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- with the holidays coming up, we get into wrapping early- when we pay rapt attention to a well-wrapped Egyptian in this continuation of the series from Universal's original…
- Episode 63: Duel (1971) Dec 13, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- when many people are preparing for a holiday road trip- we bring you one that is definitely not over the river and through the woods, but set on a dangerous desert…
- Episode 64: The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dec 20, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight, on MeTV- we come bearing twice the gifts in a special double feature-first, a Hammer Studios production that unleashes a vampire descendant to prey on young women-only to run into…
- Episode 65: Sharktopus (2010) Dec 20, 2026 · 2h 30m Gwengoolie, Malvolio Ignatus Prankenstein, and Nostalgiaferatoo deck the halls- and your screen and the ocean- with a later Roger Corman creature creation- the “Sharktopus”! It’s –…
- Episode 66: The Creation of the Humanoids (1962) Dec 27, 2025 · 2h 30m Tonight on MeTV- direct from the top-secret Sven Cave-we look towards the future (no, not the new year that is coming up in mere days- but even further)! We wind up our Sven calendar year…
- Episode 67: Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) Jan 3, 2026 · 2h 30m