The BEST episodes of Svengoolie
Every episode of Svengoolie ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Svengoolie!
Svengoolie has been the premier horror show icon of Chicago since the late 1970's. He has appeared on a national basis on MeTV since April 2011. Generations of viewers have become fans of the awful jokes and monstrous movies that this video vampire presents every Saturday night.
#4 - Bride of Frankenstein
Season 17 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/18/2011
This Universal classic gives us the iconic character, the iconic hairstyle and the universal reference for a female train-wreck, regardless the reason. The Frankenstein saga continues as Dr. Frankenstein is visited by an even eviler genius, Dr. Pretorius. After displaying his accomplishments in creation of life, he coerces Dr. Frankenstein to create a mate for the monster (Karloff), only thought to be kill in the windmill fire at the end of the first picture.
#8 - The War of the Gargantuas (1966)
Season 29 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2023
Tonight on MeTV- we face danger from two towering terrors- with opposing attitudes- but equal capability for destruction! It’s a threat more warm-blooded than Godzilla- but cold-blooded enough to devastate cities! Humankind finds itself caught in the middle of the “War of the Gargantuas”!
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Bride of Frankenstein
Season 20 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2014
Tonight marks the 3rd anniversary of the Svengoolie show being beamed to a national audience via the Me-TV network- but we're giving YOU the gift! After a long absence on our program, we are so happy to be able to present, once again, another landmark Universal horror film- one in which the title "creature" appears only briefly, but is still one of the most memorable characters in the studio's horror gallery- it's the 1935 sequel to the original "Frankenstein"- "Bride of Frankenstein"- as the first entry in this month's theme- "Rotten Relatives Reunion"!
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - The Mummy’s Curse
Season 23 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/9/2017
It's the final chapter that wraps up the original Universal series of Mummy movies ( if you don't count "Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy")- with Kharis' beloved and oft-reincarnated true love reappearing - and the undying embalmed one bringing death to the bayou- in "The Mummy's Curse"!
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#15 - War of the Colossal Beast
Season 27 - Episode 35 - Aired 9/4/2021
After a series of delivery trucks are sidelined and destroyed in rural Mexico, Joyce fears her brother, Lt. Col. Glenn Manning, is the responsible. Manning having been over exposed to radiation, now is gigantic in size.
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#18 - Village of the Damned
Season 25 - Episode 18 - Aired 8/17/2019
In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.
#20 - The Mad Ghoul
Season 19 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/7/2013
A mad professor discovers an ancient Mayan gas places it's victim in a zombie like state (No, not Indiana). In an evil plot to steal his assistants fiance, the professor uses the gas on his him. However, to keep his zombie alive-dead, he must feed him fresh human hearts (with secret herbs and spices) resulting in a story to chill the blood. In the GOOD part of this episode, Svengoolie recaps the design and creation of his new coffin, seen here for the first time.
#22 - The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Season 27 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/1/2021
Svengoolie presents 'The Ghost of Mr. Chicken'. A timid typesetter hasn't a ghost of a chance of becoming a reporter - until he decides to solve a murder mystery and ends up spending a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - The Mummy’s Tomb
Season 17 - Episode 32 - Aired 11/26/2011
In yet another Universal horror classic, the mummy cult high priest role is transferred to a new fez wearing fiend who bring the living mummy Kharis (Chaney) to America. Here he revives him to exact revenge on those who foiled their plans before. Thus begins the foot-dragging action that has become the standard for the '40's mummy movies.
