The BEST episodes of Svengoolie

#1 - King Kong Vs. Godzilla

Season 20 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2014

#2 - Monolith Monsters

Season 20 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2014

Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.

#3 - Dr Cyclops

Season 32 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2026

In a jungle lab, Dr Thorkel invents a machine capable of shrinking living creatures using radium. After inviting 4-scientists and their guide to show off the device, the insane doctor decides to use it to shrink them to the size of dolls.

#4 - The Car

Season 25 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/8/2019

The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.

#5 - Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell

Season 32 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/2/2026

Baron Frankenstein lives in hiding as a surgeon in an insane asylum, using the alias Dr Victor. He holds incriminating evidence on the corrupt and perverted asylum director and uses his position to continue his experiments in creating life

#6 - 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.

#7 - Blood of Dracula

Season 27 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/25/2021

A young woman at a boarding school for girls becomes the object of an experiment at the hands of one of her teachers and through hypnosis techniques and ancient black magic becomes a vicious vampire.

#8 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein

Season 27 - Episode 40 - Aired 10/2/2021

Svengoolie presents 'Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein'. The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.

#9 - The Invisible Man

Season 22 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/26/2016

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

#10 - The Return of the Vampire

Season 31 - Episode 27 - Aired 7/5/2025

In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.

#11 - Duel

Season 29 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2023

David Mann (Dennis Weaver), a mild mannered electronics salesman, is driving cross-country on a two-lane highway when he encounters an old oil tanker driven by an unseen driver who seems to enjoy annoying him with dangerous antics on the road. Unable to escape the demonic big rig, David finds himself in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the monstrous truck. When the pursuit escalates to deadly levels, David must summon his inner warrior and turn the tables on his tormentor.

#12 - The Beast Must Die

Season 27 - Episode 35 - Aired 8/28/2021

"The Beast Must Die" is a suspenseful British thriller, available as both a novel and a television series, centered on a mother's revenge after her son is fatally hit by a speeding car. Frances Cairns, driven by grief and the police's lack of progress, decides to take matters into her own hands, posing as a novelist to ingratiate herself with the family of the man she believes is responsible. Detective Nigel Strangeways, also dealing with his own grief and a potentially linked police cover-up, finds himself entangled in Frances's plan and the investigation into the hit-and-run.

#13 - Son of Dracula

Season 19 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/2/2013

Carpathian Count Alucard is invited to the U.S. by a young heiress. Her boyfriend and local officials are suspicious of the newcomer, who is interested in the "virile" soil of the new world.

#14 - The Deadly Mantis

Season 19 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2013

A giant prehistoric praying mantis, recently freed from the Arctic ice, voraciously preys on American military at the DEW Line and works its way south.

#15 - Dr Cyclops

Season 22 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2016

Four explorers are summoned to Peru by the brilliant physicist Dr Thorkel. They discover a rich source of radium and a half-mad Thorkel who shrinks them down to one-fifth their normal size when they threaten to stop his unorthodox experimentation.

#16 - Frankenstein

Season 25 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/4/2019

Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.

#17 - The Leech Woman

Season 30 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/22/2024

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

#18 - The Car

Season 32 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/11/2026

The Car arrived in 1977, during a wave of films that tapped into fears that everyday objects could turn deadly. Directed by Elliot Silverstein, the film centers on a mysterious, driverless black car that terrorizes a quiet desert town, seemingly choosing its victims at random. James Brolin stars as the local sheriff trying to make sense of the increasingly violent attacks. While it was often compared to Jaws for its structure, replacing the shark with a supernatural vehicle, the film has built a cult following over time. Its minimal explanation for the car’s origins also adds to its eerie tone, leaving viewers with more questions than answers.

#19 - Parents

Season 32 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/18/2026

The Sven Squad takes over this week with a House of Svengoolie presentation, offering a slightly different format from the usual broadcast. Featured is Parents (1989), a darkly satirical horror film directed by Bob Balaban. Set in the 1950s, the film follows a young boy who begins to suspect that his seemingly perfect suburban parents are hiding something deeply disturbing. Starring Randy Quaid and Mary Beth Hurt, Parents blends psychological horror with social commentary, and over time, it has gained recognition as a cult favorite for its slow-building tension.

#20 - How to Make a Monster

Season 32 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/25/2026

How to Make a Monster (1958), a lesser-known but intriguing film. Directed by Herbert L. Strock, the film serves as a meta-horror story about a veteran makeup artist who, after being fired, uses his skills to turn actors into real-life killers. Featuring Robert H. Harris as the embittered artist, the film draws on the long history of classic monsters while offering an interesting twist on the genre.

#21 - First Men in the Moon

Season 32 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/2026

Inventor Joseph Cavor develops a substance that negates gravity, Cavorite. He builds a spherical diving bell-like ship to make a voyage to the moon. Once there, he and his companions discover a not too friendly race of humanoid insects

#22 - House on Haunted Hill

Season 32 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/28/2026

Svengoolie hosts this Master Of Menace, Vincent Price film 'House On Haunted Hill'. a group of people are charged with spending the night in a haunted murder house in order to claim a $10,000 dollar prize. Sven presents us with his Schlock and movie factoids and more.

#23 - 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.

#24 - Dan Curtis' Dracula (1974)

Season 31 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/2025

Tonight on MeTV - we witness Dan Curtis' take on the classic novel that began the tale of the most famous vampire in "Dan Curtis' Dracula!" Note: this 1974 made-for-TV production, starring Jack Palance, was originally called "Bram Stoker’s Dracula" - but is now identified by the Dan Curtis title to avoid confusion with the Francis Ford Coppola 1992 film - also due to Coppola actually buying the exclusive rights to the title "Bram Stoker's Dracula"! Notably, tonight’s film was really the first version of the Dracula story to touch upon the Vlad the Impaler history of the Count, and to adhere more closely (but not entirely) to the original novel. Note: this 1974 made-for-TV production, starring Jack Palance, was originally called “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”- but is now identified by the Dan Curtis title to avoid confusion with the Francis Ford Coppola 1992 film-also due to Coppola actually buying the exclusive rights to the title “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”!

#25 - Werewolf of London

Season 23 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/4/2017

Svengoolie presents 'Werewolf of London'. After botanist Wilfred Glendon travels to Tibet in search of a rare flower, the Mariphasa, he returns to a London haunted by murders that can only be the work of bloodthirsty werewolves.