The BEST episodes of Svengoolie season 17
Every episode of Svengoolie season 17, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Svengoolie season 17!
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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - Werewolf of London
Season 17 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/17/2011
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.
#4 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Season 17 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/30/2011
In the second of the "Abbot and Costello Meet" series, a prominent attorney is murdered (I know...Hooray!) and his body discovered by bumbling bell-boy Freddie (Lou Costello). The house detective Casey (Bud Abbot) attempts to clear Freddie by investigating former clients of the attorney including Swami Talpur played by Boris Karloff. The slap-stick high jinks ensues and leads to an unexpected though slightly contrived finish.
#5 - The World of Abbott and Costello
Season 17 - Episode 35 - Aired 12/31/2011
#6 - The Mummy
Season 17 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/13/2011
In 1895, three British archaeologists in Egypt discover the tomb of Princess Ananka, the high priestess of the god Karnak. One of the men discovers “The Scroll of Life” and reads it with dire consequences. Three years later, back in England, Mehemet Bey, a devoted worshiper of Karnak, has come seeking revenge on those that desecrated Ananka’s tomb.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Season 17 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/20/2011
When the murder of an archaeologist puts a valuable medallion into their hands, Abbott and Costello waste little time in trying to sell it, only to find themselves pursued by police, a slinky adventuress, an Egyptian high priest, and the mummy himself.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Tarantula
Season 17 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/27/2011
A giant avaricious arachnid is making desert out of desert denizens and it's up to a devoted doctor and his scientist sweetie to stop the menace that's leaving bones and broken homes. This '50s sci-fi / monster classic.stars John Agar as the doctor, Mara Corday as the scientist and features an un-credited appearance from Clint Eastwood.
#9 - I Saw What You Did
Season 17 - Episode 22 - Aired 9/10/2011
Two teenagers, bored while babysitting, decide to have some entertainment by making prank phone calls to complete strangers. They tell the person on the other end of the line, "I saw what you did, and I know who you are!" Its all-in good fun until they happen to call a man who just murdered his wife. The latter has an immediate need to find out who they are and eliminate this new problem.
#11 - The Mole People
Season 17 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/8/2011
Explorers uncover an ancient, subterranean civilization in the mountains of Asia.
#12 - Dracula
Season 17 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/15/2011
Seriously if you need a plot on this one, you're watching the wrong show BUT...Svenoolie presents an original Universal horror classic featuring the original "Bat-Man". Bela Lugosi stars as Count Dracula. Arriving in England from his native Translyvania he begins preying on the natives with particular interest in the virtuous young Mina Seward played by Helen Chandler.
#13 - Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Season 17 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/22/2011
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.
#14 - Curse of The Werewolf
Season 17 - Episode 28 - Aired 10/29/2011
UK's Hammer Films presents this werewolf tale their typical Gothic style. A child borne by a mute servant girl following a rape by a bestial madman grows to become a cursed monster by the full moon's light. A worthy offering by Hammer, known for outstanding effects for the time and somewhat complicated and depressing story lines.
#15 - Dr. Cyclops
Season 17 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/5/2011
Svengoolie presents 'Dr. Cyclops'. A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.
#16 - Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Season 17 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/12/2011
Svengoolie presents 'Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman'. The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of a mad scientist, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis, but also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
Season 17 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/19/2011
Don Knots channels his inner Barney Fife in this comedy-horror classic as Luther Heggs, a newspaper typesetter aspiring to become an ace reporter. Hegss gets his break when the editor assigns him to spend the night in a supposed haunted house. At midnight, strange things are happening, but are the what they seem?
#18 - Ghost Breakers
Season 17 - Episode 33 - Aired 12/10/2011
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunk—wise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate.
#20 - Ghost of Frankenstein
Season 17 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/23/2011
Svengoolie presents 'The Ghost of Frankenstein'. Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.
Watch Now:Amazon
#22 - Island of Lost Souls
Season 17 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/9/2011
A scientist tries to speed up evolution by surgically transforming animals into people. Based on a story by H.G. Wells
#23 - Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Season 17 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/2/2011
Abbott and Costello are two American policemen who while visiting in London meet Dr. Jekyll and his alternate personality Mr. Hyde.
#24 - The Invisible Man
Season 17 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/25/2011
Svengoolie presents the 1933 Universal classic "The Invisible Man". Claude Rains stars as Dr. Jack Griffin, a scientist that discovers how to become invisible but is driven insane by the process. Based on the 1897 H. G. Wells weekly serial and novel of the same title.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
Season 17 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/2011
A classic tale of father and son go camping, werewolf bites father, father becomes werewolf, wife divorces werewolf, son traumatized by...not sure if it's divorce or werewolf...and child psychologist gives REALLY bad advice. This 1973 offering is brought to you by the director and star of the stop-action classic The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. Enjoy.