The BEST episodes of Svengoolie season 18

#1 - The Brides of Dracula

Season 18 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/2/2012

A young teacher on her way to a position in Transylvania helps a young man escape the shackles his mother has put on him. In so doing she innocently unleashes the horrors of the undead once again on the populace, including those at her school for ladies. Luckily for some, Dr. Van Helsing is already on his way.

#2 - The Deadly Mantis

Season 18 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2012

The calving of an Arctic iceberg releases a giant praying mantis, trapped in suspended animation since prehistoric times. It first attacks military outposts to eat their occupants, then makes its way to the warmer latitudes of Washington and New York. A paleontologist works together with military units to try to kill it.

#3 - The Mummy’s Ghost

Season 18 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2012

An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...

#4 - The Phantom of the Opera (1943)

Season 18 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2012

#5 - House of Frankenstein

Season 18 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2012

Dr. Gustav Niemann escapes from prison seeking revenge on those he deems responsible for his incarceration. On his quest to fulfill his vendetta, he ends up bringing Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and even the Wolf Man back to life.

#6 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Season 18 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2012

Sven introduces the 1953 classic, "Abbott and Costello Go To Mars". In it, two workmen accidentally launch a space rocket intended for Mars, and find mistakenly landing in New Orleans just the beginning of their misadventures.

#7 - Duck Soup

Season 18 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2012

#8 - Munster Go Home

Season 18 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/18/2012

Classic TV's first family of funny fright receive word that family patriarch Herman Munster has inherited an English manor and the title Lord Munster (assumed to be referring to the hall and not the cheese). In England, the English Munsters hatch a scheme to scare off their American cousins as they are impediment to their illegal activities in the basement of Muster Hall. Failing this, the story culminates in a road race that Herman is participating in as the English Musters plot to settle the Munster problem once and for all.

#9 - Invisible Woman

Season 18 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/25/2012

#10 - Ssssss

Season 18 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/7/2012

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake-and he plans to use it on David.

#11 - This Island Earth

Season 18 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/28/2012

Aliens have landed and are hiding on Earth, but need Earth’s scientists to help them fight an inter-planetary war.

#12 - Revenge of the Creature

Season 18 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/12/2012

Men capture the creature from the Black Lagoon and make him an aquarium attraction. He evidentially escapes, first stalking Helen who the Gill-man has taken an interest in, and then abducing her from a seaside restaurant.

#13 - Horse Feathers (Marx Brothers)

Season 18 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/19/2012

#14 - The Mummy's Curse

Season 18 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/26/2012

After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.

#15 - Francis (the talking mule) in the Haunted House

Season 18 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/14/2012

A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!

#16 - Batman ('60s movie)

Season 18 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/13/2012

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.