The BEST episodes of Svengoolie season 31

#1 - 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”!

#2 - The War of the Gargantuas (1966)

Season 31 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/2025

Sven presents facts and trivia about a Toho film featuring their double-sized take on King Kong.

#3 - Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)

Season 31 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2025

Tonight on MeTV-we go from frightful fruit to nasty nightlife- as we present a favorite cult classic fresh from the ghastly garden. The 1978 fan favorite “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”. Just to clarify the above- tomatoes ARE considered a fruit, since they are seed-bearing, but are used the way you would use a vegetable. You can argue about that among yourselves.

#4 - Creation of the Humanoids

Season 31 - Episode 52 - Aired 12/27/2025

A futuristic robot revolt!

#5 - The Fly

Season 31 - Episode 43 - Aired 10/25/2025

David Hedison bugs Vincent Price

#6 - Young Frankenstein

Season 31 - Episode 42 - Aired 10/18/2025

The Mel Brooks horror classic

#7 - THEM!

Season 31 - Episode 41 - Aired 10/11/2025

James Arness faces giant ants!

#8 - Leprechaun

Season 31 - Episode 34 - Aired 8/23/2025

Jennifer Aniston famously picked up her first film credit playing teen heroine Tory, who must fight the crazed leprechaun as he annihilates the residents of a small farm.

#9 - The Curse Of Frankenstein

Season 31 - Episode 33 - Aired 8/23/2025

Curse of Frankenstein was their first color horror film, and, alongside Horror of Dracula, helped establish Hammer as a horror force worth reckoning with. Peter Cushing — in his first lead film role! — stars as young Baron Frankenstein, a wealthy (and mildly sociopathic) young Swiss scientist who’s decided to play God; Christopher Lee appears as the Creature, who proves more difficult to control than Frankenstein anticipated. The film had far more brutality and gore than its gothic, atmospheric Universal counterpart; it hit UK theaters with an “X” rating. But that didn’t deter fans — it cost about $270,000 to film, and earned $8 million at the box office. Cushing would play the Baron for Hammer five more times.

#10 - Horror of Dracula

Season 31 - Episode 32 - Aired 8/16/2025

#11 - Werewolf of London

Season 31 - Episode 31 - Aired 8/9/2025

#12 - The Black Scorpion

Season 31 - Episode 30 - Aired 8/2/2025

#13 - The Black Cat

Season 31 - Episode 29 - Aired 7/19/2025

Stranded honeymooners follow mad doctor to manor.

#14 - Invaders from Mars

Season 31 - Episode 28 - Aired 7/12/2025

In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of the adults, including his once loving parents, begin to act strangely.

#15 - Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

Season 31 - Episode 26 - Aired 6/28/2025

(1965) A Martian princess and a doctor replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war, by raiding Puerto Rico while a shot down android terrorizes all.

#16 - Village of the Damned

Season 31 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/21/2025

(1960) In the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.

#17 - The Haunted Strangler

Season 31 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/31/2025

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.

#18 - The Mummy

Season 31 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/24/2025

(1959 version) In 1895, British archaeologists find and open the tomb of Egyptian Princess Ananka with nefarious consequences.

#19 - Kingdom of the Spiders

Season 31 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/10/2025

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 survive the onslaught.

#20 - The Ghost of Frankenstein

Season 31 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/17/2025

Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.

#21 - Abbott And Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1953)

Season 31 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2025

#22 - Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Season 31 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2025

#23 - Godzilla: King of the Monsters! (1956)

Season 31 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2025

#24 - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

Season 31 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2025

#25 - The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

Season 31 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2025

This British adaptation based on the novel, "The Werewolf of Paris" by Guy Endore, is a brutal cult horror favorite that casts Oliver Reed as a young 18th-century Spaniard who has an adverse reaction to the moon.