The BEST episodes of Svengoolie season 31

#1 - 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.

#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 - 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”!

#4 - 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.

#5 - Horror of Dracula

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

#6 - Werewolf of London

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

#7 - The Black Scorpion

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

#8 - The Black Cat

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

Stranded honeymooners follow mad doctor to manor.

#9 - 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.

#10 - 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.

#11 - 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.

#12 - Son of Dracula

Season 31 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/14/2025

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.

#13 - Strait-Jacket

Season 31 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/7/2025

After a 20-year asylum stay for a double ax murder, suspicion arises about Lucy Harbin's behavior as she returns to her daughter Carol, who is engaged to marry Michael Fields. Soon, heads begin to roll again. Is Lucy repeating her past?

#14 - 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.

#15 - 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.

#16 - 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.

#17 - Mysterious Island (1961)

Season 31 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/3/2025

Tonight on MeTV - we are happy to bring you a science fiction tale from the great Jules Verne - as escapees from a Confederate Army prison hijack a wayward balloon that brings them to a far-off place with amazing and deadly creatures and an encounter with a legendary master of the sea! It’s the 1961 film that is actually the sequel to two previous Jules Verne stories - welcome to the "Mysterious Island"!

#18 - 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.

#19 - Willard (1971)

Season 31 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/26/2025

Tonight on MeTV - a young man who is tired of being under the thumb of a big cheese decides to fight back - with an army of rats! It’s vengeance in the form of vicious vermin lead by "Willard"!

#20 - It Came from Outer Space (1953)

Season 31 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/19/2025

Tonight on Me-TV - a spaceship from another world crashes in the Arizona desert in "It Came from Outer Space"!

#21 - Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)

Season 31 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/5/2025

Tonight on MeTV - we not only prove that the song was right - "Big Girls Don’t Cry" - but that one really big girl, in particular, could make people die! An unhappy wife of normal size has a close encounter of the alien kind - resulting in a transformation from being the object of the townspeople's pity to becoming a big woman in town in the "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman"!

#22 - The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

Season 31 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/2025

Tonight on MeTV - we head to a similarly steamy Amazon jungle sector in search of an amphibious relic from ages ago! We travel to a place that legend says no man has ever returned from - and discover that the deadly species known as Gill Man is the reason why! It’s the classic original introduction to Universal Studios' greatest monster of the 1950s, the "Creature from the Black Lagoon"!

#23 - The Thing That Couldn't Die (1958)

Season 31 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2025

Tonight, on MeTV – if you toss a coin, we’re calling heads - because our menace - a disembodied head that has survived for centuries - is unearthed and uses its amazing mental powers to control others in order to conqueror the modern world - all orchestrated by "The Thing That Couldn't Die"!

#24 - The Lost World

Season 31 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2025

A professor leads an expedition into the Amazonian jungle to find dinosaurs.

#25 - Sssssss (1973)

Season 31 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2025

Sven presents the first film of double-feature night, where Dirk Benedict undergoes an experiment with unexpected consequences. Sven shares typical movie facts.