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 - 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.

#6 - 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.

#7 - 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?

#8 - 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.

#9 - 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.

#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 - 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.

#12 - The Black Cat

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

Stranded honeymooners follow mad doctor to manor.

#13 - The Black Scorpion

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

#14 - Werewolf of London

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

#15 - Horror of Dracula

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

#16 - 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.

#17 - Dead Of Night

Season 31 - Episode 35 - Aired 8/30/2025

Dark Shadows maven Dan Curtis teamed back up with his Trilogy of Terror collaborator, horror and sci-fi legend Richard Matheson, to create this follow-up anthology film. In three segments — one of which starred Ed Begley Jr. in one of his earliest leading roles — viewers hitch a ride in a magical time-traveling car, witness a very unusual vampire attack, and meet a brat who redefines the concept of “mommy issues.” That final segment, “Bobby,” was remade in 1996 for Trilogy of Terror II, which also recycled the famous “He Who Kills” segment from the original Trilogy of Terror. Trilogy of Terror II was Curtis’ final screenwriting gig; he died in 2006, at the age of 78.

#18 - The Night Strangler

Season 31 - Episode 39 - Aired 9/27/2025

Kolchak fans, assemble! In this second made-for-TV movie, following 1972’s The Night Stalker, newspaperman Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) is back — now based in Seattle, he’s hot on the trail of a killer creep who is murdering exotic dancers by crushing their necks and relieving them of a few drops of blood. Kolchak’s clues lead him to an old hospital, an interview with Mark Twain, and a bizarre secret that might be centuries in the making. Horror and sci-fi screenwriting legend Richard Matheson and Dark Shadows mastermind Dan Curtis once again teamed up for this film, as they had for the first — but this would be the end of the road for their involvement with Kolchak. When Kolchak: The Night Stalker debuted on ABC in 1974, only McGavin and Simon Oakland remained.

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

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

#21 - Dracula's Daughter (1936)

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

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

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

#23 - 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)

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

#24 - 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.

#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.