I probably won’t be here tonight, which is a shame because we’ve got a classic! “Two American researchers are pressed into service by battle-weary aliens on the brink of losing an interplanetary war.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/15/2023: This Island Earth
I don’t see a thread up yet so I thought I’d post one. Tonight’s SNL is Molly Shannon and the Jonas Brothers – yes, this is a 2023 episode despite the fact it could have aired any time in the … Continue reading Saturday Night Live Season 48 Episode 17 – Molly Shannon
Sounds nice and cheery for Easter. From the MeTV website… “Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/8/2023: The Old Dark House
From the MeTV website… “Bud and Lou slip into the crypt of old King Tut and get chummy with a mummy.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 4/1/2023: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
From the MeTV website… “In a girl’s boarding school, science teacher, Miss Branding, tests her theory that there is power within the human potential that is beyond that of the atom. Using hypnosis and a special amulet, a new and … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/25/2023: Blood of Dracula
I meant to include these in last week’s thread, but the obituaries for Ricou Browning and Bert I. Gordon (both with paywall removed). Both men gave me a lot of joy and will for years to come. From the MeTV … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/18/2023: Konga
From the MeTV website… “A scientist tries to speed up evolution by surgically transforming animals into people. Based on a story by H.G. Wells.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/11/2023: Island of Lost Souls
From the MeTV website… “This British adaptation based on the novel The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore is brutal cult horror favorite that casts Oliver Reed as a young 18th-century Spaniard who has an adverse reaction to the full … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/4/2023: The Curse of the Werewolf
From the MeTV website… “An experimental lab animal called a gargantua escapes from his captors and is suspected to be the creature that is killing people all over the countryside. But when the gargantua from the lab appears at the … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 2/25/2023: The War of the Gargantuas
Oh look, a Steven Spielberg movie starring a former president of the SAG. From the MeTV website… “A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.” And then on Sventoonie… “Sventoonie hosts a late … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 2/18/2023: Duel
Tonight, a movie I’m honestly amazed is airing on MeTV… “One-of-a-kind alien invasion sci-fi featuring blood drinking alien clowns harvesting a small city.” And then on Sventoonie… “Fred Astaire in ‘Royal Wedding’ gives Trevor some tips for impressing his new … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 2/11/2023: Killer Klowns From Outer Space
From the MeTV website… “A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.” And then on Sventoonie… “A mysterious figure wearing a black ski mask demands to be a character on … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 1/28/2023: Godzilla, King of the Monsters!
From the MeTV website… “When car trouble strands a honeymooning couple in a small Southern European village, an aristocratic family in the area reaches out to help them with sinister consequences. “ And then on Sventoonie… “Svengoolie’s dungeon rockets away … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 1/21/2023: The Kiss of the Vampire
From the MeTV website… “Claude Rains delivers a remarkable performance in his screen debut as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum that makes him invisible. Covered by bandages and dark glasses, Rains arrives at a small English village and … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 1/14/2022: The Invisible Man
The show expands to two and a half hours tonight! Longer movies! Less cuts! More Sven! And we start with the movie I accidentally thought it was a few weeks ago… “The sorcerer Craven learns from fellow magician Dr. Bedlo … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 1/7/2022: The Raven (1963)
Last episode before the show expands to two and a half hours next week! From the MeTV website… “Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.” And then on … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 12/31/2022: Earth vs. the Spider
The nineties truly were a magical time. Have fun posting! Continue reading The Macarena Christmas Day Thread
From the MeTV website… “Private detectives Bud and Lou try to prove an invisible prizefighter innocent of his manager’s murder.” And then on Sventoonie… “It’s Christmas! Trevor sees what the world would look like had he never died — while … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 12/24/2022: Abbott and Costello Meet The Invisible Man
Nobody had signed up for this thread yet, so here’s an excuse to throw up something that makes me happy. For the past six years, John C. Worsley has been putting out expertly edited Star Trek videos, reworking scenes and … Continue reading The Star Trek Christmas Songs Night Thread
I always had a fondness for Kmart growing up. Part of that was its Michigan roots (the first store with the Kmart name was in Garden City, Michigan) but a lot of it was the random memories I accumulated at … Continue reading The Night Thread of KMRT Radio
