Synopsis from the MeTV website… “This classic science fiction film featuring Academy Award winning screen legend Clint Eastwood tells the story of a scientist who, while researching the effects of a new synthetic nutrient, releases a giant spider in the … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 9/20/2025: Tarantula
I’ve been watching Midnite Mausoleum, a horror host show out of Iowa. One of the ways they fill extra time in episodes is with old PSAs. Like this one… A bit different than Hanna-Barbera’s previous attitude towards cigarettes, no? I, … Continue reading The Night Thread Says NO SMOKING
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A mother begins to worry that her daughter’s sweet exterior may be covering a deadly secret.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 9/13/2025: The Bad Seed
Legendary alt-rock radio station 89X recently returned to the Detroit and Windsor airwaves, after a five year detour as a country station. The station launched in 1991, ended in 2020, and relaunched in 2025 with Jane’s Addiction’s “Stop”. As part … Continue reading 21st Century (Digital Night Thread)
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “This is the final installment in Universal’s uneven “Gill Man trilogy,” which began with Creature From the Black Lagoon and was followed by Revenge of the Creature, is the least interesting of the bunch. The … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 9/6/2025: The Creature Walks Among Us
How about a cover tonight? Dolores O’Riordan’s voice fits The Smiths song perfectly. Have fun posting! Continue reading There Is A Night Thread That Never Goes Out
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Three horror stories about a vintage car that transports its driver back to 1926, the mistress of an old Victorian mansion who is scared of a vampire and a mother tormented by her dead son … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 8/30/2025: Dead Of Night
Alas, we are no longer going to taste it. :-/ Have fun posting! Continue reading Night Thread of SEASON 2 PEACEMAKER INTRO
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended.” AND THEN! “An leprechaun will do anything to get back its pot of gold.” …man, whoever wrote the … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 8/23/2025: The Curse of Frankenstein AND Leprechaun
When I saw the Day Thread, I knew this had to be the subsequent Night Thread. Let’s remember the time an animatronic bear sang about a cowboy with a smashed skull in Disney parks! “Blood on the Saddle” is, somehow, … Continue reading Blood on the Saddle by Big Al from The Country Bear Jamboree Night Thread
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Jonathan Harker begets the ire of Count Dracula after he accepts a job at the vampire’s castle under false pretenses, forcing his colleague Dr. Van Helsing to destroy the predatory villain when he targets Harker’s … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 8/16/2025: Horror of Dracula
Jim Lovell passed away on Thursday at the age of 97. He was an astronaut who flew on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8, but is by far best known as the commander on Apollo 13. Tom Hanks, who … Continue reading The Night Thread Remembers Jim Lovell
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “”The first Universal werewolf film tells the edgy, frightening tale of a British botanist who is cursed with the mark of the wolf after being bitten by a creature in the mountains of Tibet. A … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 8/9/2025: Werewolf of London
I spent today packing for two weeks of house-sitting and cat-sitting, and didn’t have time to come up with a better idea. So have some Billy Joel! Have fun posting! Continue reading Night Thread For The Longest Time
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Volcanic activity frees giant scorpions from the earth who wreak havoc in the rural countryside and eventually threaten Mexico City.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 8/2/2025: The Black Scorpion
Maru will always be one of the greatest cats to ever grace the internet. He’s 18 now, but still going strong. Have fun posting! Continue reading Maru’s Night Thread
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A teenager helps three aliens enter the dating scene in the 1980s.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 7/26/2025: Earth Girls Are Easy
The theme song is fantastic. Plus, they were always the better version of The Smurfs anyway. Have fun posting! Continue reading The Night Thread Swims Along With The Snorks
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Honeymooning in Hungary, Joan and Peter Allison share their train compartment with Dr. Vitus Verdegast, a courtly but tragic man who is returning to the remains of the town he defended before becoming a prisoner … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 7/19/2025: The Black Cat (1934)
Next up in an unintended series of thread on Star Trek commercials… Deep Space Nine action figures, including a very off-model Chief O’Brien! The highlight of the ad, of course, is that the pitchman is none other than Armin Shimerman … Continue reading The Night Thread Wonders What Morn’s “Action” Is
I hear we’re posting Superman content? It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman is the one and only Superman musical! Premiering on Broadway in 1966, it received decent reviews but was rejected by audiences, resulting in a run of … Continue reading The Night Thread’s Got Possibilities
