Synopsis 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 … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 02/22/2025: The War of the Gargantuas
“Misbehaving” by Henriette Ronner Knip, 1897. Image and description from the KMSKA (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp) website, reproduced under Creative Commons license. At the end of the 19th century pet cats became increasingly common in the salons of … Continue reading The Night Thread is Misbehaving
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A famed herpetologist bends the laws of nature experimenting with the transformation of man into snake.” AND THEN! “An alien and a teenager in love must save the Earth before it becomes the food source … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 02/15/2025: Sssssss AND Teenagers From Outer Space
Ernie’s Big Mess is a Sesame Street book from 1981, where Sesame Street’s Odd Couple briefly fractures. Fed up with Ernie’s slovenly ways, Bert says he wishes he lived alone. A sad Ernie decides to grant his wish and leaves, … Continue reading The Night Thread of Ernie’s Big Mess
Synopsis 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 … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 02/08/2025: Curse of the Werewolf
There’s been too much Deep Blue Slander on this website lately and no one signed up for the night thread, so it’s time to feature everyone’s favorite moderately successful pop-rock song from the mid-nineties! Continue reading The Night Thread Said, “Well, That’s The One Thing We’ve Got”
Summary from the MeTV website… “The first human expedition to Venus returns to Earth in a crash landing off the coast of Italy. The only survivor is Hopper and he’s frightened that he may have lost a canister holding specimens … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 02/01/2025: 20 Million Miles To Earth
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.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 01/25/2025: Godzilla, King of the Monsters
This feels perfectly tailored to The Avocado. Continue reading The Defying Gravity Falls Night Thread
From the MeTV website… “When tomatoes attack, scientist gather to save the world!” AND THEN! On House of Svengoolie… “A vampire tells chilling tales about a reclusive wealthy man with a dark whistle, a lonely boy with a monster for … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 01/18/2025: Attack of the Killer Tomatoes AND The Monster Club
From the MeTV website… “Prof. Van Helsing is in danger of prosecution for the murder of Dracula…until a hypnotic woman steals the Count’s body and cremates it. Bloodless corpses start appearing in London again, and Hungarian countess Marya Zaleska seeks … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 01/11/2025: Dracula’s Daughter
Over the years Jim Henson and the Muppets have performed amazing feats of puppeteering, doing everything from performing in a diving bell to custom building cars to get the shot they needed. But sometimes, I feel like it gets overlooked … Continue reading The Night Thread Appreciates Caroll Spinney
From the MeTV website… “Police officers Bud and Lou encounter the infamous shape-changing scientist while on assignment in London.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 01/04/2025: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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 12/28/2024: Blood of Dracula
There’s still Christmas candy on the store shelves, so this thread is still timely. Tonight, we celebrate an iconic album, 1980’s Christmas In The Stars. And by “Stars”, of course we mean Star Wars. That’s right, Star Wars had a … Continue reading The Christmas In The Stars Night Thread
Tonight, we remember one of the weirdest Christmas episodes in the history of television. Watch ALF befriend a dying child! See ALF stop Cleavon “Blazing Saddles” Little from committing suicide! THRILL as ALF delivers a baby in an elevator! The … Continue reading The ALF’s Special Christmas Night Thread
No night thread? The Avocado is on the Naughty List! Continue reading Emergency Santa Jar-Jar Night Thread
