Comedian George Lowe passed away this week. As the voice of the title character in Space Ghost Coast to Coast, he helped influence the sense of humor of an entire generation of nerds. One thing I didn’t know until a … Continue reading The Night Thread Can Bake One Heck Of An Apple Brown Betty
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “A psychically gifted young woman discovers a centuries-old crate buried on her aunt’s ranch. Opening it, her family discovers the living head of Gideon Drew, a 16th century devil worshiper who was beheaded by Sir … Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 3/8/2025: The Thing That Couldn’t Die
I threatened Snow White content yesterday, and boy howdy am I about to deliver. 1987 was the fiftieth anniversary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Disney predictably capitalized on it with a theatrical re-release, a new parade, and … Continue reading Singin’, Dancin’, Night Thread!
Synopsis from the MeTV website… “Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.” Enjoy the movie! Continue reading Svengoolie Discussion Thread 03/1/2025: Dan Curtis’ Dracula
It’s 10:50PM and I forgot to make a thread. Whoops. Have fun posting! Continue reading Night Thread
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
