Svengoolie: Season 30
Season 30 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Svengoolie Season 29.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 30 Progress Shield
The Invisible Ray (1935)
Jan 6, 2024 · 150 min
A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
The Old Dark House (1932)
Jan 13, 2024 · 150 min
Seeking shelter from a storm, five travelers are in for a bizarre and terrifying night when they stumble upon the Femm family estate.
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Jan 20, 2024 · 120 min
A doctor obtains raw materials for his experiments. With an assistant's help, he tries reviving a heart. A suspicious priest interrupts, forcing them to flee abandoned experiments.
Willard (1971)
Jan 27, 2024 · 150 min
In our home base of Chicago, there’s been a lot of interest lately in the “Rat Hole”- the impression of what appears to be the outline of a rat in a sidewalk’s concrete - but, toni
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Feb 3, 2024 · 124 min
Explores a worthy sequel to the first film in the Gill Man saga, taking "King Kong" approach- bringing the monster back to civilization in a different unfamiliar environment.
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Feb 10, 2024 · 116 min
We’ve shown you various watery threats like the Creature from the Black Lagoon, giant octopi, and a piranha or fifty- but tonight on MeTV, it’s a unique sort of subsea prehistoric
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Feb 17, 2024 · 150 min
Burning windmill where the monster battles his maker. Henry, thrown from the windmill's heights, is carried home by witnesses who mourn. Maria's father remains to ensure the monste
How to Make a Monster (1958)
Feb 24, 2024 · 150 min
Pete, make-up artist for 25 years, angered that the studio's new regime discounts his work . Recalling a past accidental discovery allowing him to control actors, Pete formulates s
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Mar 2, 2024 · 116 min
An eccentric scientist helps a fugitive from the law become invisible, unwittingly giving him the power to exact revenge on his former friends.
13 Ghosts (1960)
Mar 9, 2024 · 150 min
A family inherits what proves to be a haunted house, but a special pair of goggles allows them to see their ghostly tormentors.
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Mar 16, 2024 · 116 min
Dishonest undertaker Waldo Trumbull and his sidekick Felix Gillie are creating their own customers when they cannot find willing ones.
Dan Curtis' 'Dracula' (1974)
Mar 23, 2024 · 150 min
Dan Curtis' made-for-tv version of Bram Stoker's Dracula from 1974, starring Jack Palance as the Count, who pursues a woman in England who resembles his long dead wife.
Gargoyles (1972)
Mar 30, 2024 · 150 min
An anthropologist and his daughter are traveling through the southwestern U.S. when they encounter a mysterious skeleton of a large creature with wings and horns at Uncle Willie’s
The Time Travelers (1964)
Apr 6, 2024 · 150 min
A freak accident transforms a wall-mounted flatscreen TV into a portal to a post-apocalyptic future where fierce mutants roam a decimated earth and humanity struggles to survive.
Island of Terror (1966)
Apr 13, 2024 · 150 min
On an isolated island, a secret lab's experiments to cure a deadly disease go terribly wrong, unleashing horrific creatures. A doctor's call for help, but the visitors become trapp
The Wolf Man (1941)
Apr 20, 2024 · 150 min
In “The Wolf Man” (1941), Larry Talbot returns to his father’s castle in Wales and encounters a beautiful woman. During a visit to a local carnival, he meets a mysterious gypsy for
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Apr 27, 2024 · 150 min
Three bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing four tormented women.
The Land that Time Forgot (1974)
May 4, 2024 · 150 min
During World War I, a German U-boat sinks a British ship and takes the survivors on board. After it takes a wrong turn, the submarine takes them to the unknown land of Caprona, whe
House of Frankenstein (1944)
May 11, 2024 · 150 min
A horrific house party brings together the original Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, the Wolf Man, a hunchback, and other Universal monsters in this ultimate monster rally.
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
May 18, 2024 · 150 min
The vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
May 25, 2024 · 150 min
In 1999, a race of she-aliens, the Kilaaks, brainwash Earth's monsters into attacking major cities, prompting a team of astronauts to stop the invaders while the monsters battle Gh
The Tingler (1959)
Jun 1, 2024 · 150 min
An obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.
The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Jun 8, 2024 · 150 min
Rocks from a meteor which grow when in contact with water threaten a sleepy Southwestern desert community.
The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
Jun 15, 2024 · 150 min
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
The Leech Woman (1960)
Jun 22, 2024 · 150 min
An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.
The Undead (1957)
Jun 29, 2024 · 150 min
A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.
The Angry Red Planet (1959)
Jul 6, 2024
Shortly after their rocket reaches the mysterious red planet, the band of brave space explorers discovers monstrous yet highly intelligent alien life forms, which first attack, the
Dracula (1931)
Jul 20, 2024
The dashing, mysterious Count Dracula (Bela Lugosi), after hypnotizing a British soldier, Renfield (Dwight Frye), into his mindless slave, travels to London and takes up residence
The Killer Shrews (1959)
Jul 27, 2024
A disparate group are trapped on a remote island by a hurricane. On the island, a doctor works to make humans twice as small as we already are. This, apparently, will help prevent
Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Aug 3, 2024
American servicemen are targeted by a beautiful woman who can transform into a cobra after they interfere in a ceremony
The Mad Magician (1954)
Aug 10, 2024
An 1880s magician (Vincent Price) creates illusions of mayhem that work.
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
Aug 17, 2024
A giant octopus from the nether reaches of Mindanao Deep has been awakened by nearby nuclear testing. Radioactive and monstrously huge, the rampaging leviathan is heading toward th
Black Friday (1940)
Aug 24, 2024
Dr. Sovac transplants the brain of a gangster into his professor friend's body to save his life, but there is a side effect that causes a dangerous split personality.
War of the Colossal Beast (1958)
Aug 31, 2024
(Sequel to "The Amazing Colossal Man") Manning is a gigantic behemoth, a victim of overexposure to radiation who has gone insane due to his freakish size.
KIller Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Sep 7, 2024
When teenagers see a comet crash outside their small town, they investigate and discover a pack of murderous aliens who look very much like circus clowns.
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
Sep 14, 2024
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall.
The Night Stalker (1972)
Sep 21, 2024
movie that predates the TV show After several high-profile newspapers fire him for his difficult attitude, investigative journalist Carl Kolchak (Darren McGavin) finds a job follo
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Oct 5, 2024
Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone) is determined to prove the legitimacy of his father's scientific work, thus rescuing the family name from disgrace. With the help of Yg
The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
Oct 5, 2024
(Second episode of the night as part of Svengoolie's Halloween BOO-Nanza) An earthquake awakens a nest of monsters lurking in the Salton Sea. These bloodthirsty sea snails are gob
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Oct 12, 2024
To win a reporting job, a young man must spend the night in a haunted house.
Fiend Without a Face (1958)
Oct 12, 2024
(Second episode of the night as part of Svengoolie's Halloween BOO-Nanza) A scientist's thoughts materialize as an army of invisible brain-shaped monsters
House of Wax (1953)
Oct 19, 2024
A scarred sculptor (Vincent Price) re-populates his ravaged wax museum with human corpses.
Labyrinth (1986)
Oct 19, 2024
House of Svengoolie, primarily hosted by the characters IMP, Gwengoolie, and Nostalgiaferatoo. second episode of the night as part of October's Boonanza A teenager with an active
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Oct 26, 2024
A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
The Dark Crystal (1982)
Oct 26, 2024
House of Svengoolie, primarily hosted by the characters IMP, Gwengoolie, and Nostalgiaferatoo. second episode of the night as part of October's Boonanza On another planet in the
The Mummy (1932)
Nov 2, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV- as the weather turns colder, it seems like a good time to get wrapped up-and join one of Universal’s iconic monsters as he goes "for a little walk"... and begins a
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Nov 9, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV- we present Vincent Price in possibly his most memorable role of the 1970s-as a man thought to be dead who is not only alive, but on a mission- to get revenge on th
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
Nov 16, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV-find out what gets a rise out of Vincent Price’s disfigured “dead-again/live-again” villain- as we pick up where last week’s movie left off- only a few years later-
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Nov 23, 2024 · 150 min
We’re showing what may be the most requested film in our library-that our viewers demand to see at least annually! While Universal’s perennial top comedy team- had lost some of the
The Crawling Eye (1958)
Nov 30, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV- “Black Friday” gives way to a “Black and White Saturday” Sven feature- as we learn about a snowy mountain peak surrounded by a mysterious mist that conceals a dead
The Comedy of Terrors (1963)
Dec 7, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV, we reprise a horror comedy with an all-star cast of the genre’s legends that mixes dark humor and deadly deeds. It’s another memorable team-up of Vincent Price and
Dinosaurus! (1960)
Dec 14, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV- while you might be getting in the holiday mood roasting chestnuts on an open fire- some less-than-holiday heat from lightning will be thawing out prehistoric creat
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Dec 21, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight on MeTV, we have a pre-Christmas present for you- with a character who was part of the Universal roster of horror even before the advent of talkies! This time he is portray
Blood of Dracula (1957)
Dec 28, 2024 · 150 min
Tonight, on MeTV- we end the year by bringing back an American International 1950s offering that takes its place among the teenage monster films like “I Was a Teenage Frankenstein”