It Came From The Man Cave!: Svengoolie 2016

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A Reign Of HORROR... a man-made monster on the loose!

Director:

Arthur Lubin

Writers:

Curt Siodmak

Eric Taylor

Stars:

Boris Karloff

Bela Lugosi

Stanley Ridges

When his friend Professor Kingsley is at deaths door, brain surgeon Dr. Sovac saves his life by means of an illegal operation that transplants part of injured gangster Red Cannon's brain. Unfortunately, the operation has a disastrous Jeckll and Hyde side effect and under certain conditions the persona of Cannon emerges. Sovac soon learns of the duel personality and of half a million dollars the gangster has hidden away. He attempts to find the money through the manipulation of his friend, an attempt that brings Kingsley closer to madness as he alternates between a meek professor of English and a brutal gangster out for murderous revenge on those who tried to kill him.

Ugh not overly happy with the line up for October this year. This week we are treated with another rerun and one of 8 flicks to star Karloff and Lugosi. Make sure you check your local listings for times and channels or better yet head over to www.svengoolie.com and don't forget to check out the other bloggers as we celebrate the month of October and countdown the days! www.countdowntohalloween.blogspot.com. Make sure to comment below if you have seen Black Friday this week on Svengoolie.

Like nothing your eyes have ever seen before!

Director: Curt Siodmak

Writer: Curt Siodmak

Stars:

John Bromfield

Beverly Garland

Tom Payne

Rock Dean and Dr. Andrea Romar travel up the Amazon River to find out why the plantation workers have left their work in a panic, allegedly because of attacks from Curucu, a monster who is said to live up the river where no white man has ever been before.

I love all the new stuff Sven has been showing. Again I have never seen this movie man my backlog is filling up fast!

“Curucu- Beast of the Amazon” shows tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check your local listings (or www.metv.com) for channel and time in your area. Chicago area viewers will go wild for a second showing of Acquanetta’s “Captive Wild Woman” on our sister station, WCIU-the U- at 11 am.

A human form with animal instincts!

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Writers:

Ted Fithian

Neil P. Varnick

Stars:

John Carradine

Evelyn Ankers

Milburn Stone

Dr. Sigmund Walters, an expert in glandular research, becomes convinced that his experiments involving lower animal species cannot succeed, so he arranges to have a very intelligent female gorilla kidnapped from the circus and brought to his lab. Using the glands of a patient and the brain of his faithful nurse, he performs transplant surgery on the intelligent simian. When the ape morphs into exotic and sexy Paula Dupree, the experiment seems to be s success. She even finds a place for herself at her old circus assisting lion tamer Fred Mason. Unfortunately, when aroused by desire and jealousy over the affections of Mason, her delicate metabolism breaks down, and she regresses to her ape form.

I swear she looks like my Prom Date.

Wow, another one I have never seen before, thanks, Sven now if I could just get through the backlog I have growing life will be much better!

For guys like me, “Invisible Agent” can be seen -or not- on The U today at 11am. For the MeTv crowd enjoy captive wild woman tonight at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check your local listings or at www.metv.com .

Men Were Her Prey For Eternal Youth.

Director:

Edward Dein

Writer:

David Duncan

Stars:

Coleen Gray

Grant Williams

Phillip Terry

When a very old African woman offers an ambitious endocrinologist the secret of eternal youth, he decides to take his estranged and no-longer-young-and-beautiful wife along with him on the safari. But then she finds out the true reason for their sudden reconciliation is so that she can serve as his guinea pig. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, especially one with a stolen pineal gland tapper. But once you try Nipe, there's no going back.

Wow, another new movie on Svengoolie! It has been a great summer of Sven so far! Looking forward to watching Pillow Talk from last week. "Leech Woman” appears tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check your local listings (or at www.metv.com) for run time and channel where you are. Chicago fans get another look at "Pillow Talk" on our sister station, WCIU, the U, at 11 am.

It's Mummy's Day for Bud and Lou!

Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy

1955 | B&W | 1 Hr 19 Min | Comedy | PG | Universal

Director:

Charles Lamont

Writers:

Lee Loeb

John Grant

Stars:

Bud Abbott

Lou Costello

Marie Windsor

In Egypt, Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.

So turn up the "A/C"(see what I did there) tonight and join Svengoolie “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy” comes to you tonight on MeTV- 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check your local listings. Chicago viewers will get a sssecond ssserving of “Sssssss” at 11 am on WCIU, the U!

(Don't say it, hiss it)

Director: Bernard L. Kowalski

Writers:

Hal Dresner

Daniel C. Striepeke

Stars:

Strother Martin

Dirk Benedict

Heather Menzies-Urich

David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly brewed up a serum that can transform any man into a King Cobra snake and he plans to use it on David.

This movie has just the right amount of what the! to make it enjoyable. It is so crazy and squeamish as well. I really dig Ssssss you really should check it out as well.

Ssssss starts tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or check your local listings or www.metv.com for information for your area. Chicago viewers get a curtain call of The Incredible Shrinking Man at 11 am on WCIU, the U.

Moment by moment the terror mounts!

Director: Jack Arnold

Writers: Richard Matheson

Stars:

Grant Williams

Randy Stuart

April Kent

Scott Carey and his wife Louise are sunning themselves on their cabin cruiser, the small craft adrift on a calm sea. While his wife is below deck, a low mist passes over him. Scott, lying in the sun, is sprinkled with glittery particles that quickly evaporate. Later he is accidentally sprayed with an insecticide while driving and, in the next few days, he finds that he has begun to shrink. First, just a few inches, so that his clothes no longer fit, then a little more.

Soon he is only three feet tall, and a national curiosity. At six inches tall he can only live in a doll's house and even that becomes impossible when his cat breaks in. Scott flees to the cellar, his wife thinks he has been eaten by the cat and the door to the cellar is closed, trapping him in the littered room where, menaced by a giant spider, he struggles to survive.

“Incredible Shrinking Man” tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or- check your local listings – or www.metv.com for run times in your area, and the “where to watch” tab to find what MeTV stations are available to you. In Chicago, viewers get a second lap from “Call Dr. Death” on WCIU, the U, at 11 am

Murders In The Zoo Review

Director:

A. Edward Sutherland

Writers:

Philip Wylie

Seton I. Miller

Stars:

Charles Ruggles

Lionel Atwill

Gail Patrick

Eric Gorman returns with his wife Evelyn from a trip to the Orient collecting zoo animals, having killed a member of his expedition who happened one day to kiss Mrs. Gorman. On board ship, Evelyn meets Roger Hewitt, who falls in love with her. After delivering his animals to the zoo, Gorman plots a way to dispose of Hewitt using one of his latest specimens, then continues using the zoo's non-human residents to do his beastly work.

Paramount Pictures follow-up to Island of Lost Souls, Murders in the Zoo deserves to be placed alongside other studio and independent horror productions of the period such as Freaks (1932), White Zombie (1932), and Mad Love (1935). It boasts stylish art deco design, atmospheric cinematography, several tense murder scenes, and above all, a standout performance by Lionel Atwill as an outrageously sadistic and callous killer.

A Mate... For The Monster!

The Bride of Frankenstein
1935 | B&W | 1 hr 15min | 1.37.1 | PG | Mono | Horror

Director: James Whale

Writers: Mary Shelley

Stars:

Boris Karloff

Elsa Lanchester

Colin Clive

In this sequel to Frankenstein (1931) both Henry Frankenstein and his monster have survived. The monster, thought to be dead by the local villagers, is found out when he attempts to save a young girl from drowning. He's taken into custody but escapes into the woods where he meets a blind man who enchants him with his violin. Dr. Frankenstein meanwhile is forced to work with the mad Dr. Pretorius who has also been experimenting with the creation of life. When the monster eventually returns home Frankenstein and Pretorius create a woman to be his friend. It leads to disaster when she rejects him.

The Bride of Frankenstein begins tonight at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central (please check if your local station is delaying the start time an hour due to news, sports, or whatever)- as always, check your local listings if you’re unsure of our start time, or go to www.metv.com

H.G. Wells' Fantastic Out Of This World Show!

Director: James Whale

Writers: R.C. Sherriff

Stars:

Claude Rains

Gloria Stuart

William Harrigan

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. Unfortunately, the drug he used has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance, and several will die in the process.

“The Invisible Man” appears (?!) on MeTV Saturday night at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central, or, check your local listings. Be aware that some stations have delayed the show an hour for sports or news- the good news being, they do that so they can present the entire show, rather than join it in progress. In Chicago, viewers get a second look at “Time of their Lives” on WCIU at 11 am. - See more at: http://svengoolie.com/?p=8336#sthash.kErzRKtA.dpuf

Looking forward to watching Time of their lives I have never seen that one! Have a Happy Easter to you all and don't forget there is still time to vote for Sven at the Rondo Awards.

A powerful cast that will guarantee entertainment!

Director:

Robert Florey

Writers:

Edgar Allan Poe (story)

Robert Florey (adaptation)

Stars:

Bela Lugosi

Sidney Fox

Leon Ames

In 19th Century Paris, the maniacal Dr. Mirakle abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship. He constantly meets failure as the abducted women die. Medical student Pierre Dupin discovers what Mirakle is doing too late to prevent the abduction of his girlfriend Camille. Now he desperately tries to enlist the help of the police to get her back.

Wow with a run time of an hour you can bet we will get a few extra fun things this week! I have never seen this movie so I may have to check it out.

Have a good week end folks!

The supreme excitement of our time!

Joseph M. Newman

Writers:

Raymond F. Jones

Franklin Coen

Stars:

Jeff Morrow

Faith Domergue

Rex Reason

The electronic engineer Dr. Cal Meacham is a prominent scientist that is studying industrial, application of nuclear energy and also a great pilot. One day, he receives a different condenser and soon his assistant Joe Wilson receives a manual instruction and several components of a sophisticated machine. Carl and Joe build a communication apparatus and a man called Exeter contacts Carl. He tells that Carl has passed the test assembling the Interocitor and invites him to join his research. The intrigued Carl decides to travel to meet Exeter that sends an unmanned airplane to bring him to an isolated facility in Georgia. He is welcomed by Dr. Ruth Adams but she mysteriously does not recall their love affair in the past. They team-up with Dr. Steve Carlson and they note that the other scientists in the facility have been transformed, having a weird behavior. They decide to flee in a car, but they are attacked by rays and Steve dies. Carl and Ruth also witness the facility blowing up and they escape in an airplane. However, they are pulled up into a flying saucer and realize that Exeter is alien. Whal is the objective of the aliens?

Make sure to check your local listings for times. Or visit www.svengoolie.com

Two King Kongs Fight to the Death!

King Kong Escapes
1967 | B&W | 96 min | 2.35.1 | G | Mono | Action | Toho Company

Director:

Ishirô Honda (as Inoshiro Honda)

Writer:

Takeshi Kimura (as Kaoru Mabuchi)

Stars:

Rhodes Reason

Mie Hama

Linda Miller

When a mechanical replica of King Kong is unable to dig for the highly radioactive Element X at the North Pole, the evil Doctor Who and his sponsor Madame Piranha (Madame X in the American release) decides to kidnap the real Kong. As an insurance policy they kidnap Lt. Susan Miller as well as her boyfriend Lt. CommanderJiro Nomura and Cmdr. Carl Nelson (Kong developed a crush on Susan when she Nomura and Nelson visited the Kong at his home on Mondo Island). Kong later escapes and heads for Tokyo. Susan and the others also escape. Who and his minions follow him and activate Mechani-Kong in order to recapture him. Susan is then grabbed by the robot and is taken to the top of Tokyo Tower and a battle ensues between Kong and his robotic replica.

This is easily one of my all time favorite rubber monster suit movies! It never gets old and I swear I could watch it every time it is on. It could have something to do with Rankin and Bass giving a helping hand to the production as well. But for me, it has to be the super sweet and over the top cute Linda Miller who plays Lieutenant Susan Watson! Sure the story is goofy and Kong is quite silly looking but this movie works and will not let you down when it comes to the fun factor!!

Linda Miller

It's cold here in Illinois so what a better way to spend your night with your family by inviting Svengoolie into your home for a fun time. This film is pretty lengthy, so you will get a little less Sven shtick to provide you with more of the movie.”King Kong Escapes” check your local listings tonight on MeTV at 10 pm eastern/pacific, 9 central. In Chicago, on the U, viewers get another look at “Werewolf of London” at 11 am.

Let me know what you think about King Kong Escapes and Linda Miller!