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It's all treats and no tricks with Svengoolie's Halloween BOOnanza, all October long!
Get twice the fright with Svengoolie double feature movies all month long!
Last year, Svengoolie's Halloween BOOnanza was a coffin-full of fun, surprises, and fan-favorite films. How could we make this year even bigger, better, and more packed full of thrills and chills?
How about twice the Svengoolie?
That's right, this year we're super-sizing the scares with special Saturday night double feature movies all October long! These titles include long-requested fan faves, classic horror staples, and cheesy 80s camp. Plus, after the show, hang out until the witching hour with late-night marathons of some of your favorite spooky classic shows!
"We put the BOO! in BOOnanza with our movie line-up of fearsome Svengoolie features on MeTV Saturday nights,” said Rich Koz, aka. Svengoolie. “We have killer clowns, Abbott & Costello and the much-requested original Kolchak movies, plus this year we will treat fans with a double feature of a bonus movie every Saturday night. And be sure to catch Halloween-themed blocks of scary episodes from MeTV's classic TV portfolio all month and all across the schedule, including westerns, comedies and the one where Gilligan turns into a vampire!"
Here's just a sampling of some of the frightful delights on offer:
Saturday, October 7:
9A: 8C: A Bugs Bunny BOOnanza Bash
10A | 9C: MeTV Halloween Westerns: Catch a full day of specially selected spooky Western episodes!
8P | 7C: Svengoolie: "Killer Klowns from Outer Space" — Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a town.
10:30P | 9:30C: Svengoolie: "The Crawling Eye" — A series of decapitations on a Swiss mountainside appear to be connected to a mysterious radioactive cloud.
12:30A | 11:30C: BOOnanza Late Night — Sventoonie
Saturday, October 14:
8P | 7C: Svengoolie: "Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein" — The Wolf Man tries to warn a dimwitted porter that Dracula wants his brain for Frankenstein monster's body.
10:30P | 9:30C: Svengoolie: "Invaders From Mars" — A young boy learns that space aliens are taking over the minds of earthlings.
12:30A | 11:30C: Svengoolie Uncrypted: First-ever one-hour primetime special celebrating Svengoolie – America’s long-running, beloved and award-winning horror host. The master horror host escapes his dungeon to journey far and wide, discovering a world of friends and new adventures. The special also shines a spotlight on Svengoolie’s world for 43+ years as he has entertained horror fans with Saturday night showcases of campy and obscure titles, offering insightful horror movie facts, trivia, and jokes.
1:30A | 12:30C: BOOnanza Late Night — The Twilight Zone
Saturday, October 21:
8P | 7C: Svengoolie: "Kolchak: Night Stalker" — An abrasive Las Vegas newspaper reporter investigates a series of murders committed by a vampire.
10:30P | 9:30C: Svengoolie: "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" — A 400-foot (122-meter) dinosaur-like beast, awoken from undersea hibernation off the Japanese coast by atomic-bomb testing, attacks Tokyo.
1A | 12C: BOOnanza Late Night — Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Saturday, October 28:
8P | 7C: Svengoolie: "Kolchak: Night Strangler" — A reporter hunts down a 144-year-old alchemist who is killing women for their blood.
10:30P | 9:30C: Svengoolie: "Trilogy of Terror" — Three bizarre horror stories, all of which star Karen Black in four different roles playing tormented women.
1A | 12C: BOOnanza Late Night — Kolchak: The Night Stalker
And that's just the beginning! All month long we'll be showing special Halloween episodes of your favorite classic shows and other hauntingly good surprises!
171 Comments
Also Did I miss something ?!? Sarah Palmer just came out of nowhere ..
No intro... no nothing ..If anyone knows I'd appreciate a "heads up"...;)
Those convention attendance segments make me want to puke. It can be sad, those interviews with old people still living off some horror film from the eighties.
Svenghoolie is arguably the worst horror show host I have ever seen. Sven has no edge. No bite.
It remains my favorite METV show, but I said what was needed. I also dig Sventoonie, which really is a bit quirky.
(occasionally) are the sad part and at a stretch laughable. The rest is just gimmicks and shtick, including the Sventoonie puppet. Suppose some would/could say the same on MST3K or any other horror series as well. Just opinion/taste at the end of the day.
Did you know Svengoolie has its own page and it uses the same commenting system as these threads, however it's under their blogs. There's a regular group of viewers that comment on w/e movie is running during the show/movie each Saturday night. Some of the comments that viewers share are funny/ some not. However they're just a group having fun.
" I also dig Sventoonie"
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As you seem to dig "Sventoonie." Will you be watching or recording the 10 episode marathon of the famous Tuna Puppet scheduled for October 7-8 overnight. Not sure if Rich Koz ultimately sets the schedule for the October promo, but it was kind of him to bring back the character for a short while anyway. Ironically the last episode is called "𝐏𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥."
This would be better:
Sven: Who the hell are you?
Never was: I was camper #7 in the first Friday the 13th film.
Sven: I see. Nobody.
Never was: And who the hell are you?
Sven: Beats me.
Is anyone missing Sventoonie as much as me? I was hesitant at first, but I have Bill & Toonie on in the morning when I’m getting ready. I’m also a Mystery Science Theater fan for years and what Sventoonie did was mix the best antics of MST with his silly cartoon quips and it was hilarious! I laughed harder on the Saturday nights that he was on than anything Sven was doing. I’m not too fond of the extended Sven because too often 75 min movies are stretched out to accommodate 2-1/2 hrs…not a fan.
