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Check Out Svengoolie’s February 2026 Schedule

This month, prepare for invaders from Mars, an ancient shark, and the 95th birthday of everyone’s favorite Transylvanian.

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Svengoolie Announces Last-Second Schedule Change for January 24 Episode

If you stream the show, you might be in for a surprise this Saturday night.

BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB, from left: Valerie Leon, Andrew Keir, 1971

Check Out Svengoolie’s January 2026 Schedule

Start your new year with some new fear!

THE WALTONS, Kami Cotler, David W.Harper, Eric Scott, Michael Learned, Ralph Waite, Mary Beth McDonough, etc, 1972-82.

MeTV Highlights: December 22-28

Find some classic Christmas episodes to watch this week.

THE WALTONS, (top, from left): Ralph Waite, Michael Learned, John Walmsley, Judy Norton-Taylor, Richard Thomas, (bottom): Mary Beth McDonough, Kami Cotler, Will Geer, Ellen Corby, Eric Scott, David Harper, 1972-81

MeTV Highlights This Week: December 15-21

Get cozy with some classic TV this week.

Svengoolie Drops New Line of Trading Cards

Fans can collect more than 100 unique card designs.

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Check Out Svengoolie’s December 2025 Schedule

If you’re already sick of Santa and his elves, spend some time mummies, vampires, and the angriest trucker around.

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Svengoolie’s November Schedule Is Here & It’s Scarier Than an Undead Turkey

There are five Saturdays in November — which means you get an extra, bonus fright from Svengoolie this month! And with one double feature, you’ll actually get six movies on MeTV‘s Svengoolie Classic Horror & Sci-Fi Movie in November. So yes, when we turn the clocks back, it will get dark at 5 pm; but you […]

THE BAD SEED, Patty McCormack, 1956

Whatever Happened to ‘The Bad Seed’ Star Patty McCormack?

She started off playing a serial killer child, and picked up an Oscar nomination at 11 … where is she now?

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Svengoolie’s September Schedule Is Here to Help You Go Back to Ghoul

Prepare for a month filled with giant bugs, neck-breaking beasts, and one very angry little girl.

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Svengoolie’s August Schedule Is Here to Chill Your Hot Summer Nights

Get ready for giant bugs, bloody fangs, and a reminder to never take anyone’s lucky charms.

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Svengoolie Reveals How He Picks His Monthly Horror Movies

He explained it all to fans during the recent C2E2 convention in Chicago.

THE DEADLY MANTIS, Alix Talton, 1957.

Svengoolie’s April Schedule Has Giant Bugs, Deadly Rats and 50-Foot Women, Oh My!

Plus: benevolent aliens and tiny monsters who are most definitely NOT gremlins.

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Svengoolie’s March Schedule Will Scare Off the Winter Doldrums

Get ready for vampires, killer dolls, pet reptiles dressed up like dinosaurs and more in this month’s schedule of fiendish films!

BLOOD OF DRACULA, Sandra Harrison, 1957

5 Fiendish Facts About ‘Blood of Dracula,’ Svengoolie’s Dec. 28 Movie of the Week

Learn more about this classic B-movie.

5 Freakishly Fascinating Facts About ‘Phantom of the Opera’ (1943), Svengoolie’s Movie of the Week

The film was at one point supposed to be a comedic vehicle for Abbott & Costello.

SATURDAY THE 14TH, US poster art, from left: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, 1981.

5 Scarily Silly Facts About ‘Saturday the 14th,’ Svengoolie’s Movie of the Week

The 1981 horror-comedy gave one future Emmy winner his first major break.

image from the 1971 film

5 Absolutely Absorbing Facts About ‘The Abominable Dr. Phibes’

The film was originally supposed to feature two horror legends going head-to-head.

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Svengoolie’s MeTV November Schedule Has Arrived & It’s Full of Classic Terrors

Get ready for classic monsters, creepy comedy and more Vincent Price than you can shake a skull at.

THE DARK CRYSTAL, from top: Kira (voice: Lisa Maxwell), Fizzgig (voice: Percy Edwards), 1982.

5 Fantastical Facts About Jim Henson’s ‘The Dark Crystal’

The film was inspired by aristocratic reptiles and Henson’s own previous work.

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Watch Svengoolie’s BOO-Nanza This Weekend for ‘Twilight Zone,’ Vincent Price & a Haunted Don Knotts

Thrills, chills, and William Shatner at 20,000 feet await this weekend!

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Svengoolie’s MeTV October Schedule Is Here & It’s Frightfully Fun

Get ready for a scare-ifying time with movies starring Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, David Bowie & more!

BLACK FRIDAY, left: Boris Karloff; right: Bela Lugosi on half-sheet poster art, 1940.

Fun Facts About Lugosi & Karloff’s 1940 Fright Flick ‘Black Friday’

The movie’s director went on to work with Abbott and Costello, Clint Eastwood and multiple wisecracking animals.