After Svengoolie hosts 1957’s The Curse of Frankenstein on MeTV at 8pm EST tonight (August 23), his lovable Sven Squad team will follow-up the show with a special presentation of the original Leprechaun on spinoff series House of Svengoolie at 10:30pm EST!
MeTV previews, “Ignatius Malvolio Prankenstein (IMP), Nostalgiaferatoo, and Gwengoolie take a dangerous dip into Irish folklore that is all too real- in the 1993 starting point for the Leprechaun film franchise. Some people rent the farm house of a man who stole a leprechaun’s pot of gold, only to have the wee troublemaker seek him out with dangerous results- but he does imprison the leprechaun in a crate down in the house’s basement. One of the visitors hears cries for help, and, thinking it might be a child- releases the nasty little Irishman, who begins his deadly quest for revenge and his pot of gold.
“Gwengoolie, the Imp and Nostalgiaferatoo bring lots of fun to the fright- in what was Jennifer Aniston’s first film, with Warwick Davis, the star of Willow in the title role- and giving it more humor than originally planned in the script!”
The monthly MeTV double feature begins at 8pm EST, and Svengoolie encourages everyone to use #svengoolie while watching along with the show on X, Bluesky, and anywhere else!
The team also teases this week, “We have some big plans for you in the upcoming fall- including this year’s “Svengoolie’s BOO-nanza”- and the premieres of some movies you have been requesting. Plus, there will be more merchandise, more public appearances, and, of course, more of our Sven Squad! But, for now, join us tonight for the film that many say started Hammer Studios on the path to becoming that era’s new top production house for horror- and the film that launched a lethal little lout into several scary sequels!”
