Svengoolie – Page 4 – Doyle's Space

I Saw What You Did (1965)

I watched this 1965 Universal Pictures “I Saw What You Did” action/suspense/horror movie on Svengoolie. William Castle touted this film as UXORICIDE, knowing that most people would not know the true meaning of the word. It is defined as a man killing his wife or girlfriend. Two teenage girls, Libby and Kit are spending an evening together, Libby’s parents are on a trip, overnight, leaving her in charge of her young sister, Tess. They start calling phone numbers, randomly from the phone book, and pranking whoever answers.

She-Wolf of London (1946)

I watched the 1946 Universal Pictures horror/mystery movie “She-Wolf of London” on Svengoolie. It was about a family that has the Allenby curse on them, cursed by wolves. There are nearby murders, and detective Latham, from Scotland yard, is thinking it is a female werewolf while all the other authorities are mocking him. Phyllis Allenby keeps finding clues, making her believe she is affected by the curse. She was about be be married and now is afraid to even see her fiancée who is trying to figure this out.

Time Walker (1982)

I watched the 1982 New World Pictures science fiction/horror movie “Time Walker” on Svengoolie. It was as known as “Being from Another Planet“ and was featured on Mystery Science Theater episode 405 July, 4 1992. The movie was produced by Dimitri Villard (Once Bitten, Flight of the Navigator) and Jason Williams – also writer credit (was Flesh Gordon in Flesh Gordon). A secret chamber is located in King Tutankhamun’s tomb where a strange sarcophagus is found. It is brought back to the California University of the Sciences where it opened.

Curse of the Undead (1959)

I watched the 1959 Universal International western/horror movie “Curse of the Undead” on Svengoolie. It is the story of a vampire, gunslinger-for-hire, that is menacing an old West town. The preacher is trying to figure out the mysterious deaths of young woman and his girl is having trouble with the local bad guy, Buffer who kills her brother. When she puts up wanted signs for someone to kill Buffer, the black clad stranger, Drake Robey (Drago the Vampire) answers her call.

Cult of the Cobra (1955)

I watched the 1955 Universal International movie, Cult of the Cobra on Svengoolie. Six American Air Force officers are exploring an Asian Bazaar before shipping home, post World War II. They meet a snake charmer and convince him to sneak them into a secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). During the ceremony, they are exposed and the high priest pronounces a death curse on them. The movie is directed by Francis D. Lyon (The Great Locomotive Chase, Destination Inner Space, Castle of Evil, The Girl Who Knew Too Much)

From Hell it Came (1957)

I watched the 1957 Allied Artists Picture Corporation’s horror film “From Hell it Came” on Svengoolie. The native island chief is killed and his son is wrongly blamed because he had let the Americans try to heal him with their medicine. The witch doctor lead the ceremony to have Kimo killed, who swears he’ll come back to revenge his death. He is buried, in a hollowed out tree trunk, in the radioactive soil and soon a stump is growing from his grave. The Americans dig it up and soon the monster is free terrorizing the camp.

The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

I watched the 1957 Universal International horror/sci-fi movie “The Incredible Shrinking Man” on Svengoolie. After going through a strange fog, while boating, Robert “Scott” Carey begins to slowly shrink after a few months. The movie was produced by Albert Zugsmith (Touch of Evil, High School Confidential, Confessions of an Opium Eater) and directed by Jack Arnold (It Came From Outer Space, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, Tarantula!, High School Confidential).

The Undead (1957)

I watched the 1957 American International Pictures “The Undead” fantasy/horror movie on Svengoolie. A beautiful woman, Diana Love/Helene, is sent back in time, via hypnosis, where she is suspected of being a witch. Quintus, the psychic researcher responsible now needs to go back to that same place in time to save her. The film is based on the 1950’s book “The Search for Bridey Murphy”(a case where a housewife claims to be in a past life) by Morey Berstein (businessman that pursued an amateur interest in hypnotism all the way back to 19th-century Ireland as he coaxed a young mother into recounting a previous life as a woman named Bridey Murphy). The Undead was originally titled “The Trance of Diana Love” and was filmed in a converted grocery store in 10 days. The movie was produced and directed by Roger Corman (“The Pope of Pop Cinema”, Attack of the Crab Monsters, The Brain Eaters, The Little Shop of Horrors, The Wild Angels, Death Race 2000, Forbidden World, The Fantastic Four, Pit and the Pendulum).

The Beast Must Die (1974)

I watched this 1974 Americus Production, “The Beast Must Die” on Svengoolie. This British horror film, made at Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Middx, England, was directed by Paul Annett (English film and television director). A millionaire big game hunter invites a group of people to spend some time at his English mansion knowing that one of them is a werewolf. He plans to find out which one is the beast and hunt them down.

The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

I watched this 1961 Universal International , B.H.P. Films Presentation, of “The Shadow of the Cat” on Svengoolie. It is a British horror film filmed at Bray Studios, England, and directed by John Gilling (Hammer Horror films, The Gamma People, High Flight, The Night Caller, The Plague of the Zombies, The Reptile, The Mummy’s Shroud). It was written by George Baxt and produced by Jon Penington. It is about a wealthy, elderly lady is murdered and the only witness is Tabitha, her cat and star of the movie, who now is tormenting the murderers who want her dead too.