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Before Father's Day- It's Son's Night- Lon Chaney Jr. is the "Son of Dracula"- Tonight!

On the anniversary eve of the date that I first appeared on TV 40 years ago as the Svengoolie character, we’re celebrating early with a film many consider a creepy camp classic -  that we’ve never shown before- featuring a troubled beauty who expands her horizons- and her size- after an alien encounter! Get back, Jack- it’s the “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman”!

This 1958 sci-fi favorite begins with a newscast report of people sighting a fireball in the sky over various locales- with its trajectory bringing it above the California desert. Above it?  A woman driving on a desert road almost runs right into the “fireball”- which is constantly referred to as a “satellite” throu...

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