Don’t Lose Face- Face The “Fiend Without A Face”-Tonight!

Tonight on MeTV, we bring back a longtime favorite of mine with truly imaginative creatures responsible for strange incidents near a military base in Canada that is experimenting with a system run by nuclear power. Unexplainable deaths are being committed in the area, where these bizarre monsters lurk as an unseen force- hence the title “Fiend Without a Face”!

(As longtime fans know, whenever we have run this film, we worry about spoilers- so viewers who have never seen the film will be surprised by the reveal of their actual appearance. We understand that the poster for the film does give that away, but we would appreciate some respect for those for whom this will be their first time viewing the movie.)

The story begins at the U.S. Air Force’s experimental radar station in Winthrop Manitoba, where work on a new long-range tracking system is underway. It’s powered by their own nuclear plant, but unfortunately, every time they seem to be on the brink of success- the nuclear power seems to be drain off and drop to lower than useful levels for no discernable reason.

That isn’t the only problem-the local farming community is up in arms about mysterious cattle problems and even deaths that have been occurring. The local folks are quick to blame radiation coming from the military base, and choose to ignore the small bit of evidence that each victim has puncture marks at the base of their skull ( no, they do not suspect a Canadian vampire with bad aim)!There’s more proof for them to ignore- each victim’s brain and spinal column appear to be- gone!

Major Jeff Cummings is sent out to investigate- and immediately finds himself at odds with the locals. Among them is the pretty sister of one of the victims, who works for a retired British scientist living near the base whose is realm of experience is research on telekinetic power. Perhaps that has a relation to what has been going on…

Jeff finds that he first must combat those who believe it has to be someone from the military who has become a maniac killer, and that radiation is not to blame for the deaths. All too soon, we learn that an invisible life form is present, and ready to eliminate the human population! Be prepared for the big reveal-when the faceless enemy is no longer faceless- and both amazing and shocking!

As I have mentioned in the past, this outstanding 1958 horror flick took us a few years to hunt down and obtain- and while some people might not recall the name of this film, they always remember the menace once it is visible!

As always, we’ll tell you about the movie’s cast, headed by Marshall Thompson and Kim Parker ( whose few seconds in a shower scene somehow made the film’s promotional poster) along with the history of the production’s story. We’ll suggest various product uses for the unseen fiends-and our song this week is to the tune of one of our friend Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon’s big hits! (Please note that the song will come up a little later than it usually does in the show tonight!) By the way, the industrious Mr. Cannon has indeed been working on yet another NEW Svengoolie song! This reminded us of a classic appearance by Freddy at Elgin’s Nightmare on Chicago Street from a few years ago, which we are happy to reprise. Plus, with the release of the new Svengoolie comic book less than a month away, we’ll show highlights from when we first revealed news about it at last year’s New York Comic Con!

“Fiend Without a Face” appears tonight on MeTV at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central time. Last week, as has been the case, Twitter had so many viewers live-Tweeting during the show, we were trending right near the top of the most talked-about topics nationally- and you are invited to join in again this week, using the hashtag #svengoolie in your Tweets. In the Chicago viewing area, you can view that movie all those folks were Tweeting about last week on MeTV- Dana Andrews in the eerie “Curse of the Demon” -it's on our main local station, CW26, at 11 am this morning.

New Sven merchandise is available! Make sure you check out the online store- with more items coming!

But tonight – be ready to see (?!) an invisible menace that puts a quiet Canadian village and its surrounding area under siege- and is beyond belief when it finally becomes visible!