Tonight on MeTV- it’s a super-sized summer sensation -as we bring back a sort of “beach party” movie- minus the beach- featuring some MeTV actors, a favorite singer pal of ours, some colossal cuties and super-sized studs- in a crazy sci fi dramedy from the mind of Bert I. Gordon, king of oversized menace movies! It all begins when a familiar–looking boy genius cooks up a formula transferring a small town into BIG trouble by converting it into the “Village of the Giants”!

The story begins when a group of alleged teens (some seem-ahem- a little older than adolescent) suffer a car break-down on the outskirts of a quiet California town- and, after an impromptu dance in a mud pit, decide to go dirty up a local burg- in more ways than one! Meanwhile, in that town, local gal Nancy is flirting with her boyfriend Mike, while her younger brother- nicknamed “Genius” for reasons about to become evident- is concentrating on his scientific experiments. Unfortunately, his latest creation just so happens to explode, producing some pink foam that- when ingested by some ducks and his dog- makes them grow to titanic size!

The semi-juvenile delinquents we saw earlier have arrived in town and broken into a deserted theatre to clean up. They then head to a local dance club (where ‘60s sensations the Beau Brummels happen to be playing)! Nancy and Mike are there as well and having a run-in with these visitors –when the giant ducks created by Genius’ “Goo” show up to astound the teen crowd!

The newly- arrived troublemaker teens get wind of the fact that Mike knows how the birds got so big- and formulate their own “get rich quick” scheme; they’ll find some way to nab the formula, then sell it for big bucks! A random meeting with Genius by one of the female schemers helps them discover where the growth “Goo” is- and they set out to steal it!

They pull off their heist and reconvene back at their theatre lair- where a power struggle ensues, resulting in a dare contest- with everybody challenged to prove how fearless they are by eating a piece of the purloined pink stuff! Brave or fool-hearty, the delinquents each sample some of it- and the results are startling! They grow into giants- out-growing their clothing (not that we’re complaining about that happening to a few of them)- and realize that with great size- comes great power that they plan to utilize!

The towering teens immediately take control of the town- cutting off any contact with the outside world. They take a hostage in order to keep the Sheriff at bay and force the rest of the populace to do their bidding. Seeing the town’s adult population brought to their knees by the giants, Mike decides the only ones who can end their dictatorial take-over are he and his “teenaged” pals. Will the decent kids be able to save the town- and will Genius be able to use his intellect to cut the bad boys (and girls) down to size?

This 1965 movie was most certainly aimed at the teen audiences that were enjoying that era’s “Frankie and Annette”-type films- and followed their formula of handsome guys, pretty girls, and the combination of goofy comedy and some rock and roll – with a dosage of science fiction tossed in! Among the musical acts, you’ll see is our friend 60s rock and roll icon Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon! As for the cast, which features several offspring of Hollywood stars, we’ll fill you in on the familiar faces- including Ron Howard as “Genius”, Tommy Kirk as Mike, Beau Bridges as bad boss boy Fred, Johnny Crawford as good guy Horsey (maybe a nod to his work in “The Rifleman”?), and 1982 hit maker Toni “Oh Mickey” Basil as the dynamic dancing machine Red- as well as the luscious Tisha Sterling. Since Freddy Cannon is along for the ride- we’ll encore his fun live performance from a past Halloween season, with me joining him on stage- as well as his follow-up Sven song! You’ll also see a takeoff on one of Ron Howard’s famous roles, a visit from Gwengoolie, and, in honor of our upcoming appearance at this year’s Flashback Weekend horror convention, a look at some of the past fun we’ve had-including guest appearances by the lovely Jordan Ladd (who, with her family history, would fit right in with the various stars’ kids in this movie) and our old pal Tom Atkins- who will also be at this year’s convention. And- just in case this movie isn’t quite your cup of goo- we’ve added in just a little Svensurround throughout the movie.

"Village of the Giants" appears, bigger than life, on MeTV tonight at 8pm eastern/pacific, 7 central – if you’re not sure where and when to find us in your area, just check your local listings or at www.metv.com . Once again- MeTV invites you to live-tweet on Twitter/X or post comments on Blusesky during the show- make sure you finish up your posts with the hashtag #svengoolie . Chicago area viewers get one more time to NOT see ( yeah, I’m getting tired of that joke too) the “Invisible Agent” at 11 am on WCIU, the U !

The Sven summer appearance public tour begins in less than two weeks- with the epic visit by myself and the entire Sven Squad at the San Diego Comic Con on Saturday, July 25th. Also, make plans to see me at the afore mentioned Flashback Weekend horror convention on Friday, July 31 and Saturday, August 1st- with a special live talk show Friday evening featuring a special guest who starred in a great movie we showed earlier this year. There will be a limited schedule of professionally- shot photo ops with me both Friday and Saturday and my usual Saturday meet and greet autograph signing. I’ll wind up the day with my annual hosting of the big costume contest. Find more info about both events under the “appearances” tab here on our website.

Also, the annual Fangoria Chainsaw Awards voting is in full swing- we are again nominated for “Best Non-Fiction TV Series”– alongside our friend Joe Bob Briggs. You can make your choice at www.fangoria.com!

But tonight, we’re over-due for some “goo”- that leads to big time fun with titanic teens on MeTV!