Stomp Through the Swamp for Fright Tonight with the “Night Monster” - Tonight!

Since we had a man made monster for you last week on our show, tonight on MeTV we're bringing you some nocturnal nastiness-as a murderous entity begins to eliminate its victims, one by one-who risk staying the night, only to fall to the “Night Monster”!

In this 1942 chiller, guests are prepared for by reclusive invalid Curt Ingston, who inhabits Ingston Towers, the family mansion located far from town amidst the swamp lands. Tense times prevail in the house, because Milly, a young hired housemaid, doesn't like recent development around the mansion- slightly disturbing things like what appear to be blood stains in various areas of the house, and the odd behavior of Ingston's troubled sister Margaret, plus the lecherous advances of Ingston's chauffeur Laurie and a strange death that has occurred nearby. The death is attributed to some sort of legendary monster from the swamp- a creature whose very presence is rumored to be fearful enough to silence the nighttime croaking of the frogs that abound in the area! Milly rightfully wants out, and decides her job at the mansion isn't worth it- and, on her way out, she has a run-in with the sinister family butler Rolf, as well as the sleazy Laurie! But-we will see that she is not quite through with Ingston Towers yet...

Chauffer Laurie, having been turned down big-time by Milly, who managed to elude his less than charming overtures, heads into town to pick up the three renowned doctors who have been invited to the mansion to witness an amazing breakthrough that Ingston and his tenant, an Indian mystic named Singh have made. The three men, who, in the past, tried to treat Ingston for an odd sort of paralysis to no avail, are somewhat skeptical- not to mention wary of Singh's alleged “supernatural” powers. That may be a fatal mistake on their part!

Ingston's sister, the seemingly unstable Margaret, has also summoned a practitioner-one Dr. Lynn Harper, a psychiatrist. As this doctor makes her way to Ingston Towers, her car ceases to function- and when her attempt to get to the mansion on foot in the swirling fog becomes a little too intimidating, she is fortunate to be picked up by an acquaintance of Ingston's - mystery writer Dick Baldwin, who is also on his way to the mansion for one of his regular visits. Though Dick is greeted warmly by Ingston, Dr Harper’s presence seems unwelcome to most of the rest of the household- especially since, due to her car problems, she will be joining the three visiting doctors as an overnight guest. She joins Margaret and the rest for the evening's main event-in which Singh goes into a trance to demonstrate the mysterious miracle he and Ingston have been touting. The result is a bizarre and shocking display that upsets the witnesses- and is just the beginning of a night of terror, which brings death- and proof that a monster indeed stalks the night!

The cast includes Lionel Atwill, who we also saw as a doctor in last week’s film-as well as Bela Lugosi lurking as the family butler, along with others that we will fill you in on, as well as bringing you the usual Sven shtick, including a “Too Drawn Out” game, a song, some vintage “behind-the-scenes” fun with some current and past staff members, and, appropriately, since we are within a week of the anniversary of my first appearance as a horror host on TV, a look at the big event from 2018 at Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications in which the Svengoolie display was unveiled.

"Night Monster" is on-why, this very night!- on MeTV! Tune in at 8 pm eastern/pacific, 7 central, or, if you’re not sure, check your local listings (or at www.metv.com ) for run time and channel where you are. As usual, it’ll be a great night to live-Tweet during the show on Twitter- just make sure to use the hashtag #svengoolie. In Chicago, viewers will get a daytime look at a different monster- Lon Chaney Jr. as the "Man Made Monster"- at 11 am on our sister station, CW26.

Many thanks to the great crowd who joined us at Ozinga Field in Crestwood, IL, for a night of baseball with the Windy City Thunderbolts. We salute the fans, as well as the team (especially the catcher who put his own spin on taking the honorary first pitch from yours truly) and management. We signed autographs well into the 7th inning- and that’s no stretch of the imagination! Watch for our next public appearance, later this summer.

We are very near the release date of our first “Frank Miller Presents” comic book- we’ll let you know when to start looking for it in your comics store- and, we are trying to work out having it in our Svengoolie/MeTV store as well!

Join us tonight – no doubt we will be swamped by viewers who want to spend the evening looking for the “Night Monster”!