Pulse of Cinema
Svengoolie (1995-2026) series poster
Comedy

Svengoolie

1995-2026 32 seasons 572 episodes ongoing
70 Pulse
8.7 IMDb
Long haul 1144 hours
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Plot

The host Svengoolie talks about various horror movies while showing the movies, one per episode, and gives an introduction to them and performs an act during the commercial breaks. One of the constant tropes is that he will ask a question, then cut back to the movie in a way that looks like the character is answering that question. He also does a deep dive on the early careers of the major actors, and also what has happened to them since then.

Credits

Created by: Rich Koz

Cast: Rich Koz, Doug Scharf, Sarah Palmer, Bill Leff, Scott Gryder

How the Pulse Score works

For series, Pulse starts from the IMDb rating shrunk by vote count, then applies FORMAT CALIBRATION. Series score systematically higher than films on IMDb, so using the raw number would unfairly push a show like Svengoolie to the top of a film catalogue. Calibration maps the series distribution onto the film one; meaning 70 is COMPARABLE to a film with the same Pulse.

One more difference from films: Letterboxd does not track series, so series Pulse derives from a single source (IMDb) rather than two.

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