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Author : Ted Okuda
Release : 2016-02-09
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 387/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows by : Ted Okuda
Download or read book Chicago TV Horror Movie Shows written by Ted Okuda. This book was released on 2016-02-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Chicago: Lake Claremont Press, 2007.
Author : Donald F. Glut
Release : 2012-08-09
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shock Theatre Chicago Style by : Donald F. Glut
Download or read book Shock Theatre Chicago Style written by Donald F. Glut. This book was released on 2012-08-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From December 1957 through October 1959, Chicago TV viewers were held in thrall by "Marvin," the ghoulishly hilarious host of WBKB-TV's late-night horror film series Shock Theatre. Marvin and his lady friend "Dear" (her face ever hidden from the camera) introduced thousands of Chicagoland youngsters to such classic Universal chillers as Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man. This history of Shock Theatre focuses on the series and its creator, Marvin himself--in real life, the multi-talented Terry Bennett, whose wife Joy played "Dear." Terry's son Kerry Bennett provides an affectionate foreword, while celebrated horror host Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) supplies the afterword. Included are dozens of photos and vintage advertisement reproductions, as well as two appendices featuring a resume of Terry Bennett's career and a list of films telecast during his two-year Shock Theatre run.
Author : Elena M. Watson
Release : 2000-11-01
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 402/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Television Horror Movie Hosts by : Elena M. Watson
Download or read book Television Horror Movie Hosts written by Elena M. Watson. This book was released on 2000-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Midnight, 1954. A striking woman in a torn black dress slinks down a cobwebbed, candelabra'd corridor. She stops, shrieks hysterically into the camera, then solemnly says, "Good evening, I am Vampira." Her real name is Maila Nurmi and she was the first in a long line of television horror movie hosts, commonly seen on independent stations' late-night "grade Z" offerings dressed as some zany ghoul or mad scientist. This book covers the major hosts in detail, along with styles and show themes. Merchandise tie-in and fan reactions are also chronicled. The appendices list film and record credits.
Author : Bruce Markusen
Release : 2021-07-16
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 618/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Hosted Horror on Television by : Bruce Markusen
Download or read book Hosted Horror on Television written by Bruce Markusen. This book was released on 2021-07-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1957, Screen Gems made numerous horror movies available to local television stations around the country as part of a package of films called Shock Theater. These movies became a huge sensation with TV viewers, as did the horror hosts who introduced the films and offered insight--often humorous--into the plots, the actors, and the directors. This history of hosted horror walks readers through the best TV horror films, beginning with the 1930s black-and-white classics from Universal Studios and ending with the grislier color films of the early 1970s. It also covers and explores the horror hosts who presented them, some of whom faded into obscurity while others became iconic within the genre.
Author : David Deal
Release : 2015-01-27
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 144/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Television Fright Films of the 1970s by : David Deal
Download or read book Television Fright Films of the 1970s written by David Deal. This book was released on 2015-01-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the made-for-television movie has long been regarded as a poor stepchild of the film industry, then telefilm horror has been the most uncelebrated offspring of all. Considered unworthy of critical attention, scary movies made for television have received little notice over the years. Yet millions of fans grew up watching them--especially during the 1970s--and remember them fondly. This exhaustive survey addresses the lack of critical attention by evaluating such films on their own merits. Covering nearly 150 made-for-TV fright movies from the 1970s, the book includes credits, a plot synopsis, and critical commentary for each. From the well-remembered Don't Be Afraid of the Dark to the better-forgotten Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby, it's a trustworthy and entertaining guide to the golden age of the televised horror movie.
