Author : Elena M. Watson
Release : 2013-05-03
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 602/5 ( 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 2013-05-03. 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.