The newest episode of The Host's Screaming Horror Theater is called The Flu, episode 14. In it, Remmy returns home after spending the night in the cemetery with a slight case of spirit possession... or maybe it's just the flu...
In 2004, WTOG Channel 44 in St. Petersburg, Florida tried to revive Dr. Paul Bearer's old Creature Feature show with a new host, Prof. Paul Bearer II. Prof. Bearer is a nephew of Dr. Bearer who was very much in his image. The show only lasted a few episodes, as the station decided to not pick it up for another run. Here are a few of the hosting segements from the October 16, 2004 episode of Creature Feature:
This is a minute of Prof. Bearer hosting Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare:
Robert A. Scott is a Rondo Award nominated horror and monster artist who specialises in black and white portraits of classic horror icons. Among the excellent reproductions of classic monsters and madmen, he also includes some horror hosts. So far he has featured Sir Graves Ghastly, Zacherley, Vampira, and The Ghoul in the selection of prints of varying sizes that are available on his website. To purchase prints, visit his website at:http://www.scottra.com/ From now until July 14, 2009 he is having a buy one get one free sale.
Jebediah Buzzard once again lets us into his Fright Time FunHouse and shows us the movie Track of the Moonbeast, which he says is "Damn near one of the worst movie ever made."
Watch the first 5 minutes below and follow the links in the video to see the full episode with the movie:
The paperback short story compilation Zacherley’s Midnight Snacks was published in March of 1960 by Ballantine Books. It originally cost 35¢ and contained 157 pages of these nine horror stories:
Sorry, Right Number by Richard Matheson Share Alike by Jerome Bixby & Joe E. Dean Talent by Theodore Sturgeon Listen, Children, Listen by Wallace West The Whispering Gallery by William F. Temple The Piping Death by Robert Moore Williams The Ghost by A. E. van Vogt Carillon of Skulls by Philip James Pile of Trouble [Hogben] by Henry Kuttner
Dr. Gangrene loves his fans and many of them send him things or write him letters. Here are some videos of Dr. Gangrene talking about his some of the mail he has received:
The now defunct High Definition horror channel Monsters HD showed a series of short documentaries in between their movies. Each one was hosted by Elvira and included segments on toys, masks, and the men who created some of the famous movie monsters, among many other subjects. Monsterama: A Tribute to Horror Hosts was one of these that focused on horror hosts. It was written by Daniel Roebuck, who also directed many of the Monsterama segments, and began airing in 2004. Dan also appears in this one as his Dr. Shock tribute character, Doctor Shocker. Among the hosts interviewed in the piece are John Zacherle, Maila Nurmi, and Cassandra Peterson and focuses on the history of their characters Zacherley, Vampira, and Elvira, as well as an overview of hosting in general. Watch the full edition of Monsterama here:
Chicago, Illinois area horror fan Dead Wood is the host of Dead Man Cinema. He stars in the show with critic Stinko Stinkowitz and Skullie. The show started in 2007 and has completed two seasons so far. Watch part of one of his episodes in which he presented the serial The Phantom Creeps here:
Michael Chambers is a man stuck in an abandoned movie theater in Japan. Helped by his friend Miles, he broadcasts his ongoing plight along with movies as the The Cinemated Man. The Cinemated Man started in December of 2007 with a pilot episode giving the story of how he ended up where he is. Michael makes his shows available on his site cinematedman.com and continues to put up new episodes often. In all the shows he talks about the movies he shows, sometimes with guests, and occasionally blends the hosting parts into the theme of the movie.
Here is the pilot episode:
This is the full episode 2, called The Other Thing, featuring the movie The Thing From Another World:
