John Zacherle is the father of all horror hosts. He started out in Philadelphia as Roland & about a year later moved to New York, added a Y to his name and became Zacherley. He had a long run of hosting horror movies, cartoons, & a dance show, Disc-O-Teen. He got famous nationwide by appearing in magazines like Famous Monsters of Filmland and from records like Dinner with Drac. Unfortunately, most of his footage is gone, though he put out a DVD a few years ago with all that exists, which is very hard to find now. There is a chance of him hosting a classic horror movie again in 2008 for a special on Halloween back on channel 11 in NY, where he used to appear. After his hosting career was over he became a radio DJ for many year. He still does a Halloween show on New York's WCBS-FM most years. He also is the main attraction of the twice yearly horror convention Chiller Theatre in New Jersey.
Here is a clip of one of his shows from waaaay back:
Son of Svengoolie took over for the original Svengoolie on June 16, 1979, making June of 2010 his 31st anniversary of being on television in Chicago. Watch Sven present some highlights from his years on the air here: For more rubber poultry, visit: www.wciu.com/svengoolie.php
Dr. Cadaverino hosted Nightmare Theatre and Nightmare Theater on WITI Channel 6 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1964 to 1977. Watch a clip of his show from March 23, 1974 here:
Moona Lisa was the host of a few differently named shows in the San Diego, California area. She was on the air from 1963 to 1973 on shows called Science Fiction Theatre , Fright Night , Moona Lisa's Creature Features , and Moona's Midnight Madness . Watch a clip from one of her shows here:
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