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Shock Theater

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Chicago's Shock Theater debuted on December 7, 1957 with Marvin as it's host. Marvin was joined on his show by his wife, only ever referred to as Dear, Shorty, Orville, and his house band, The Deadbeats . The show ran until August of 1959 and on the last show Marvin dropped out of character and his alter ego, Terry Bennett, spoke to the audience and introduced everyone who played a part in making the show. Terry Bennett passed away October 12, 1977. Though no footage of Marvin exists, you can listen to the last nine minutes of his last show here:

K.Daver's Chiller Thriller Theatre

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K.Daver hosts a weekly show called K.Daver's Chiller Thriller Theatre every Saturday on Cult Radio A GoGo in which he presents a variety of horror movie trailers. K.Daver regularly hosts a radio show on CRAGG as well. Watch his second episode here: Visit him in his crypt at: MySpace

Vampira Statue

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In 2001 the Bowen Designs company released a Vampira statue. The 14 inch statue was sculpted by Thomas Kuntz. Share a glass of poison with Vampira at: http://www.unpleasantdreams.com/vampira

Helena Hussy of Horror - Hellraiser

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In the latest episode of Helena Hussy of Horror Helena goes shopping and buys an old puzzle box which she has difficulties opening. While she deals with that, she shows us scenes from Hellraiser . See a teaser for the show here: Watch the full episode here: Get to know Helena better at: http://www.hussyofhorror.com/

Mr. Lobo at Comic-Con 2009

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Mr. Lobo, Karlos Borloff, and Count Gore De Vol visited the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con . The trip was well documented by Borloff. Watch his film about Mr. Lobo's experience at the con here: Stay up with Mr. Lobo at: http://cinemainsomnia.com/ Be committed with Borloff at: http://monstermadhouse.com/

Dr. Dreck's Drive In

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Dr. Dreck and Moaner the Zombie Cheerleader have a Summer version of their The Dungeon of Dr. Dreck series. It is called Dr. Dreck's Drive In and features all the regular characters including Stu the Rat out of the dungeon watching movies in a drive in. Here are a couple clips from the show: This is from their presentation of Queen of Blood : A clip from the begining of Dr. Dreck's showing of The Cyclops :

Virginia Creepers Trailer

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The first trailer for the Virginia Creepers documentary has been released. The film is about the history of horror hosts that have been seen in the Virginia area. It is hosted by Mr. Lobo and features Count Gore De Vol, Dr. Sarcofiguy, Karlos Borloff, The Bowman Body, Sir Graves Ghastly, Jebediah Buzzard, Doctor Madblood, and many others. Included are newly shot interviews and rare footage and photos of the hosts. Virginia Creepers will come out on DVD in October 2009. Watch the trailer here: See what they have dug up at: http://www.virginiacreepersmovie.com/

Zacherley on What's My Line?

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Zacherley appeared as his other persona of John Zacherle on the game show What's My Line? on October 30, 1960, where the panel tried to guess who he was. Watch the segment with him here: Join in on one of Zach's experiments at: http://zacherley.com/

Alternative Realities - First Spaceship on Venus

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In the second episode of Alternative Realities Dr. Sigmund Zoid presents the movie First Spaceship on Venus . Watch the show with the movie below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: To alter your reality, go to: http://www.alternativerealities.tv

Dumpsterpiece Theatre - Cult Film Corner

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Dumpsterpiece Theatre presents an edition of Cult Film Corner in which Junkyard John shows a trailer from and talks about the movie Zabriskie Point . Watch the full show here: Go to the Dump at: http://www.dumptv.com

The World of the Weird Monster Show - Channel 666 Primetime Movie

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Undead Johnny and the cast of The World of the Weird Monster Show has another show that alternates with WOWMS . It is called Channel 666 Primetime Movie and foregoes a movie hosting format for an SCTV type of sketch show. Here is the second episode of Channel 666 , which is WOWMS episode 5.2: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Join Johnny and the girls in the sudio at: http://www.wowmonstershow.com/

Monster Madhouse - Episode 49 Continued

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Monster Madhouse lives up to it's name when Karlos Borloff buys Sashaa pool during their presentation of Attack of the Monsters during episode 49 of the show. Watch some of the segments for the show here: Part 1: Part 2: Enter the Madhouse , where the walls should be padded, but aren't, at: http://monstermadhouse.com/

Demented Drive In Theatre - Phantom Planet

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In this episode of Demented Drive In Theatre , Floyd Cadaverious and Nurse Evilynn host the 1961 movie Phantom Planet and provide us with their usual fun facts. Watch the full show, with the movie, here: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10: Part 11: Stuff some people in your trunk and go to the Drive In at: http://dementeddrivein.blogspot.com

Fright Time FunHouse - The Monster Walks

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In this recent episode of Fright Time FunHouse , Jebediah Buzzard presents us with the movie The Monster Walks , trailers, monkey clips, and a cartoon from his Random Cartoon Generator. Jeb also talkes about his card from the Horror Host Graveyard Trading Card set. Watch the first 5 minutes of the show below and follow the links in the video to see the full episode with the movie: Run away and join the Funhouse at: http://www.fright-time-funhouse.com/

More Dr. Gangrene's Recommended Movie of the Week

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Dr. Gangrene continues to produce his Dr. Gangrene's Recommended Movie of the Week series. Watch a few of episodes below. Episode 11, featuring The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake : Episode 12, with the classic Frankenstein : Episode 13, with a review of Night of the Living Dead : Episode 14, with the Dawn of the Dead remake: Check up with Dr. Gangrene at: http://www.chillercinema.com

Tales From The Other Side - The Brain That Wouldn't Die

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In the the latest edition of Tales From The Other Side Mark Cutimup, M.D. hosts the movie The Brain that Wouldn't Die . Watch all of episode 7 below: See more of the doctor and his friends at: http://www.tftos.com/

The Pimp's Horror House - Monster From Green Hell

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In this episode of The Pimp's Horror House, The Pimp presents the movie Monster From Green Hell as well as a Master of Puppets animation. Watch the first five minutes below and click the links in it to watch the full show with the movie: Visit The Pimp's crib at: http://www.ilovehorror.com

Alternative Realities

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A new internet based horror host show started on August 8, 2009. It is called Alternative Realities and is hosted by Dr. Sigmund Zoid. Dr. Zoid plans on presenting a new episode every Friday night. Watch the first five minutes of his first episode below and follow the links in it to view the full episode with the movie It's Alive : Visit the Dr.'s reality at: http://www.alternativerealities.tv

Penny Dreadful's Holiday Specials

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The Shilling Shockers gang are currently working on a spinoff series of holiday specials. The shows are titled Penny Dreadful's Holiday Special and will be hosting segments with Penny, Garou, and the rest of the regular characters from Shilling Shockers , but they will be hosing cartoon and trailers instead of full length movies. Already filmed are Day of the Dead and Thanksgiving editions. Watch the hosting segments of the Day of the Dead special here: Visit Penny's website at: http://www.shillingshockers.com/

Dr. Paul Bearer Trading Cards

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In 1994, Scary Monsters Magazine produced a trading card set in conjunction with Dr. Paul Bearer, the host of Creature Feature . The set consisted of 36 purple bordered cards with black and white pictures of the Doctor, with typical Dr. Paul Bearer monster jokes on the back. An additional personally autographed card was also available from the magazine. Prior to the set being released, Dr. Paul Bearer was featured on a green bordered promo card, also from Scary Monsters Magazine .

Dumpsterpiece Theatre - Chair

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The latest episode of Dumpsterpiece Theatre has Junkyard John interviewing Tony Tortalano and showing the short film Chair . Watch the full show here: Check out the dump at: http://www.dumptv.com

Superhost Promo Items

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During Superhost's run on the air, channel 43 WUAB made various promotional items for his fans. Here are two examples. Poster: Frisbee:

Ghoulardi's Final Appearance

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Ernie Anderson's last appearance on screen as Ghoulardi occurred on Oct. 12, 1991 on Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater . Joe Bob Briggs also interviewed Ernie after he did his segment. Watch the appearance here:

The Dark Vault of Public Domain - Episode 17

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In episode 17 of The Dark Vault of Public Domain from 2008 Uncle Pete and El Vato present The Devil's Laughter edition of One Step Beyond and feature length edit of 12 Demon Street called The Devil's Messenger . Uncle Pete also reads viewer mail from your in-house cadaver. Watch the full show here: Part 1: Part 2: Unlock The Dark Vault at: http://darkvault.wordpress.com/

Monster Madhouse - Episode 49

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On a recent edition of Monster Madhouse Live! Karlos Borloff, Lizard Man, Sasha, Jebediah Buzzard, and the rest of the inmates showed the movie Attack of the Monsters and presented their tribute to Summer. Here is part of the opening segment of episode 49 of Monster Madhouse : Visit Karlos and the gang at: http://monstermadhouse.com/

The Cinemated Man - The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

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Michael Chambers presents the movie The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in this episode of The Cinemated Man . Watch the full episode here: Visit Michael in his hideout at: http://cinematedman.com

FENDRED's Chamber

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The internet based show FENDRED's Chamber is hosted Fendred Freakin and Goth the Crow. The latest episode has them hosting the movie Horror Express Watch the full show with the movie here: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Enter the Chamber at: www.myspace.com/fendreds_chamber

Meet Cleaver Theatre - Episode 133

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The latest edition of Meet Cleaver Theatre Sub Atomic , episode 133, is entitled Return from Snake River Canyon in which Butch R. Cleaver takes a look at the movie Viva! Knieval! and shows some stunt related toy commercials. Watch it here: Visit Butch at: http://meetcleaver.com/

The Midnight Massacre Theatre - I Bury the Living

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Click play to see a full episode of The Midnight Massacre Theatre featuring the movie I Bury the Living : Visit The Sinister Minister at: http://themmt.com

Ms. Monster at Comic-Con 2008

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Ms. Monster and her monster melons appeared at San Diego Comic-Con in 2008. Here is a video diary of their experience there: Visit Ms. Monster at: http://msmonster.com/

More Dr. Gangrene's Viewer Mail

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Chiller Cinema's Dr. Gangrene digs through more viewer mail in these clips. Among the letters' authors are horror hosts Uncle Gomez and Madame Mortem. Watch the mail call at the WebLab here: And now a word from our sponsor...?: To schedule an appointment with Dr. Gangrene, visit: http://www.chillercinema.com