Television Horror Movie Hosts
68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed
Elena M.
Watson
ISBN
978-0-7864-0940-2
79 photos, filmographies, discographies, bibliography, index
256pp.
softcover
2000 [1991]
Available for immediate shipment
Description
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.
About the Author
The late Elena M. Watson was an editor for the National Capital Area Skeptical Eye.
Reviews
“Well worth reading”—Classic Images
“Factual information is provided...many black-and-white photographs will...delight fans...a must for public and school libraries”—ARBA
“Recommended”—SFRA Review
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