Television Horror Movie Hosts

68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Television, Performing Arts, Reference & Language, Reference
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Author: Elena M. Watson ISBN: 9781476611600
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: May 3, 2013
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Elena M. Watson
ISBN: 9781476611600
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: May 3, 2013
Imprint:
Language: English

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.

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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.

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