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Some of the younger guys are saying, “what the hell is a horror movie host?” Back before the days of infomercials, local stations had to fill up airtime with something. Usually, it was Brady Bunch reruns and the like. But most markets had a cheesy late-night horror movie host who played really bad B-movies from the 50s and 60s. Growing up in the early 80s, I used to love watching these guys.
I was in the fortunate position of having access to two horror movie hosts growing up in north central Indiana. I could watch Sammy Terry Friday nights on WTTV 4 from Indy, and Son of Svengoolie on WFLD 32 Chicago on Saturday afternoons. In fact, I used to love the Son of Svengoolie. All those jokes about Berwyn.
I thought it might be fun for some of you to take a trip down memory lane and remember your local horror movie host (. . . then again, maybe not
).
These guys were so cheesy. But you can’t help but to love ‘em. Too bad they're now extinct.
check out the link above.
Some of the younger guys are saying, “what the hell is a horror movie host?” Back before the days of infomercials, local stations had to fill up airtime with something. Usually, it was Brady Bunch reruns and the like. But most markets had a cheesy late-night horror movie host who played really bad B-movies from the 50s and 60s. Growing up in the early 80s, I used to love watching these guys.
I was in the fortunate position of having access to two horror movie hosts growing up in north central Indiana. I could watch Sammy Terry Friday nights on WTTV 4 from Indy, and Son of Svengoolie on WFLD 32 Chicago on Saturday afternoons. In fact, I used to love the Son of Svengoolie. All those jokes about Berwyn.
I thought it might be fun for some of you to take a trip down memory lane and remember your local horror movie host (. . . then again, maybe not
These guys were so cheesy. But you can’t help but to love ‘em. Too bad they're now extinct.
check out the link above.