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
| 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.
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.
