When you were growing up

[low-key]

was there some local guys that would do a Friday/Saturday night late scary movie for the kids. We had a few but my favorite was Hollahan and Big Chuck . My best budy and I would sleep over in his dads camper (in the drive) and run an extension cord out to watch them, it was a great time

 

[dish rag]

Yes we had Chiller Theater. Always had trouble staying up for it.

 

[low-key]

Yes we had Chiller Theater. Always had trouble staying up for it.

I would always make the beginning, but when movie was over they had the PJ Party, and missed some of them

 

[mrsheppo]

We had Bob Wilkins Creature Features

 

[low-key]

We had Bob Wilkins Creature Features

love it, the great memories

 

[Dan Murphy]

In the late 50's, we had Shock Theater with Marvin and his wife Dear. Now we have Svengoolie.

https://terrordaves.com/2011/05/10/horror-host-hall-of-fame-marvin-2/

https://www.chicagotelevision.com/sven.htm

 

[low-key]

In the late 50's, we had Shock Theater with Marvin and his wife Dear. Now we have Svengoolie.

https://terrordaves.com/2011/05/10/horror-host-hall-of-fame-marvin-2/

https://www.chicagotelevision.com/sven.htm

anit it funny how silly them shows were but they remained etched in our memory's

 

[Dan Murphy]

anit it funny how silly them shows were but they remained etched in our memory's

4 or 5 of us guys (about 13/14 years old), would get together at one of the guy's houses. We'd make popcorn, on the stove in a pot, and watch 2 hours of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, Invisible Man, etc. Then 2 hours of wrestling afterward.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

We had Bob Wilkins. Pretty much almost anyone in Northern California that was alive remembers Bob Wilkins. The Bob Wilkins show ran on 3 in Sacramento. (that market stretches from Yuba City to Modesto) Then it moved over to 40. He also had on channel 2 in Oakland Creature Features and Captain Cosmic, an afternoon kiddie version of his late night stuff. After Bob we had Movie Macabre (Elvira) which was syndicated.

 

[amcnj]

Zacherley was one I recall. His real name was John Zacherle.

 

[barkley]

We had Bob Wilkins Creature Features

yup, watched it weekly. everyone remember the epic 'bambi meets godzilla'?

still my favorite of this genre is the parody sctv would periodically do 'count floyd's monster chiller horror theater' ('ooooooo kids, scaaaaaaaaaaaary stuff')

 

[Gary M]

Indianapolis TV had Sammy Terry hosting "Nightmare Theater".

https://www.indystar.com/story/news...ghoulishly-good-horror-movie-host/1773140002/

 

[TheFloatingBear]

We had Creature Double Feature in Boston on Channel 56! Slide from Saturday morning cartoons straight into Creature Double Feature if your mom would letcha!

 

[RangerPooh]

We had Bob Wilkins. Pretty much almost anyone in Northern California that was alive remembers Bob Wilkins. The Bob Wilkins show ran on 3 in Sacramento. (that market stretches from Yuba City to Modesto) Then it moved over to 40. He also had on channel 2 in Oakland Creature Features and Captain Cosmic, an afternoon kiddie version of his late night stuff. After Bob we had Movie Macabre (Elvira) which was syndicated.

My dad has mentioned watching Creature Features, so he probably saw some of the others as well. He grew up in Santa Clara County, just over the pass.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

I grew up and still live about an hour west of Cleveland and remember Hoolihan and Big Chuck!

 

[firefly_ris]

It wasn't late night but we had Captain Chesapeake. He went off the air when I was 7 but I still remember it.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Chesapeake

 

[L&Lfan]

We also had Shock Theater on Saturday afternoons. My favorites were the Universal Monsters from the ‘30s and ‘40s and the Hammer horror films from the ‘50s and ‘60s. Other favorites were Curse of the Werewolf with Oliver Reed and Mr Sardonicus. Freaky!