Horror Host Graveyard

Dr. Sigmund Zoid ruminates on his Thanksgiving celebrations in the after Thanksgiving episode of Alternative Realities and brings us the movie Gammera the Invincible . Watch episode nine with the movie here: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Feast on some Alternative leftovers at: http://www.alternativerealities.tv

The Thanksgiving episode of Meet Cleaver Theatre Sub Atomic has Butch R. Cleaver giving thanks for the turkey of a movie, Lucky Seven . Watch episode 145 here: Thank Butch at: http://meetcleaver.com

Recently, the gang from Monster Madhouse , including Karlos Borloff, Lizard Man, Roxy, and the Freaky Family, presented the movie Rodan live onstage at the Senator Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. Watch highlights of the event here: For more monster madness, visit: http://monstermadhouse.com

In the Thanksgiving episode of The Basement Sublet of Horror , Gunther Dedmund presents the movie Attack Of The Giant Leeches . Watch episode #118 in full here: Share a reel with Gunther at: http://www.basementsubletofhorror.com

One of the episodes of the Shilling Shockers spinoff, Penny Dreadful's Holiday Special , is a Thanksgiving edition. In it, Penny and Garou meet with Count Orlock and a woman with a snake. Watch clips of the hosting segments here: Get your giblets over to Penny's website at: http://www.shillingshockers.com/

For many years, Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrated Thanksgiving by having "Turkey Day" specials on the Comedy Central cable channel, where they would show the biggest movie turkeys they could find. It was also to celebrate the anniversary of the airing of their first episode, which premiered on Thanksgiving Day in 1988. See some videos of MST3K's Turkey Days below: A Turkey Day promo with Joel: Clips from various Turkey Day episodes: Turkey Day promo with Adam West: Gobble up the official MST3K site at: http://www.mst3k.com/

Dr. Sigmund Zoid, from Alternative Realities , has made a promotional video for the Horror Host Graveyard . Watch it here: Get trippy with Dr. Zoid at: http://www.alternativerealities.tv

The artist Brian Maze is currently working on a horror host comic book which will feature thirteen different hosts called 13 Hosts - The Comic Book . The book will include artwork by Brian of the hosts as well as a profile about them. Some of the hosts that will be included are Dr. Sarcofiguy, Mr. Lobo, Ms. Monster, Karlos Borloff, Count Gore De Vol, and Penny Dreadful. It is expected to be out in March of 2010. Watch a commercial for the book with Dr. Sarcofiguy here: For further information, keep checking Brian's website: http://www.monkeygoatboy.com/

Uncle Pete and El Vato from The Dark Vault of Public Domain bring their mix of trailers and shorts to another batch of Webisodes from their first season. Watch them here: Episode 5: Episode 6: Lock yourself in The Vault and watch with Uncle Pete at: http://darkvault.wordpress.com

The News9.com website recently did a profile called Count Gregore - Still Scary After All These Years on the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma host Count Gregore, who hosted shows by many names in the area since 1958. Watch the piece here:

Gorgon the Gruesome hosted Nightmare on KFJZ-TV, Channel 11 in Dallas, Texas. The show began in September of 1957 and ran until 1959 and returned for a short run in 1962. Also, KFJZ-TV unearthed Gorgon for Halloween specials in 1972 and 1976. Bill Camfield, who played Gorgon, passed away in 1991. Watch a clip of Nightmare here: Visit Bill Camfield's site, which is run by his son, at: http://www.ickytwerp.net/

The Halloween Haunt blog recently had a podcast called Horrifying and Hilarious Horror Hosts which gives a great history of horror hosting and some background information on some of the hosts. It can be considered a primer guide for anyone who needs to know what horror hosting is about and also provides capsule information on hosts all over the world for those already familiar with the genre. Click play below to listen or click here to download: Horrifying and Hilarious Horror Hosts

Fright Night was a show on KHJ-TV, Channel 9, in Los Angeles, California which ran from 1975 to 1978. It was hosted by Grimsley, who closed every show with the line "It's been nice... decomposing with you." Watch some clips from his show below:

In episode 20 of Dr. Gangrene's Recommended Movie of the Week , Dr. Gangrene reviews a short film about a monster kid called Flip . Watch it here: Become a monster kid all over again at: http://www.chillercinema.com

In the latest episode of Fright Time FunHouse , Jebediah Buzzard and guests Karlos Borloff and Lizard Man from Monster Madhouse try out Jeb's new spaceship and present the Mexican sci-fi/western/musical La Nave de los Monstruous . Watch the first five minutes below and click the links in the video to see the full show: For more terrestial adventures with Jeb, visit: http://www.fright-time-funhouse.com

The sixth episode of Shilling Shockers' seventh season is called Possessions . In it, a brash businessman asks Penny to create a magical living doll for his spoiled daughter. Penny Dreadful agrees to do so, in exchange for an unspecified favor in the future. This episode features a 1970's mock-trailer by Bob Kensinger, entitled The Dolls , an interview with DJ Chris from the Radio of Horror show, and the movie Cathy's Curse . Watch a preview of the episode here: To posses your own pieces of Penny, go to: http://www.shillingshockers.com

The internet based, animated show Movie Madness is hosted by Dr. Praxis and his two sidekicks Stromboli and Alice. Watch the first episode where they present the movie Carnival of Souls here: Part 1: Part 2:

The November 13, 2009 edition of Nightmare Cinema features Wolfman presenting trailers, a 1941 Superman cartoon, a short titled Man and His Culture , and the movie The Day the Sky Exploded . Watch the full episode here: Part 1: Part 2: For scoops of Wolfman, visit: http://www.kg-mediadesigns.com/html/nightmare_cinema.html

Late Night Fright Theater was broadcast on KVIQ-TV Channel 6 on Saturday Nights in Eureka, California from September 18, 1982 to some time in 1985. The host for the show was Spookman Dan Tucker, who showed many classic horror movies during his run. Watch some clips of the show here:

In episode #141 of the The Basement Sublet of Horror , entitled The Atomic Brain , the house Gunther Dedmund lives in is sold and the new owner wants to take over the show. Watch the full episode here: Go down to The Basement at: http://www.basementsubletofhorror.com/

A few years ago, the owners of The Bethel Pumpkin House filmed a promotional video which included an interview with Zacherley and a tour of his house. Watch the piece below: To visit Zach's digital home, go to: http://www.zacherley.com/

At the recent Sacramento Horror Film Festival , Mr. Lobo, from Cinema Insomnia , hosted a question and answer panel featuring WWE wrestler Chris Jericho. During his time on stage, an allegedly inebriated Jericho flung racial and homophobic insults at Mr. Lobo and the audience. A few days later Jericho issued an apology and Mr. Lobo held a press conference challenging him to a wrestling match. Watch a news report of the incident here: See the initial incident from TMZ here: View Mr. Lobo's reaction and challenge here: For training updates visit: http://www.cinemainsomnia.com

With the sinister elixir crisis averted and resolved in the first four episodes of season seven of Shilling Shockers , the rest of the season will consist of stand-alone episodes. In episode five, Penny, Garou, and Manfred Von Bulow visit Monster Mini-Golf and host the movie The Giant Gila Monster . Watch a preview of the episode here: Fore more of Penny and the gang, visit: http://www.shillingshockers.com/

Sally the Zombie Cheerleader has started making new episodes of The Zombie Cheerleader Show . Her first show features her and Zombette verses plants. Watch an exploration of her lair: See episode one, Plants vs The Zombie Cheerleader , below: Part 1: Part 2:

The website Las Vegas Weekly recently did a behind the scenes report on The Midnight Massacre Theater , which gives some insight on how the show is made and it's history. Click the grey bar under the picture below to play the full report: Visit the garage from hell at: http://www.midnightmassacretheatre.com/

Midnite Mausoleum episode 115 is their Halloween episode in which Marlena Midnite and Robyn Graves host Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things . Watch the full show below: Part 1: Part 2: Trick and Treat in the Mausoleum at: http://midnitemausoleum.com/

On October 31, 2009, Zacherley performed with the band The Dead Elvi at the Chiller Theatre Expo in Parsippany, New Jersey. Watch his performance here: Chill with the Cool Ghoul at: http://www.zacherley.com

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark hosted Chiller Theatre on WPIX in New York on Halloween night 2009. She presented the movie The Evil of Frankenstein . Watch clips and outtakes from it below: Lay on the couch with Elvira at: http://elvira.com/

On the Halloween episode of Alternative Realities Dr. Sigmund Zoid presents the movie Horror Express and has an interview with a special guest. Watch the all of episode seven with the movie below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Hit the void with Dr. Zoid at: http://www.alternativerealities.tv

The movie Scared to Death was shown on episode 203 of Deadly Cinema , the North Texas Television show hosted by Jami Deadly. During the episode Jami and decide to make their own horror movie to send to Hollywood. Watch the full show with the movie below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: