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cadmandd	Different Times that Shock Theatre came on back in the day.	Lead	[-]
Mar 21 10 8:47 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just picked up the 2010 Scary Monsters Yearbook at Borders yesterday, and when I look at the old TV ads, I can't help but notice the various different time slots that Shock came on, way back when. In my area (Washington, DC), I remember well, having to fight sleepiness till 1:00 am every Saturday night. I'm so jealous that some of you monster kids got it so much earlier in the day. Cadmandd
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Joe Lugoff		#1	[-]
Mar 22 10 1:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If it was typical for it to start after primetime (or the news, if any), then it started at 11:30 PM -- however, being in the Central Time Zone, we were lucky, because it started at 10:30 for us kids (and later 10), so we only had to stay up till midnight or 11:30. For a while, we had monster movies playing on two channels, one starting at 10:30 and one at 11. I still remember the agony I went through trying to decide whether to watch "The Unearthly" or "The Mad Ghoul" (I went with "Ghoul"). Eventually, my local station started repeating them at 2:00 PM the following Saturday afternoon, and then started showing them at 7:00 PM on Monday nights ... however, I discovered that monster movies seemed scarier on late Saturday nights than in the afternoon or Monday nights, but I took them however I could get them.
Rick		#2	[-]
Mar 22 10 5:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When it first ran in Louisville, starting in December of 1957, it started at 10:55 pm on Thursday nights. Not the best night or time for the kiddies, that's for sure. The show had no host and retained the time slot's previous title (at least in the newspaper TV grid) of "Mystery Movie." I was a little kid and only saw one installment, FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN. When it returned to Louisville in January of 1962 it ran on Saturday nights at 11:30, titled Shock Theatre. The host was a soft-spoken local radio guy in a cheap suit. Watched it every week, all year long.
rvoyttbots		#3	[-]
Mar 22 10 7:13 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When the local ABC/CBS affiliate began showing the old SHOCK packages in 1967, the time slot was midnight every Friday. Good thing about that time slot, it was never pre-empted unless a storm knocked out the transmitter. That happened at least once. And NIGHTMARE 1942 was the scheduled movie. And I have yet to see it. Last Edited By: rvoyttbots Mar 28 10 9:22 AM. Edited 1 times.
ryanbrennan		#4	[-]
Mar 27 10 12:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Our local Shock! Theater package, "Nightmare," was on Saturday nights at 7 or 8 p.m.
DonM435		#5	[-]
Mar 31 10 10:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In Chicago, I seem to recall seeing some of the shows re-run on Saturday afternoon, after the 10:30 p.m. broadcasts had moved to Friday nights.
Lieutenant Faris	"SHOCK THEATRE" broadcast times.	#6	[-]
Apr 10 10 2:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How about this for broadcast programing genius --- Monday night at 11:30 on WBTV Charlotte, NC (1958). I was ten years old and my parents let me stay up and watch the films --- but only on the condition that my grades at school did not fall below a "B". My grades did not decline and I became the only one of my friends to see the classics when they were first aired on TV.
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Gil Ray		#7	[-]
Apr 11 10 2:31 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lieutenant Faris wrote: How about this for broadcast programing genius --- Monday night at 11:30 on WBTV Charlotte, NC (1958). Cool! Charlotte is in the house..in the mid 60's I remember watching "Horror Theater" hosted by Dr. Evil. I believe it was on around 11:00 Friday nights...I do not remember the channel it was on ...do you remember this Lt.? Gil
FrozenGhost		#8	[-]
Apr 25 10 11:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I doubt if many New York-New Jersey fans will remember during the original Shock series, channel 7 ran Shock Theater Matinee on Saturdays with very little fanfare or publicity. It premiered October, 1958 but the station yanked it four months later. It was a great boon for me since I was a mere six years old at the time and the privilege of staying up past midnights on weekdays was out of the question. At least it afforded me the opportunity to see FRANKENSTEIN, NIGHT MONSTER and a couple of others for the first time. The show's demise at least wasn't a total loss since it was replaced with Mystery Matinee which programmed conventional who-dun-its from the 40s with an occasional Universal horror picture interspersed. Last Edited By: FrozenGhost Apr 25 10 11:14 PM. Edited 1 times.
bluerosekiller.thehorrordrunx		#9	[-]
May 14 10 3:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm just a wee bit younger than most of you here in this discussion. So, I didn't become aware of my great love of genre movies until I was about five years old in 1966. Infact, the very first movie that I can remember seeing was Bava's BLACK SUNDAY on Buffalo's channel 7's Fright Night Late Show, which ran every Friday night at 11:30. The Fright Night Late Show was a mix of the two SHOCK! packages along with some early Hammer films, a fair amount of AIP stuff & a generous helping of Mexican chillers like THE BRAINIAC, ROBOT VS THE AZTEC MUMMY, WORLD OF VAMPIRES & the NOSTRADAMUS films. A potent mix that thrilled & chilled me for many years. Right up until Fright Night's demise sometime in the early '70s. Something I always blamed on the rock & roll show THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. Although I'm sure if it had the least bit to do with it as Fright Night was on our local ABC affiliate & I have no clue what network THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL was on. But, I didn't need proof as a kid, I just KNEW that those guys were responsible for the end of my beloved Fright Night! LOL Something that I never really found a replacement for until we got cable in the late '70s & therefore had access to both WOR & WPIX's Chiller! ( although, during the interim the CBS Late Night Movie wasn't bad at offering it's share of genre material ).
phantasmo mysterio		#10	[-]
Sep 16 10 9:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	In central Ohio in 1968 I remember it being on at 11:30 on Sunday Nights.
Rick		#11	[-]
May 9 12 9:55 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When I was a kid, I kept very careful records of all the monster movies I saw, when I saw them, usually where, and some idea of what I thought of them. Fortunately, I still have that old list. It serves as a really great time machine. Sometimes just seeing which movies I saw on which days is enough to bring up all sorts of great memories. And...It just occurred to me today that 2012 is a very important Monster Kid anniversary for me. It was in 1962 that Shock Theater came to my home area for the second time. Shock first showed up on Louisville TV at the same time it did everywhere else -- late 1957. In ’62 it returned, running every Saturday night at 11:30 pm for the entire year. This gave me my first look at a mess of old monster movies, particularly the Universal classics. I really saw all the biggies then (except SON OF DRACULA). In addition, it was a real family experience. My mom and brother stayed up with me every Saturday to watch the movie. We’d each have an RC Cola to drink and we’d pass around a jar of olives to share. Anyway. I’ve decided to celebrate this 50th anniversary by re-watching some of these movies on the same date I originally saw them. Unfortunately, it took me till May to think of this, so I’ve already missed a whole mess of ‘em, including DRACULA, THE MUMMY, THE INVISIBLE MAN, BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN... Wish I’d thought of it sooner. Also during ’62 I was at the peak of my childhood moviegoing, seeing lots of monster stuff, old and new, at the local fleapit. So I’m gonna throw some of those anniversaries into the mix too. Here are the upcoming viewings to celebrate 50 years since I first saw these movies. May 12 -- HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN May 26 -- HOUSE OF DRACULA June 2 -- FORBIDDEN PLANET June 9 -- QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN July 7 -- WEREWOLF OF LONDON July 14 -- THE MUMMY’S HAND July 15 -- HOUSE OF USHER July 21 -- BLACK SUNDAY HOUSE OF FRIGHT HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES July 28 -- FRANKENSTEIN August 5- PIT AND THE PENDULUM August 11- MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE August 12- THE GIANT BEHEMOTH August 18- THE MUMMY’S GHOST August 25- THE BLACK CAT Sept. 22 THE MUMMY’S TOMB Oct. 10 KRONOS Oct. 13 THE MAD GHOUL Oct. 20 DRACULA’S DAUGHTER Nov. 10 NIGHT MONSTER Dec. 1 THE INVISIBLE RAY Of course, I’m not gonna commemorate every anniversary. I can skip these I think. Sept. 1 THE UNDERWATER CITY Sept. 8 SHE WOLF OF LONDON I’ll also pass on BEHIND THE MASK, MAD DOCTOR OF MARKET STREET and quite a few others. I’ve done this once before, but only for a single movie. In 2007 I realized that it was the 50th anniversary of my first real horror film -- RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE. Of course, I came to this realization on the very day of the anniversary, and I didn’t have a copy of RETURN at the time. But a quick trip to the Virgin store and a willingness to pay full price allowed me to enjoy my little private celebration. At least this time I have most of the movies already. Gonna have to scare up FORBIDDEN PLANET and HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES.
rvoyttbots		#12	[-]
May 9 12 10:52 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I used to have such a list. Don`t remember if I put the dates they aired. Used to list every genre film I saw & even mystery films like CHARLIE CHAN, SHERLOCK HOLMES, etc. Unfortunately, I made the foolish decision of tossing the list about 20 years after my last entry. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
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