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rvoyttbots		#41	[-]
Jan 21 13 1:44 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When Elvira did a 10th anniversary special in 1991 at her former Channel 9 station where MOVIE MACABRE was born, she showed one of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET films.
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doktorgoulfinger		#42	[-]
Jan 21 13 3:25 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	When Elvira did a 10th anniversary special in 1991 at her former Channel 9 station where MOVIE MACABRE was born, she showed one of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET films. Elvira's a bit of a different bird than the more traditional hosts. She was of the splatter generation and fit more comfortably into it. That said, Big Chuck and Lil' John showed NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET II, Svengoolie showed DEMON IN MY VIEW...Hosts who hung around long enough did show some newer, harder-edged stuff. IN fact, when Sven first came back on the air in the mid-90s, the station package included stuff like AMERICAN GOTHIC, BREEDERS and CLASS OF NUKE 'EM HIGH. Not slasher, per se - but definitely not the usual sort of thing we were used to. Along the lines of Elvira - and seemingly contrary to my initial hosted splatter argument - our local Creepy KOFY Movie Time is a hosted horror program designed for piercing and tats crowd. Included in their schedule have been titles like COLOR ME BLOOD RED (the only commercial broadcast ever of this film?) and DRIVE-IN MASSACRE. But again, this is a horror program designed for a specific subculture. It's not a traditional host show by any means. The exception that proves the rule, maybe...With maybe a total of five horror hosts still on the air nation wide (Svengoolie, Son of Ghoul, Zomboo...), Creepy KOFY doesn't really have anything for their younger demographic to compare it to anyway.
Torgaman2.thelatarniaforums		#43	[-]
Jan 22 13 4:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dok, Sven did air some of the ELM STREET films and some of the earlier HALLOWEEN films at one point, plus THE GOONIES along with at least one TOXIC AVENGER film and I think he may have even run SGT. KABUKIMAN. So Sven has indeed ventured into the realm of modern horror films, in fact prior to the Universal films falling into his hands they were primarily what he was showing, though mostly made for video films. So Sven is quite experienced in post 80s horror films. If they are not run anymore it is because some of the films were contracted for a one time airing or the network has lost the rights to those films many years ago. Many fans forget one of his earliest episodes was CHILDREN OF THE CORN.
Rider		#44	[-]
Jan 22 13 5:07 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	doktorgoulfinger wrote: Also why do these films always have to be so old. Throw in a slasher every now and then. Slasher movies actually contributed to the demise of the horror host. Of course it was corporate control of the airwaves that led to the death of 99.9% of local programming, but the slasher films were an early outlier. It was impossible for a traditional host to maintain the proper tone of macabre humor when they had to come back from a guy getting a machete in the face. Graphic mayhem just took all the fun out of it. For the horror hosts, monsters were always preferable to a bucket of guts. It makes sense that "the entire horror host format is stuck in the 60s and 70s" because that's pretty much when they died out. You had some shows run into the 80s - some even born in the 80s - but the genre was effectively gone by the mid-80s. We did have a few cases of more modern hosted horror/slasher films. Commander USA would occasionally air a FRIDAY THE 13th movie or some such. Our own local Creature Features even ran one or two toward th end of its run, but the host made it clear he wasn't happy about it. Now, sadly, KOFY-TV 20 has JUST discontinued the late-night retro Svengoolie shows. We're still getting the new program on the MeTV sub-station. But the class reruns are kaput. They were great while they lasted. I could just as easily say what killed the horror hosts was they never updated and relied too heavily on the same 30 PD films.
doktorgoulfinger		#45	[-]
Jan 22 13 10:04 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I could just as easily say what killed the horror hosts was they never updated and relied too heavily on the same 30 PD films. In the period I was discussing, the independent stations that featured hosted horror programs generally pulled horror, science fiction and fantasy titles from a fairly robust film library. Just as an example, our local Creature Features offered titles as diverse as JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, THE BIRDS, BRIDES OF DRACULA and BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN. Some PD stuff was mixed in there, but it didn't reflect the general bookings. As the classic horror stuff started to be scooped up by cable outfits, the film packages offered to the stations contained more of the newer, more violent form of horror. The only point I'm really making with this is that the slasher stuff didn't fit comfortably with the traditional style host. At the same time, the wider variety of films these hosts enjoyed in the 60s and 70s were drying up. So the form and content began to diverge even as the independent stations were being put out of business. The limited PD menu really came into play with shows that were attempting to revive the classic horror host form, like Zomboo, The Son of San Guinary - and even the latter day Elvira. The REAL movies cost a bundle by the mid-90s. Torgaman: Thank you for reminding me of some of those other Svengoolie titles. I've actually got a bunch of those, and forgotten to mention more of them. (I think C.H.U.D. might have actually been his first official show. Svengoolie actually signed on the new station and hosted an all-night marathon of classic TV shows the station was airing on its regular schedule). I recall HALLOWEEN III was pretty cut up for broadcast. The newer Universal package was definitely a step up for Sven, and has included a good number of Universal-owned Hammer titles. I'd love to see more of those in the mix - though I love the fact that there's a traditional-style horror host on the air running the original SHOCK package.
Jelly Roll Norton		#46	[-]
Jan 26 13 5:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	THE BLACK CAT is on tonight! Tune in or be square. [ ]
doktorgoulfinger		#47	[-]
Jan 27 13 12:32 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This ad appeared in our local newspaper the night I was born. You best believe I'll be there in front of the tube tonight!
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bela lugosi		#48	[-]
Feb 2 13 6:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tonight is THE WOLF MAN.
diabolik72		#49	[-]
Feb 9 13 10:46 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	According to his FB page, the Wolf Man got a great rating last week. Watching Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man tonight! Sven's show would be good even if he had the same PD films as some of the others, but I really like that they are able to present the Universals.
Jelly Roll Norton		#50	[-]
Mar 2 13 12:23 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	MARCH 02 Son of Dracula MARCH 09 Dracula's Daughter MARCH 16 Son of Frankenstein MARCH 23 Deadly Mantis MARCH 30 Invisible Man Returns Svengoolie's newsletter arrived today and he mentioned returning to the airwaves this month! Brief bits to begin with, but growing as his recovery advances. He also mentioned being proud and grateful to receive a Rondo nomination again!
starhawk60.movieserialmess...		#51	[-]
Apr 8 13 11:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Congratulations to Rich "Svengoolie" Koz on his Rondo Award!!
ScottMonster		#52	[-]
Apr 8 13 11:51 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I second those congratulations, and here's good health to Rich to enjoy the celebration! It is said there is no sin in killing a beast, only in killing a man. But where does one begin and the other end?
starhawk60.movieserialmess...		#53	[-]
Apr 10 13 12:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So, last Sat. nite is the 1st time I finally have the opportunity to see Svengoolie and I was very impressed. Now this is no small thing, considering I was raised on a steady diet of the great horror hosts of the past, like Ghoulardi, Houlihan and Big Chuck and Superhost. Rich Koz does a great job of poking gentle humorous jabs at the movies he shows without offending his audience. You know that he loves these movies as much as we all do and I also like the fun facts that he throws out during the breaks. All in all, a classy guy and I now know why his fans are so loyal. I guess I'm a new Svengoolie fan as well. Thanks Rich, and again congrats on the Rondo award.
bela lugosi		#54	[-]
Apr 10 13 3:08 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Starhawk, very glad you had a chance to see Svengoolie. I really enjoy the show. I had never heard of him until I got Me-TV nearly 2 years ago now here in my local area. I instantly fell in love with the way that he approaches the material as you noticed. He's airing THE MOLE PEOPLE this coming Saturday, one that I'm looking forward to.
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