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    bluehinter: Sacramento used to have 'Fright Night Theater' on UHF Channel 58 hosted by local Radio DJ Whitey Gleason (who called himself "Creepmeister Maximus"), ... more »
    BadUncle: In San Diego, we had a guy in a cape hosting "Seymour Presents." more »
    scroggzilla raids again: In Pittsburgh, it was Chilly Billy Cardille and Chiller Theatre. Not only was it the influence for SCTV's Monster Chiller Horror Theater skit with Cou... more »
    Willow01: Anyone but me remember Commander USA? I remember watching Friday the 13th (along with a ton other horror movies) for the first time with my father on ... more »
    Taed: We had it on channel 9 WGN (?) in the New York City market in the late 1970s. It had a cool stop-motion animation of a hand coming out of a swamp or s... more »
    Joe Littrell: Rush out and rent, buy, or Netflix a copy of American Scary. more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Oh, and it wasn't just UHF stations -- I watched "Creature Features" on a VHF station that was independent. There weren't any UHF stations in my town ... more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Now that we know who he is, a toast to Dick Bennick and his glass eye, formerly of the Piedmont Triangle, NC and St. Petersburg, FL, a rock and roll D... more »
    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Creature Features in the 60's and 70's were even more common than they were in the 80's. That this guy lasted so long is a major tribute to his awesom... more »
    evilmike: According to Wikipedia, he was the record holder for longest serving horror host (1971 to 1995) WTOG used to use the slogan "WTOG, as far as the eye c... more »
    Hamslicer: Who was the guy in Minnesota during the early 70's? He kept asking me to send him my hair clippings so he could stuff his pillow. I kept forgetting to... more »
    lightninglouie: Anybody remember Morgus? more »
    92BuickLeSabre: Creeeeeeeaature Feeeeeeeaature I still can't decide whether those are his eyes or whether he painted them on his eyelids. Nice work Mr. Paul Bearer, w... more »
  • #foundfootage

    Laughing In The Face Of Endless Horror, UHF-Style

    In the 1980s, you couldn't show a monster movie on a local UHF station without a cheesy programming block called "Creature Feature." Bonus points if you had a monster-joking host like Dr. Paul Bearer, seen here introducing a Godzilla film. More »