# Are you anticipating the Horror Channel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 29, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049 "2004-08-29T03:40:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/21 "2004-08-30T03:35:11Z")
I’d look forward to it, except that yesterday we got a letter about cable channel changes for the fall and it wasn’t mentioned. On the bright side, those Starz “in-demand” features are going to be a part of our current package. ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/22 "2004-08-30T03:44:52Z")
> [@](#): > > This will spawn several dozen “Man, the Horror Channel really sucks ass” Pit threads. See, that’s what I’m thinking. I’m afraid the same thing that happened to the Sci-Fi channel will happen to it, basically. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/23 "2004-08-30T11:27:46Z")
I might as well add my other dreams for this- Classic Horror Films hosted by Christopher Lee & Ingrid Pitt & Forrest J. Ackerman (tho apparently not with Lee). Also extensive recollection interviews with each. And whatever exists of such interviews with deceased Horror Legends (Cushing, Price, Karloff, Chaneys, Lugosi). Also Tributes to Local TV Horror Hosts (Sammy Terry for Indiana, Zacherle of course, Elvira, Vampira, the late Seymour). ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/24 "2004-08-31T01:03:41Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Classic Horror Films hosted by Christopher Lee & Ingrid Pitt & Forrest J. Ackerman (tho apparently not with Lee). 😕 It is, or it is not, co-hosted by Lee? Or Ackerman and Lee don’t appear together? Or they don’t show Lee’s horror films? ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/25 "2004-08-31T02:40:58Z")
Wow, this is the first I’ve heard of the Horror Channel; the jillelope will be thrilled beyond words, assuming our cable provider picks it up. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/26 "2004-08-31T14:21:06Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > 😕 > It is, or it is not, co-hosted by Lee? Or Ackerman and Lee don’t appear together? Or they don’t show Lee’s horror films? I’m dreaming about what THC should have- a classic horror film time with Lee. Pitt &/or Ackerman hosting. the only reservation being that Lee & Ackerman had some dispute over the years (IIRC Lee thinks FJA gave out Lee’s home address, which FJA denies)- tho they may have made up. They don’t update me _G_ I only pick Lee, Pitt & FJC because FAIK they are the final links to Classic Horror Cinema. Oops! Forgot Corman (tho his latest work has been really sad). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/27 "2004-08-31T16:17:21Z")
Comedy channel Horror Channel Beach Movie Channel Bowery Boys Channel Wrestling Channel Dog Channel (_by_dogs, _for_ dogs) Security Camera Channel (Don’t miss California Shopping Mall Week!) CoCo Channel (think about it) ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/28 "2004-08-31T16:57:51Z")
I do have hopes for this channel. I only hope it shows some of the flicks mentioned, especially some of the more obscure and cheesy movies. Though I can’t shake the feeling that if it does start out that way, it may devolve into only showing movies from the 80’s on. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/29 "2004-08-31T17:03:10Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > They have a banner that says the movies will be uncut. > > This channel sounds cool. Uncut!! Great!!! I remember when they started selling movies on video being pleasantly shocked to discover some of my favorite horror movies had whole scenes of mayhem that I had never seen. I guess they were deemed to shocking for us kiddies on TV!! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/30 "2004-08-31T18:56:37Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I only pick Lee, Pitt & FJC because FAIK they are the final links to Classic Horror Cinema. Oops! Forgot Corman (tho his latest work has been really sad). There are also the children of Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney, and Carradine. And such people as Michael Gough (_Horror of Dracula_, _Phantom of the Opera_, _Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors_), June Lockhart (_She-Wolf of London_), Gloria Stuart (_The Old Dark House_, _The Invisible Man_), Deborah Kerr (_The Innocents_, _Eye of the Devil_), Jane Randolph (_Cat People_, _Curse of the Cat People_, _Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein_), Russell Wade (_The Leopard Man_, _The Ghost Ship_, _The Body Snatcher_), Jane Adams (_House of Dracula_), Elena Verdugo (_House of Frankenstein_), Ruth Hussey (_The Uninvited_), director Robert Wise (_Curse of the Cat People_, _The Body Snatcher_, _The Haunting_). ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/31 "2004-08-31T19:38:52Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > In what universe is Robocop horror (or even suspense or thriller)? Or worse - HIGHLANDER, which they’re playing next week. If it’s Highlander 2, I’d be pretty horrified. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/32 "2004-08-31T21:46:26Z")
I agree that this has a lot of potential, if they mix up the old-school with the new-school with the z-schlock with the independent. On the other hand, if it’s twenty-four hours of _Urban Legend_ and _Final Destination_ clones, count me out. But if they can get Hammer to cough up some of their rarities (I’d love a cleaned-up print of _Legend of the Seven Golden Vampires_, for example), or even better pull in some international titles (e.g. Sammo Hung’s _Spooky_ titles), I’ll be all over it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/33 "2004-09-26T00:27:37Z")
So, like, when does this Horror Channel go on the air? I can’t find that on the website. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/34 "2004-09-26T00:40:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So, like, when does this Horror Channel go on the air? I can’t find that on the website. October 31st. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049/35 "2004-09-26T01:00:38Z")
> [@Wesley Clark](#): > > October 31st. But of course! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-anticipating-the-horror-channel/262049.md?page=1)