# When you were a kid, what was your local "horror movie" show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [July 6, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821 "2024-07-06T23:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/61 "2024-07-07T17:04:43Z")
Nice catch with the double “the”s. Every time I see **The Brain From Planet Arous** now, I gotta sing 🎵You’re not the boss of me, now and you’re not so big… Life isn’t fair.🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/62 "2024-07-07T18:12:39Z")
He used to come to Balticon, but I haven’t seen him there in a long while. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/63 "2024-07-07T18:21:09Z")
Growing up in central Indiana, I was able to see Svengoolie (then called The Son of Svengoolie) from Chicago on cable. I still watch him on MeTV on Saturday nights. Our local host, out of Indianapolis, was Sammy Terry. That’s a pun on “cemetery,” which took me a long time to get. His show was called, variously, “Nightmare Theater,” “Shock Theater,” “Science Fiction Theater,” and eventually just “Sammy Terry.” Bob Carter, the local performer who played Sammy Terry, died in 2013. His son Mark took over the role. He doesn’t have a TV show anymore, but he does various personal appearances, and has a streaming service that you can subscribe to. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/64 "2024-07-07T18:23:16Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > In Dayton Ohio we had Dr. Creep and Shock Theater on Satueday afternoons. Saw many a Vincent Price movie, Godzilla and such in my teens. I also grew up in Dayton. Dr. Creep was great! I liked how he didn’t take himself too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/65 "2024-07-07T19:14:19Z")
I mentioned Count Floyd in post #32. He’s got Pittsburgh ties ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/66 "2024-07-07T20:02:31Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Post #28, sir. (Do you remember his Blob character?) Whoops, my bad. Yes, I remember The Glob. One of my earliest memories is of The Glob singing “I Want To Bite Your Hand.” mmm ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/67 "2024-07-07T20:30:22Z")
LA didn’t have a horror host during my formative years. Seymour retired (and died) before I was old enough to stay up that late and I was almost out of high school by the time Elvira came along. I do remember that Seymour’s time slot on Channel 9 was still occupied by Horror films in the mid to late 1970s, and I would stay up for those all the time; especially the British stuff like _Psychomania_ and _Horror Hospital_. The films could be quite gory and even offer some brief nudity if you didn’t blink. We also had an unhosted show on Saturday afternoons called _Creature Features_ on Channel 11 but all the films were fairly kid friendly (or cut to make them so) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/68 "2024-07-07T20:53:13Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I mostly remember _The Killer Shrews_. I don’t know why that one made such an impression on me. I should find it and watch again. Gawd, I saw this one as an adult, and it is so bad. But happily it’s also funnily bad. The shrews are obviously dogs with latex costumes tossed on them. And I’ll forever have that imagine of them duckwalking in the oil drums down to the beach. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/69 "2024-07-07T20:58:52Z")
The **G** lob, with a G, yeah, thanks! I also remember that song. Wasn’t there also a female character (Sir G G in drag.) of some sort? ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/70 "2024-07-07T21:55:51Z")
In Petersburg, VA, in the 60s, it was The Bowman Body. The show was about as cut-rate as you could get, but the in-character ads during the show were hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/71 "2024-07-07T21:57:21Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > Does anyone remember ‘Commander USA’ on the Saturday afternoon USA channel? He was a hoot. (He looked like one of the Watchmen - maybe an inspiration?). They showed some Hammer horror movies I’ve never seen since: ‘Simon King of the Witches’ and ‘Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter’ …and others. I was going to mention _[Commander USA’s Groovy Movies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZCbUQJC7kc)_ if nobody else was. It was on his show that I first saw _Captain Kronos, Vampire Hunter_ circa 1986-87. You’re right that he looks like The Comedian from _The Watchmen._ For those who don’t know, Commander USA was on the USA Network and aired Saturadays starting at 10:00-11:00 in the morning (at least for Mountain time). ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/72 "2024-07-07T22:28:58Z")
I grew up in Anchorage. We didn’t have such local programming, only a local cartoon show (Cartoon Carnival!) with a guy dressed up like a clown. The closest to something like that was Twilight Zone and Outer Limits. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/73 "2024-07-07T22:29:03Z")
Chiller Diller Matinee was on in the afternoon, and Creature Feature was on late night. I remember seeing _Night of the Living Dead_ for the first time with good old Bob. I think we got 3 channels there at the start. I remember getting cable and losing my mind! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/74 "2024-07-08T00:07:49Z")
You beat me to it! My uncle to 9 year old me: You do realize it has six fingers. Because he’s DEAD!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/75 "2024-07-08T02:15:48Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > The **G** lob, with a G, yeah, thanks! I also remember that song. Wasn’t there also a female character (Sir G G in drag.) of some sort? According to Wikipedia, there was also a sidekick named Baruba, a cemetery caretaker named Reel McCoy, a castle maid named Tilly Trollhouse, and Sir Graves’ cousin, Baron Boogaloff, none of which I remember. mmm ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/76 "2024-07-08T02:17:36Z")
Yep, Tilly Trollhouse is the winner. Thanks for your research. ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/77 "2024-07-08T02:44:08Z")
🙂 Fun show! I was ten when I started watching the Dr. San Guinary version. I just read about your version. Gregore had an assistant named Igor. ---
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> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > The Indianapolis TV area had Sammy Terry on channel 4 Loved [Sammy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Terry) as a kid. I was embarrassingly old when I realized his name was a play on _cemetery_. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2024, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821/79 "2024-07-08T04:47:15Z")
Green Bay had its own home grown “Chiller Theater” show hosted by “Ned the Dead.” It aired on the local NBC affiliate after SNL on late night Saturday/early morning Sunday starting in the mid 1980s. It apparently kept going until 2009 according to the brief Wikipedia article for it. ---
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> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > Green Bay had its own home grown “Chiller Theater” show hosted by “Ned the Dead.” Oh, wow, i totally forgot about “Ned the Dead.” It looks like it started running after I’d gone off to Madison for college, and I don’t think I watched it more than once or twice (when I was home for the weekend). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-were-a-kid-what-was-your-local-horror-movie-show/1003821.md?page=5)