Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed

By Elena M. Watson

Book Overview

Midnight, 1954. A striking woman in a torn black dress slinks down a cobwebbed, candelabra'd corridor. She stops, shrieks hysterically into the camera, then solemnly says, "Good evening, I am Vampira." Her real name is Maila Nurmi and she was the first in a long line of television horror movie hosts, commonly seen on independent stations' late-night "grade Z" offerings dressed as some zany ghoul or mad scientist. This book covers the major hosts in detail, along with styles and show themes. Merchandise tie-in and fan reactions are also chronicled. The appendices list film and record credits.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786409401
• ISBN13: 9780786409402
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher