Television Horror Movie Hosts

Television Horror Movie Hosts
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Publisher : McFarland
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ISBN-10 : 0786409401
ISBN-13 : 9780786409402
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Book Synopsis Television Horror Movie Hosts by : Elena M. Watson

Download or read book Television Horror Movie Hosts written by Elena M. Watson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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