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Television Horror Movie Hosts : 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed by Elena M. Watson is a performing arts available to read on EtoBox.
What is Television Horror Movie Hosts : 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed about?
<p> 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."</p><p> 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.</p><p> This book covers the major hosts in detail, along with styles and
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- Author
- Elena M. Watson
- Publisher
- McFarland Publishing
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780786409402
- Category
- performing arts
- Subjects
- Performing Arts, Reference, History
- Rating
- 3.63 / 5 (24 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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