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Episode 127 - Shock Theater
Believe it or not, there was a time when instant access to hundreds of horror movies didn't exist. Scary thought, huh?
Before the late 1950s, unless you caught a movie in the theater, you probably weren't going to see it again, especially when it came to the classic monster films like Dracula and Frankenstein. But in October 1957, Universal released 52 of its horror films to television in what became known as the Shock Theater package. To help promote the broadcasts, television stations were encouraged to create "horror hosts" to introduce the films.
Simply put, it exploded, and helped give…
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