[Microscopic view of an ant]

 

1665 engraving.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2006690474/

Shock Theater with Zacherley (audio)

 

The Cool Ghoul. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Zacherle

https://www.nydailynews.com/scary-guy-shock-theater-zacherley-chills-article-1.894905

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/29/arts/television/john-zacherle-dies.html

[Edgar Theodore Wherry house, 3331 Stephenson Place, N.W., Chevy Chase, Washington, D.C. Bull frog in the native plant garden]

 1921 lantern slide. Hand colored.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007685966/

The Complete Ghoulardi Clip Collection

 

Ernie Anderson. Cleveland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoulardi

https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2017/10/cleveland_legend_ghoulardi_cas.html

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/stay_sick_clevelands_legendary_1960s_horror_host_ghoulardi

Creature Features

 

With Bob Wilkins. KTVU. San Francisco. And John Stanley. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Wilkins

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295076/

Cliff Palace

 

c1918.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007661996/

Boulder Dam, air shot

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016855679/

Creature Feature

 

With Dr. Paul Bearer. Florida.

https://stpetecatalyst.com/the-life-and-legend-of-dr-paul-bearer-st-petes-master-of-scare-emonies/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creature_Feature_(1973_TV_series)

https://www.crazedfanboy.com/creaturefeature/index.html

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306308/

Johnny Astro

 

60s.

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/fashion/25Online.html

KTTV-11 1970 Uknown Horror Movie Host Break Color Eiaj Hd

 

Creature Features.

Battle Beyond the Sun

 

1963.

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2015/07/11/strange-temptations-being-devoured-in-a-manner-inconceivable-to-the-human-mind-october-1963/

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)

 

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Brand new TV today, and my old Samsung was 16 years old, so testing out a few Blu-rays. I went from 32 inch to 40 inch so a proper widescreen image looks quite a bit nicer at even that small size.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula_(1992_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bram-stokers-dracula-1992

https://screenrant.com/bram-stoker-dracula-1992-movie-unique-reason/

https://film.avclub.com/bram-stokers-dracula-collectors-edition-1798203095

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/bram-stoker-dracula-visual-effects-francis-ford-coppola/

Syr-dar'inskaia oblast'. Razvaliny Mulushki Murza Rabat v golodnoi stepi

 1865-72.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007676480/

Battlestar Galactica (Bumper, 1978)

 

Mr. Sardonicus

 

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/3592/rec/22

Epibulus insidiator

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-91dd-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Saturday Night Shocker

 

Saturday. Springfield, Missouri. 1984-86. There was an earlier Shocker in this series in St. Louis.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5526232/

Full view of globe with stand - Hunt-Lenox Globe

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt%E2%80%93Lenox_Globe

Svengoolie: King Kong Escapes (1967)

 

Kong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_Escapes

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/kingkongescapes.htm

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2636

[Lighthouse, Atlantic City, New Jersey]

 

1910.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017659500/

WSTM Channel 3 Monster Movie Matinee Syracuse NY 1985

Syracuse. Mr. Kretch. 1985. There was a previous long-running show in Syracuse with different characters. Dr. E. Nick Witty and Epal. That intro is also here.

Escape - The Fall of the House of Usher

 

Paul Frees.

Washington, D.C. John Zydik, an employee of the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska branch, using the double-photo-alidade to make a topographic map

 

1943.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017857263/

Strolling Bowling

 

1981.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5666/strolling-bowling

The Haunted Strangler/Fiend Without a Face

 

1958.

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/the-big-screams-are-on-the-big-screen-august-1958/

Son Of Svengoolie - "Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman" (Promo, 1980)

 

Arc de Triumph

 

1880-90.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004671954/

WGBO super 66 Godzilla vs sea monster promo 1986

 

Cypress

 

CREATURE FEATURES WEEK (MAY 12-16 1986)

 

Desolation Valley, Lake Tahoe

 c1910.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660543/

WFLD Channel 32 - Lost in Space (Promo, 1977)

 

[Airplane]

 

1915-23.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016884685/

WFLD Channel 32 - Lost In Space (Bumper #2, 1981)

 

[Railroad trains, Utah]

 c1914.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002723945/

WFLD Channel 32 - Wonder Woman (Bumper #2, 1981)

 

KTLA-5 1972 Seymour,s Monster Rally Promo Now in Color....

 

Los Angeles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Vincent

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0850149/

http://www.horrorhostgraveyard.com/2010/04/sinister-seymour.html

Mt. Brewer and High Sierras, from Bubbs Creek

 

c1911.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007660665/

WPWR-TV 50 Chicago The Screaming Skull bumper

 

150 h.p. Benz Racing car.

 

1903-16.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-048e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Sammy Terry

 

Intro. Indianapolis. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Terry

https://thelintonian.com/2020/10/16/a-look-back-on-late-night-horror-host-sammy-terry/

Cypress

 

Same shot printed by me vs. machine print. This may be my favorite shot of the whole series and might have been #1 or #2 on the very first roll.

Prof. Theodore Pull, the great German hypnotist and mind reader

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014636944/

T.V.R.R. Bridge, head of Fox Gulch

 

1916.

https://www.loc.gov/item/99614814/

7/1984 WNOL Channel 38 promos New Orleans LA "Star Trek"

 

Also fairly new promo.

Popeye, giant frog from Louisiana in the U.S. Department of Commerce aquarium, has to be fed his meals from acting as nursemaid for the critter

 

1937.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016878394/

WKBD TV50 Chiller Double Feature bumper 1980s

 

[Airplane]

 

1923.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016835108/

WHEC Channel 10 - Banana Splits (Bumper Promo, 1978)

 

A logging train loaded with huge logs crossing a trestle in the Cascade Mountains, Ore.

 c1906.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004681903/

13 Ghosts

 

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/2224/rec/18

Surgeon-Fish

 

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-91d5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Monster Rally Movie

 

1977 promo. Chicago. The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5947858/

http://www.horrorhostgraveyard.com/2010/08/monster-rally-movie.html

Science

 https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-a3e3-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. [Edmunds Klamm, Bohemian Switzerland, Bohemia, Austro-Hungary].

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002708460/

Svengoolie: Fiend Without a Face (1958)

 

Brains! Another new one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiend_Without_a_Face

Rick Baker on Trailers From Hell.

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/fiend-without-a-face-and-its-surprising-controversy/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s177fiend.html

Cypress

 

WSNS Channel 44 - Speed Racer (Bumper Promo, 1980)

 

[Eddystone Lighthouse, Plymouth, England]

 c1890-1900.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002708052/

Escape - Evening Primrose

 

Geological Survey, Interior Dept. Washington, D.C., Mar. 13. Horace Johnson engraving one of the copper plates that is used for a topographical map

 

1937.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016871358/

Star Trek Movie Meal

 

1979.

Encarnacion bridge

 

c1880-97.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016817679/

WMAQ Channel 5 - Tomorrow with Tom Snyder -"Monsters & The Movies" (Complete Broadcast, 6/18/1976)

 

From the Earth to the Moon

 

1959.

https://scenesfromthemorgue.wordpress.com/2016/04/14/the-boldest-adventure-ever-dared-by-man-plus-shock-terror-january-1959/

Nubie, Temple de Dakkeh (Égypte) / Bonfils.

 

1867-99.

Pylons and the remains of the Temple of Thoth (Dakka).

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666834/

WABC-TV The 4:30 Movie Science Fiction Week 1970

 

Connoissurs - Count Macabre

 

Baton Rouge (WBRZ) horror host Count Macabre tribute song.

http://www.horrorhostgraveyard.com/2009/10/count-macabre-song.html

http://themanwhonevermissed.blogspot.com/2008/01/local-tv-nostalgia.html

http://www.dovetailstudio.com/countmacabre/gallery.htm

The Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

 

https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll84/id/3632/rec/15