Horror Host 2015 Retorspective: Jeepers/Jeepers Creepers

Real name: Bob Guy
Years active: 1962-1963, Los Angles, CA

Also known as Jeepers Creepers, this was at first going to focus only on Bob Burns, but since he was more of a sidekick I figured the main host should be the focus. The funny thing though, is that without Burns no one would have any images at all, as Burns requested a copy of his episode.

Jeepers

Hosting Jeepers Creepers Theatre, later renamed Theatre 13 on KCOP-TV, Channel 13, Guy and the westward moving Burns, as the Mad Mummy, ran for about a year on LA late Saturday nights before being replaced. In that time though Guy did manage to find the time to work with a young musician named Zappa.  Guy passed away on September 10,1984.

Horror Countdown 2015: Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Dracula's Daughter (1936), dir. Lambert Hillyer, Universal Pictures.

 By 1936 the market for horror had changed. The Great Depression proved that people had enough to scare them without the aid of monsters. Universal gutted their horror budgets in response, which is a pity for Dracula's Daughter. The original script, based on the short story Dracula's Guest, would have featured Bela Lugosi returning as the Count and James Whale directing. We didn't get that version.

 

Horror Host 2015 Retorspective: Asmodeus

Real name: Frank Sheridan
Years active: 1968-1970

Staying with San Fransisco for a bit, we find Asmodeus, the host of Shock Theater on KEMO-TV, Channel 20.

From E-Gor's Chamber of TV Horror Hosts

Horror Countdown 2015: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) dir. John S. Robertson, Famous Players Lasky/Artcraft Pictures

1920 was a big year for Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece, with no less than three versions being filmed.

Horror Countdown 2015: The Invisble Ray (1936)

The Invisible Ray (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer, Universal Pictures

 An unusual film, and generally considered the last proper horror film of Universal's first wave. It was also one of the few times Bela Lugosi was allowed to play a hero. 

Horror Host 2015 Retrospective: John Barclay

Real name: John Barclay

Years active: 1958-1960's, San Fransisco

Yet another lost, although this one did manage to make it to some national prominence with a pictorial in Life magazine of all places. Hosting Nightmare Theater on KRON-TV, Channel 4 in San Fransisco, John Barclay had a brief run as a horror host, but he was one of the first hosts in City by the Bay, so there's that.

Horror Countdown 2015: The Raven (1935)

The Raven (1935), dir. Lew Landers, Universal Pictures.


The third and technically final Poe film (there would be another Black Cat film in the forties, but it had less to do with the short story than the previous version) managed to get horror films banned in England for a brief time. Combined with the two masters Lugosi and Karloff, this film manages to be closer to the spirit of Poe than most other versions.