Horror 2022 Countdown: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Shadow of a Doubt (1943), dir. Alfred Hitchcock, Skirball Productions 

Moving into the director's section, we take a look at Alfred Hitchcock's thriller.

Horror 2022 Countdown: The Incredible Petrified World (1957)

The Incredible Petrified World (1957), dir. Jerry Warren, GBM Productions 

And so we end our lookback at John Carradine with a Jerry Warren film. Not sure if that's appropriate or not. 

Horror Host 2022 Retrospective: Don Kennedy

 Real name: Don Kennedy

Years active: 1957-1958

Almost let this one slip through my fingers. Don Kennedy was a local figure in Georgia, working in radio and television. He hosted the Shock Show on WSB-TV Channel 2 in Atlanta. 

He might be better known for his work with Cartoon Network and Adult Swim, but he was hosting Popeye cartoons first. 

Horror 2022 Countdown: The Unearthly (1957)

The Unearthly (1957), dir. Boris Petroff, AB-PT Pictures 

Funny that just a year before this film, Carradine would play Aaron in DeMille's the Ten Commandments. Carradine at this point was mostly working in either Westerns, epics, or low grade horror. There didn't seem to be much of a middle ground. If he was playing lead it might get a local drive-in, but bigger films only seem to have use for him as a character actor. 

Horror Host 2022 Retrospective: Sateena

Real name: Joanne Good 

Years active: 1958

The next to last host for the year, and we have a real witch. Shock Show aired WSB-TV Channel 2 out of Atlanta for only one year. The story behind her was rather neat. She was a witch that crashed into the studio and decided to host a show. Despite the reviews the show was cancelled that December. 

Joanne Good was nominated to the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2022. 

Horror 2022 Countdown: The Face of Marble (1946)

The Face of Marble (1946), dir. William Beaudine, Hollywood Picture Corporation

At this point, Carradine had pretty much become the King of the Bs and working with William "One-Shot" Beaudine would pretty much cement that. 

Horror Host 2022 Retrospective: V-Man

 Real name: Jim Carlisle

Years active: 1968 to 1969

Nearing the end for this year's horror hosts. This time we look a truly unique host in Georgia. V-Man, blasting off to host Blast Off on WRBL-TV Channel 3 in Columbus. 

V-Man was odd when compared to the other hosts we've seen this year. First, his show ran Monday through Friday afternoons. Quite a few hosts had weekly shows, but the traditional hosts were a once-a-week thing. He was also a kind of superhero/astronaut rather than a typical vampire/ghoul, etc. 

He also had a neat gimmick in that he presented the films he showed as being real/documentaries, even the old serials. 

Jim Carlisle passed away in 1988. 

"Peace to the Universe!"