Scary......Eh Kids???
By sconibear
@sconibear (8016)
United States
January 2, 2009 8:48pm CST
i remember when i was a kid, on Friday nights, they used to show low budget, usually black & white, cheesy horror movies.
they used to show these on one of the local channels, and they would have the creepy old dude that would introduce the movie and shoot off one liners in between commercial breaks.
i remember where i grew up, they had "Fright Nights" with Seymour....he was like an old undertaker or something and later on he was replaced by the not as cool Morris.
then later on, that kind of programming went national with people like Elvira, Rhonda "Up All Night" and of course Count Floyd from SCTV. 
but i still remember being a kid and trying to stay up all night, watching those old horror movies, with the latex monsters, and being entertained by the local creepy host.
i don't see anything like that anymore, not here anyways.
do you guys still have the "scary" movies with a creepy host where you live.
do you remember the creepy host from your past. 
but i still remember being a kid and trying to stay up all night, watching those old horror movies, with the latex monsters, and being entertained by the local creepy host.
i don't see anything like that anymore, not here anyways.
do you guys still have the "scary" movies with a creepy host where you live.
do you remember the creepy host from your past. 2 people like this
9 responses
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
3 Jan 09
I remember Tales from the Crypt and Elvira and that's about it really. I wasn't allowed to watch them either so I never got much exposure to them until later in life and by then they just seemed corny! I'm an 80's teen so grew upw with the Freddy Kreugers and the like. The Love Boat used to scare the living crap out of me though! 
And what was with that little dude on Fantasy Island??? "The plane, the plane" while running around like a shaved ewok..... Scary stuff.
And what was with that little dude on Fantasy Island??? "The plane, the plane" while running around like a shaved ewok..... Scary stuff. 
@James72 (26790)
• Australia
4 Jan 09
That's the dude..... Tattoo! Sad thing about that guy is that he ended up taking his own life. 
And as for the Gilmore Girls guybrush, the very uttering of those two words sends shivers down my spine! If they combined that show with "Ed" and "Days of our lives" then I think my hair may just turn white overnight!
And as for the Gilmore Girls guybrush, the very uttering of those two words sends shivers down my spine! If they combined that show with "Ed" and "Days of our lives" then I think my hair may just turn white overnight! @sconibear (8016)
• United States
4 Jan 09
yeah, those are all pretty scary, but don't forget about.........
*SCARY MUSIC*
........Full House!!! 
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@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I'll tell ya who used to creep me out...
Big bird! dayum!
*shivers*
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
yeah, Big Bird was really creepy......he kind of had one those accents......you know the one i'm talking about. 
@Little_Stormy (6883)
• United States
3 Jan 09
he had an accent?
hmmmmm
I'm glad I don't have an accent! whew!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
you know....THE accent....that lispy, floating on clouds accent from another discussion. 
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
5 Jan 09
yeah.....Alfred Hitchcock was pretty cool......actually i just liked the way he talked.
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
3 Jan 09
i remember those!! i wish the had that type of thing again but all they have is tcm friday night horror movies which is pretty much the same ones every week grr!! i remember up all night but i cant remember the other hosts like the creepy guy that was on saturdays in the 80s with old horror flicks..
i love vintage horror so i would really enjoy if they brought that stuff back
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
4 Jan 09
yeah, Sci Fi channel is always good for a cheesy movie every now and then.
but if you want vintage sometimes you can find one on AMC.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
5 Jan 09
yeah but unfortunately all the amc ones i have seen a million times and scifi channels movies are too dorky for me since i really cant get into mutated animals taking over the world lol
@guybrush (4658)
• Australia
3 Jan 09
This brings back a LOT of memories, Sconi - in fact, I wrote a blog about it a few months ago - http://guybrush57.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/mopknocker-plays-to-incontinent-audience/
It's funny how nothing seems particularly scary anymore ... I must be getting old!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
great blog guy. 
i used to like the Japanese monster movies, Godzilla, Mothra, and the rest of the gang.
cheesy movies but a lot of fun. 
i used to like the Japanese monster movies, Godzilla, Mothra, and the rest of the gang.
cheesy movies but a lot of fun. 1 person likes this
@Autumnrose2008 (1478)
• United States
3 Jan 09
OMG do I remember Up all night with Rhonda and when she left it was Gilbert Godfrey. Thanks to the b rated movies they showed I developed a true love of horror movies and books. I am very sad to say that we no longer have those types of shows or movies on any of the local channels where I live. I wish they would bring them back. Many a weekend was spent watching those old movies, it brought a smile to my face as I sat and remembered the hours that my brother and I would sit an watch what many people called bad b movies. LOL. Maybe I need to have my brother over for a bad b movie night. Thanks for the great memories I had all but forgotten about them.
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
i forgot about Gilbert Godfrey....that man has got to be one of the most annoying people on the planet. 
@Autumnrose2008 (1478)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I am rolling on the floor laughing at that right now. I hated that man but loved the movies. LOL
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Oh,I remember the good ol' Tales from the Crypt...
If that's not cheesy,then I don't know what is lol
I don't seem to see anything similar now,I guess people wouldn't buy that type of horror anymore. Nowadays we have another horror trend-slasher movies and the more gore,the better,e.g. Hostel
If that's not cheesy,then I don't know what is lol
I don't seem to see anything similar now,I guess people wouldn't buy that type of horror anymore. Nowadays we have another horror trend-slasher movies and the more gore,the better,e.g. Hostel@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
oh yeah....the good old crypt keeper from Tales From The Crypt,
i love his laugh. 
@AnakSuNamun (2084)
• United States
3 Jan 09
I didn't think he was scary even when I was 8 years old lol
But some of the episodes turned out to be very disturbing for my young soul,for example,the one where unfaithful wife makes soap out of her husbands and becomes blind after using that soap
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Hey sconi! I guess we are old because I do remember those
cool scary movies!lol Of course I remember Elvira and
"Up All Night"! I wanted to look just like her! (I mean with
the makeup) Do you remember the "Crypt Keeper"? Now that was
creepy and scary? I used to love that stuff! Those kind of movies
were so fun! Now they are just to gory! That's not fun to me!
It's nice taking a look back isn't it!
@sconibear (8016)
• United States
3 Jan 09
yep, the old classic monster movies were great.
i'm still a big fan of horror movies, agreed the gore factor is a little off the charts, if it's a good story and causes you to think a little, it can still be pretty entertaining.
@dookie03 (578)
• United States
3 Jan 09
Yea you just don't see them on tv near as much anymore. They still put them on PBS during the week of halloween but that's about it. I know i used to wait till halloween and watch them but you'd have to look deep into finding them in a normal channel on tv these days. It's too bad because those were real acting back then.
