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From December 1957 through October 1959, Chicago TV viewers were held in thrall by "Marvin," the ghoulishly hilarious host of WBKB-TV's late-night horror film series Shock Theatre. Marvin and his lady friend "Dear" (her face ever hidden from the camera) introduced thousands of Chicagoland youngsters to such classic Universal chillers as Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolf Man. This history of Shock Theatre focuses on the series and its creator, Marvin himself--in real life, the multi-talented Terry Bennett, whose wife Joy played "Dear." Terry's son Kerry Bennett provides an affectionate foreword, while celebrated horror host Count Gore De Vol (Dick Dyszel) supplies the afterword. Included are dozens of photos and vintage advertisement reproductions, as well as two appendices featuring a resume of Terry Bennett's career and a list of films telecast during his two-year Shock Theatre run.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kerry Bennett
Introduction
1. Off to a Shocking Start
2. Initial Shocks
3. Beginning Shock Treatment
4. Pre-Shock Anticipation
5. Shock Waves Shake Chicago
6. Present and Future Shocks
7. Electrically Shocking Charges
8. Son of Shock!
9. Shocking New Developments
10. Shocktails and Shock Tales
11. Continuing Shock Therapy
12. Shock Absorbers
13. Shockingly Sad News
14. Aftershock
Afterword by Dick Dyszel, "Count Gore De Vol"
Appendix I: Marvin's "Cartoon" Line-Up
Appendix II: Terry Bennett Resume
Bibliography
Index
