{"product_id":"television-horror-movie-hosts-elena-m-watson-9780786409402","title":"Television Horror Movie Hosts: 68 Vampires, Mad Scientists and Other Denizens of the Late-Night Airwaves Examined and Interviewed","description":"\u003cp\u003e Midnight, 1954. A striking woman in a torn black dress slinks down a cobwebbed, candelabra'd corridor. She stops, shrieks hysterically into the camera, then solemnly says, \"Good evening, I am Vampira.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Her real name is Maila Nurmi and she was the first in a long line of television horror movie hosts, commonly seen on independent stations' late-night \"grade Z\" offerings dressed as some zany ghoul or mad scientist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book covers the major hosts in detail, along with styles and show themes. Merchandise tie-in and fan reactions are also chronicled. The appendices list film and record credits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elena M. Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786409401\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786409402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland and Company, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.66h x 6.10w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2001 pg. 178","brand":"Elena M. Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47427428516095,"sku":"9780786409402","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a46870b9-eaff-48ac-b18e-371840debfb2.jpg?v=1761579495","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/television-horror-movie-hosts-elena-m-watson-9780786409402","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}