hey your only 53 people are living to 100,you have plenty of time left,but one thing is true well never be able to relive those times again.I can,t tell you the enjoyment my friends and I had playing with the creepy crawler maker at christmas which i got as a gift,and I still have it in the box.or how about the GI Joe that came with an aqua suit and actually swam in the tub.Rockum Sockum Robots,,need I say more well i will I still have my original Super Ball ,boy did that bounce and still does.
@rockytheyorky I am 58 and yeah, all I do is think about the old days.....you know you're old when you do that. This era was a golden era in my life.....Famous Monsters Magazine, weekend creature features, Aurora monster models......back when it was a big deal to get a portable transistor radio for your birthday.
Speaking of super balls....my brother once hit one with a baseball bat as hard as he could........we never saw it again. It went into the stratosphere
I hated when they went to the new intro with the hand coming out of the grave. The original intro was so much creepier in black and white. When I was a kid the women at the beggining scared the living shit out of me. Man does this clip bring back memories of my early chilldhood.
@rjplamf61 Yeah, the woman at the beginning (Vampira) scared the daylights outta me too. The intro used to always catch me unexpectedly while I was watching a show. One minute, I'm watching a commercial, next minute, this woman appears out of the darkness. Ahhh, but those were the good ol' days, when TV was worth watching.
I loved that back in the early 60's living in Boro Park in B'klyn sat night in my house was the 2 C's ..Chinese food & Chiller Theatre..ok dinner & movie!
Which show had 'Zachary' and that jello like blob on the table he said was a brain ?? 'Chiller Theater' or 'Creature Feature' (pronounced creecha feetcha in Queens) or maybe another I'm not thinking of... I think the 'Monster Mash' was the theme song....
Pleas, if anybody has the opening clip from the 1960's Claude Kirshner Sci-fi Saturday morning TV show called, Super Adventure Theater, please load it onto here for us, so we can put to rest, what this show was really called! Thank you!
we are all in our early fifties who remember this! Don't get to depressed pals, there are others out there! who would be your friend if they knew ya. CHILLER!!!
oh my gosh- I can put myself in my parents' bedroom where our only (and black and white) tv was. I was under the age of 10 and would try to "psyche myself up" to get through an episode- I was TERRIFIED. And I had two older brothers who wouldn't have let me live if I chickened out.
Great old scary movies that would scare the tar outta me as a kid! Too bad network programming has eliminated local tv shows like Chiller Theatre...those were truly the good ole' days for tv...I miss those times. I feel very fortunate to be old enough to remember those programs as kids today will never know the fun we had!
All right! This is cool. Thanks for posting this. What a memory. Saw all the greats on this channel. kronos,the giant claw,reptilicus on and on. Thanks again.
Yes, I remember PANIC THEATER - Channel 11 on Saturdays or Sundays, in the afternoon. It had theme music that featured a honking sax and an acoustic guitar that came up just before it faded for the break back to the movie.
To Bizbee... your story reminds me of two Applebee`s waitresses who were bemoaning thier childhoods. When they asked my about mine I replied, "I grew up with an Irish Setter on each end of the fireplace." One girl goes, "So what does THAT mean?' I told her if she didn`t know already then I couldn`t tell her. When I lok back on desperate times its more like age 35! Funny about that I guess. Guess i had mine coming. It was my own fault. Yours wasn`t! Don`t ever forget that.
To tell you the truth, I remember so many of them, Shock theater, Thriller Theater, Creature Features, Chiller and Chiller Theater, Supernatural Theater, but, Panic theater, I don't remember that playing where I live out on Long Island NY. Was it on Channel 5? Oh, those were the days! I just wish, they would bring back Claude Krishner and Supernatural Theater, even now at 55 years of age, I'd sit and watch that show everyday if I could.
This was my favorite show of it's kind back when I was a kid. I looked forward to this all week when I was a kid. But, as I recall, I started my Saturday off very early in the morning with first, The Sons of Hercules TV show, it was full length Hercules movies, a different one every week, then Supernatural Theater, then Chiller Theater at night. I would go out and play baseball all week after school, but the Weekends were for Monster movies! As many as I could get. Ahh, thoose were the days!!!
Magnificent! This was my bread and butter whilst growing up, along with CREATURE FEAUTURES on Channel 5. But that didn't have the way-cool openeing that CHILLER THEATER had. Channle 9 tried with SUPERNATURAL THEATER around the same time, with clips from FRANKENSTEIN 1970, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH and QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE But there's only one Chiller. AAAARGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Gerry50ify ...I can't believe somebody other than myself, remembers Supernatural Theater. That clip from the opening credits is impossible to find, and I'd love to see it!
@XFringeDivisionX Me, too! I'm glad you remember it too. I love the clip they used from BEHEMOTH with the big guy wending his was through downtown London. Maybe someone will find that SUPERNATURAL THEATER clip someday. I'd hock a kidney to see it!
@Gerry50ify ....I was thinking about Claude Kirshner's Sci-Fi show, instead of Supernatural Theater, I believe it was called, Super Adventure Theater, why is this sounding more like it??? I think this was the show I was talking about.
I totally remember Supernatural Theater on Channel 9! I too, have been looking for that opening clip for years! Supernatural Theater is where I first saw "Carnival of Souls." Now's here's something to take you way back -- do you remember Panic Theater??
What a mindblowing blast from the past!! Hahahaa! You had to be there! My brothers and I used to do a count down to show time with a bet that the last one to run screaming from the room won! Won what? Beats me. Hahahaaa
I remember seeing this intro in the late 60's or early 70's at my grandmother's house in Corona, Queens. I must of been eight or nine years old. Very scary!!
This used to scare me even more than the movie did! No kidding, I used to cover my eyes while the opening was playing! Then I could watch the movie with no problem! It was fantastic to see it again. Thanks!!
My older brother used to put on my mothers clothes,turn off the lights and have my cousin use my sisters dolls as the chiller hand! Flip me the **** out! To this day, at 44 yrs of age, I cannot even listen to the chiller 6 finger hand coming out of the ground! Hate my bro for this! Sucks!
was 5 in 1969, I remember this opening for 2 distinct reasons...the lettering for the Chiller Theatre title, and the giant throwing the car.
That scene was from "Attack Of The 50 Ft. Woman." But like most mid 40's models out there, my better memory comes from the 6 Fingered Hand that dominated the show until it's demise in 1982.
Channel 11 should put the FULL opening of The Hand on each future installment of Chiller Theatre. They can do it...
Yes, I was about that same age but I could never forget that scary woman in the beginning or the giant throwing the car. I distinctly remember the intro with the hand although I think the older was more dramatic. One thing, I never realized back then that it was a 6 fingered hand, lol.
The scary woman in the begining is Vampyra, from the "classic" Ed Wood mess they call Plan 9 From Outer Space.
I thought you meant the giant woman.
That was Alison Hayes, who, before she turns 50 feet, has a smokin' scene where she practically falls out of her top while laying on a bed wih her husband, and what a set she appears to have had, lol.
Holy jumping Jesus! They also ran this clip as a commercial. For me, watchim WPIX was like Russian roulette...at any second that bitch either her arms up could appear on the screen and ruin me for hours! I'd start crying and yelling - she literally scared the pee out of me! Still bothers me to watch!!!
Wow! I was randomly thinking of my childhood through tv and music, and it's all here on youtube. I'm 54 years old, and I don't know why, but I keep thinking of those times. I guess that I'm comming to realize that my time is comming to an end in life, and I want to old onto my memories. Too bad because my life was filled with so much hurt, and pain in those times, but for some strange reason, I need to remember. Thanks to all that posted these memories and thanks to youtube.
@bizzzybee I was hoping to find Chiller Theatre...but the one from my childhood in Tucson, Arizona. But I saw that you were 54, and thinking like you may be heading into the last stretch of your life. I'm 55, and recently have been taking a hard look at my life too. I've determined that it's OK to make mistakes...even bad ones...if one is willing to take ownership of them. But, to complete the circle, one must sincerely apologize to the Good Lord...who has promised to forgive.
@bizzzybee Remember the "skull-face emerging from the black water, and then moving the jaw and submerging again" opening? Stark, Bizzare, and Sublime! I am about your age, and know about the tragedy and misery of life as well. We remember in order to hold a frame of reference to a time when everything was opening up to us. Now we let go, but want some small token from that innocence of our youthful folly. Thank you for the comment.
the very sound of this music still creeps me out at 53yrs old..i still feel like i am 7yrs old..cringing to the sound of the music..sticking my fingers in my ears and puttin covers over my head. its one of the worst themes i have ever heard in my life.
I'm from youngstown OH. I checked out the Fright Night intro but it was not it. This show had a skull superimposed over a head and would rotate to eerie music. Thanks
Man just the intro used scare the crap out of me, my parents would go out on Saturday night, and I'd be home alone, eating popcorn and drinking chocolate milk shaking in my boots but loving every episode.
I remember the ringmaster Claude Kirschner announcing at the end of the show it is time to go to bed......I use to lower the volume so my mom wouldn't hear it
.......one of the creepiest of those fright flix had to be The Manster---complete with an eerie theramin soundtrack. I picked up a copy for a buck at the dollar store a few years back......
I too have fond memories of Chiller Theater in the 60s. Does anyone remember Spectacular Theater (usually "Sons of Hercules" sword & sandal movies)or Supernatural Theater on WOR TV at about the same time? Or Claud Kerschners Super Adventure Theater on Sat. Am.???
I remember Super Adventure Theater! I also remember that Claude Kirschner had his "TerryToon Circus" on weekdays on Channel 9 about 7 P.M. He was always dressed up in a ringmasters outfit.
I was there too! Queens, N.Y. in the late 1950's and thru the wonderful 1960's. I remember Terrytoon Circus with Clownie calling Claude Kirchner STRINGBEAN and SKINYBONES, and the ending was allways,'' and now its time for most of you to go to bed''. And yes, WOR-9 from 7;00 to 7;30 pm. Spunky and Tadpole cartoons were on the show and maybe Colonel Bleep.
@1952kid Man, thought you were good for remembering 'Col. Bleep' but you out did yourself with 'Spunky and Tadpole'. Think another locked corner of my brain just got picked. SOB, forgot all about that one. You are good ! I pray that if I google Spunky something with some images will come up - I think....never know what your opening up when you mess with those long locked away memories !! Until here, no one I talked to even remembered Col Bleep (and the cave man dude with the club :-)
@ironman5454 did you find SPUNKY and TADPOLE ? Its on you tube, i also found a video cassette of Spunky and Tadpole on Amazon. Nice to see this old cartoon 50 something years later . And theres A 600 Cartoon DVD set for 10.00 with 23 or 25 Colonel Bleep cartoons on it .
@JoaquinTall YES !! Damn, couldn't remember the name of his show !! 'Terry-Toon Circus' !! Thank you !!
"Boys and girls and children of all ages..." and 'Clowny' his little side kick clown puppet - Nestles was the sponsor.
" N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best ....Chaaaaaw-clit". LOL !! The puppet dog riding the roller coaster did the 'chaw-klit'. Then there was 'Choo-Choo Charlie'...(was an engineer - Good N Plenty) 'nuther thread I guess.
Yeah I remember "Sons Of Hercules" As a kid I never understood why those Romans kept messing with him, since he always killed like 100 by himself every episode! LOL.
I remember this opening so well...that Vampira character (from Plan 9 from Outer Space) at the beginning used to terrify me. But - my brother and I(and other assorted relatives who were visiting) never missed a show. I do indeed remember Supernatural Theater (where I first saw "Carnival of Souls" -- does anyone remember "Panic Theater" - the opening contained this really eerie, scratchy music.
.........of course, back in the 60s channel 9 ran Supernatural theatre at 7:30---channel 11 ran Chiller theatre at 8----with only a handful of channels we had some tough choices...
I lived on LI, As I remember we had 11,7,9 & a snowy ghostly Ch 5. All this with a roof antenna & a booster on the antenna. Ch 5 ran the Outer Limits and it was all creepier with the bad reception.
....of course---Supernatural theatre showed more 30s & 40s fright flix while Chiller usually broadcast a lot of fabulous fifties fare. In my foggy memory, Sons of Hercules was a half hour presentation on channel 9 weeknights around 6:30.....Super adventure theatre draws a blank...was that in NYC?
Wow major! you jogged my memory even more. Sons Of Hercules was indeed on early evening! Now I could be wrong but I believe there was something similar on for the 6:30 -7:00 time slot! I for the life if me cant remember what show it was. And yes we got the signal from NYC on Long Island.
I'm also 51! Back then, when I was just a kid, this opening segment of "Chiller Theater" sould scare the hell outta me! But interestingly enough, I always came back for more! Lol! I couldn't get enough of this stuff!!!
I am 52 years old and watched this every Saturday night with my sister, right after Clay Cole. The opening still gives me the creeps! Wonderful memories. My favorites were Frankenstein's Daughter and The Black Sleep, which are laughable to me now....
OMG....lol...this brings the memories tumbling down...astro boy, tobor the 8th man, gigantor, and Chiller Theater...I'm 49....My family moved to Fayetteville N.C in 1967...I hated it...but I did get hooked on the Andy Griffith Show.....lol
YES!!! This is the one...I remember this Vividly..I am 55, and used to watch this every Saturday evening with my younger brothers + sisters..and calmed them down when they got scared...saw a lot of good ol' Horror flicks on this show...
I am 51 yrs old and that music still scares the crap out of me. I used to freak out at the 50ft woman and that man with the jacked up hands! This was so much better that what we see today!! We need to get this back on the airwaves.
OMG OMG..be still my heart. talking about putting covers over your head..how about in addition to covers over my head sticking fingers in my ears to keep all sound of this horriable music or thoughts visions still creep me out when i was a child seeing that woman grow 50ft tall..all in black and erie white..the music..the sixties tv was very creepy and frightning to me especially early 1961-1963..frightened the Living daylights out of me. many a night i woke up screaming because of this.
This opening was so scarey that I often turned the channel. It was just too scarey to watch ! The music still delivers a terror feeling, even by todays standards.
I've searched YouTube for this opening several times, but for some reason, only found it tonight for the first time, even though it's evidently been posted for 3 years now. In any case, this montage dates back to at least 1965, if not earlier, because that's the year that I first saw it. And although it may no longer frighten me (As it once did), it still gives me a thrill. Thanks to webzotz for (ahem) unearthing it.
I used to stay at my granmothers place on Saturday nights, just to watch this...The opening Vampira was from "Plan 9 from Outer Space"..It came on at 8:00PM...The opening was a scary as the movies!.....Loved it!
I've never heard of Chiller Theater. What part of the country was this on? I live in the Memphis, TN area and here we had "Fantastic Features" hosted by SivAD
Hey JonM, I'm in Johnson City Tn now (still a Penn State fan) ;-) I lived in State College Pa. where PSU is in the center of the state - early 60's and watched this and WNEW had Creature Features. I'm glad we got the NY stations!!! The Invisible Man scared me as a kid then!! - that movie from 1933 is only 1:15min long w/commercials! Got to burn it off of AMC recently Ahh, the good ole days... black and white scary movies & being a kid
Chiller Theater was very important to me from the time I could read TV Guide around 1962 in 2nd grade. I would look forward all week to Sat night when my Dad let me stay up later than usual to watch all of Chiller. (7:30P-9P) I too could not appeciate the charms of Vampira in 2nd grade...That came some years later. What was the source material for this opening which is a wonderful pleasure to see again as it recalls a very happy childhood.
My brother would watch this on Saturday nights; I was about 5 years old, and we had just moved into our house in Queens. He knew I was petrified of Vampira, and would hold me down on purpose to watch it, then laugh his rear end off when I went crying to my mother....ahhh memories! Thanks for posting!
BUMMER! Zacherley WON'T do a "Chiller" special this year after all. This was confirmed on his web page. But cw11 may move forward with one not on Halloween, but October 25th. Stay Tubed.
This is so awesome. I have no idea why they don't this kind of stuff anymore on television... There's too much reality TV Bullshit taking up space in the tube now. Who the hell cares what the "Real OC housewives" are doing, or What girl Flava Flav or Brett Michaels is gonna pick??? SO stupid... It really is a shame that there's no good horror or Sci-Fi programming, like there was in the 70's... Sigh....
There is, Fishy. Check out the revamped "Battlestar", it's good. I'm basing that on the miniseries from 2003, however.
Yeah, I'm with you. American TV has discovered it prefers cheap production to quality, and while there are good shows out there, we've not gained much hour for hour when stations went 24 hours years ago.
I suspect "Chiller" is being resurrected for one night only in observance of WPiX's 60th year, but perhaps it sees potential in reairing cheaply obtained movies again.
"We have been informed by Channel 11 (the CW11 out of New York City) that on Halloween night Chiller Theater will return as a one night special with an airing of the classic 50s film 'TARANTUALA'.
"Channel 11 is now in negotiations with Zacherley to host the show.
"We were made aware of the event when personnel from the CW11 contacted our dungeon with a request to locate Zacherley.
"C"As middle monsters for the Cool Ghoul we made Zach aware of the request and Zach gave a hardy, "Yes!" He is most certainly interested.
"Personnel from the CW11 informed us that if the special is a ratings success they may bring back Chiller Theater as more specials or as a regular series.
"We could not confirm the rumor that this decision was brought about by numerous fans emailing Channel 11 and complaining about the omission of Zacherley on their 60th Anniversary Special, but we are elated that Channel 11 has remembered Zacherley in this manner.
Somewhere in the late 60's early 70's there was yet another opening for WPIX's Chiller Theater and I seem to be the only one left on the planet who remembers it. It was a short intro of the words Chiller Theater dripped onto a tumbleweed in blood accompanied by quiet, spooky music. Does anyone else out there remember this?
Yes Jim, I do remember! It was approx 1968, and that night I do recall the station playing "Killers from Space". The main reason I think of this at all is for the bug-eyed aliens ...
One other poster at another website gave this intro more detail, as I only recall the bumper and our TV was B&W.
"The 'Chlller' opening logo was less subtle: The word 'Chiller' was drawn in white paint on a black board, then lifted up, the gooey white paint slowly runnning down the board like blood ( it was broadcast in B&W in those days ) and the resulting effect was marvelous."
I seem to recall the bumper of this was a reverse of that. The music was provided via a small chamber orchestra, "boom Bump, boom Bump, boomBump-boomBump ... da, Da, DAAA ... with tympani fade-out. Better than the hand, IMO.
The musical intro I'm thinking of was quiet and truly creepy. It must be some sort of chamber piece because it turned up a few years later as underscoring for a scene in the TV series "Space 1999."
Jim, it was quiet ... now, that it turned up in "Space: 1999" is interesting, 'cuz I got all the music from season one from this site: w.w.w.s.p.a.c.e.1.9.9.9.n.e.t., and I haven't sussed that out. He's got pages of mp3s from both seasons, I'm assuming the music was used for season one. I've burned all the scores from year one, and didn't recognize that piece. Although incomplete, go listen to 'em and report back here if you identify it, 'cuz there's ANOTHER intro we can recreate! COOL!!!
the zacherly web page says he was contacted to host a special halloween showing of chiller on wpix ch 11. they are supposed to be showing TARANTULA. it may become a series odf specials. more to come!
Yeah me too. That Vampire Woman always freaked me out. I think I was like 5 and she gave me horrible nightmares... :(
Anybody remember Village of the Damned followed by Children of the Damn? That messed me up too and I was like 6. British children in the early 60s gave me the creeps.
Thanks for posting. It brought back so many memories of all the "B" flicks I watched as a kid when I lived in New York City. WPIX-11. Vamipra in "Plan Nine From Outer Space" always scared the hell out of me. It all seems laughable now!
omg...most of the time the intro was alot scarier than the movie being showed that night! My sister and I were scared to death but never missed the opening!!! good memories ~ thanks!
growing up in the NY/Tri-State area in the 60's was a great experience. There was horror and monster movies gallore on TV. There was Chiller Theater on WPIX/Channel 11, The Million Dollar Movie on WOR/Channel 9, The 4:30 Movie on WABC/Channel 7 (followed by Eyewitness News at 6PM with Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel...Remember this famous Roger Grimsby quote on Conrad Hiltons' death, "Conrad Hilton has just checked out", morbid, but a classic!
I am with you!I remmeber this show coming on Saturday late evening!I lived in Paterson NJ and remmeber all of these channels and SHOWS!The 4.30 Movie was originally called the Big Show and nailed down that time slot for some years!This original Chiller from the 60s was also kinda spooky coming on!Roger Grimsby was the Comedy Relief OF the show.He could say funny things and always keep a Poker face!His lines were usually just before the commercial! Do u remmeber the commercial he had?
The commercial I was referring to was the one for the News when the staff kept coming by his desk saying Oh boy ,french fries,till they ate them all! Hi I am Roger Grimsby here now the news!Great Comment!
OMG Was Chiller the series that had this episode: in a scientists' lab there's a strong monster in a room with a heavy door & barred window - monster tears off the guys arm thru the window. Also a talking dismembered head in a dish with electrodes?
..Wow!..I remember this when I lived in New Jersey in the early 60s..Frank,Drac..the Wolfman never bothered me..but Vampira and the She Deamons used to have me running to the kitchen in terror!=:o@
Still, after all these years, the eeriest t.v. show theme I can remember. These kids today don't appreciate being scared to death (and looking forward to it each Saturday night!)
Brings back some great memories. I remember Channel 7 (in NY) used to have the "4:30 Movie" and WOR Channel 9 (also in NY) used to have the "Million Dollar Movie" and they'd both play a wide array of monster movies.
I grew up in Southeast Virginia in the '70's-the Chiller version we had really scared the crap out of you. Every Saturday at 12 midnight you first would hear a blood- curdling scream, them evil laughter and then the words:"Chiller Theater- it will chill your blood, like those before you"!
holy crap. my older brothers would flip this on back in the day. i'd freak at the site of Vampira walking out of tv! it's probably the scariest intro i can remember. the music alone is enough to bring back my childhood nitemares! thanks for posting it!
FMF was my favorite mag.... I used to buy the monster models assemble and paint them. That's when you could buy the LePage glue with no questions asked..... LOL
oh yeah my friend remember it welll
bizzzybee 3 weeks ago
Thanks---from a '60's Bronx boy!
frankburrows 3 months ago
Fantastic!
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DustyDingies 6 months ago
Thanks for the Post You hit the ball out of the park with this one
1954batman53 7 months ago
hey your only 53 people are living to 100,you have plenty of time left,but one thing is true well never be able to relive those times again.I can,t tell you the enjoyment my friends and I had playing with the creepy crawler maker at christmas which i got as a gift,and I still have it in the box.or how about the GI Joe that came with an aqua suit and actually swam in the tub.Rockum Sockum Robots,,need I say more well i will I still have my original Super Ball ,boy did that bounce and still does.
rockytheyorky 10 months ago
@rockytheyorky I am 58 and yeah, all I do is think about the old days.....you know you're old when you do that. This era was a golden era in my life.....Famous Monsters Magazine, weekend creature features, Aurora monster models......back when it was a big deal to get a portable transistor radio for your birthday.
Speaking of super balls....my brother once hit one with a baseball bat as hard as he could........we never saw it again. It went into the stratosphere
inkey2 5 months ago
@inkey2 cheers rocky great stuff,,!!
ror312gallery19 3 months ago
I hated when they went to the new intro with the hand coming out of the grave. The original intro was so much creepier in black and white. When I was a kid the women at the beggining scared the living shit out of me. Man does this clip bring back memories of my early chilldhood.
rjplamf61 10 months ago
@rjplamf61 Yeah, the woman at the beginning (Vampira) scared the daylights outta me too. The intro used to always catch me unexpectedly while I was watching a show. One minute, I'm watching a commercial, next minute, this woman appears out of the darkness. Ahhh, but those were the good ol' days, when TV was worth watching.
MrJatee2 2 months ago
The original Chiller opening really scared the heck outa me in the early 60's.
Plan 9 the zombie ghouls brings back fond memories...
bpkeane1 10 months ago
Horror novel see video book trailer
dltanner99 10 months ago
I loved that back in the early 60's living in Boro Park in B'klyn sat night in my house was the 2 C's ..Chinese food & Chiller Theatre..ok dinner & movie!
Blassieboy 11 months ago
Theres another show on too, Chiller drive in theater , Google it.
1952kid 11 months ago
Elvira is back on TV . Wpix NY, and all over ,check her web site for channels and times.
1952kid 11 months ago
I too am 53 yrs old... and you know what? It still creeps me out too whenever I see or listen to this old classic chiller introduction! Lol
TheAssasin2525 1 year ago
Which show had 'Zachary' and that jello like blob on the table he said was a brain ?? 'Chiller Theater' or 'Creature Feature' (pronounced creecha feetcha in Queens) or maybe another I'm not thinking of... I think the 'Monster Mash' was the theme song....
????
ironman5454 1 year ago
@ironman5454
You are thinking of "Shock Theatre" with John "Zacherle" as Roland! Thanks for the memory!
TheAmorfati 11 months ago
Thanks!!!!!!!
frankburrows 1 year ago
omg, where do you folks get these things? It's great!
sparkle11231 1 year ago
The music always scared me as a kid, lol.
mreunome 1 year ago
Pleas, if anybody has the opening clip from the 1960's Claude Kirshner Sci-fi Saturday morning TV show called, Super Adventure Theater, please load it onto here for us, so we can put to rest, what this show was really called! Thank you!
FrankBordelon 1 year ago
we are all in our early fifties who remember this! Don't get to depressed pals, there are others out there! who would be your friend if they knew ya. CHILLER!!!
MZVIRB 1 year ago
oh my gosh- I can put myself in my parents' bedroom where our only (and black and white) tv was. I was under the age of 10 and would try to "psyche myself up" to get through an episode- I was TERRIFIED. And I had two older brothers who wouldn't have let me live if I chickened out.
impauliesgirl 1 year ago
Great old scary movies that would scare the tar outta me as a kid! Too bad network programming has eliminated local tv shows like Chiller Theatre...those were truly the good ole' days for tv...I miss those times. I feel very fortunate to be old enough to remember those programs as kids today will never know the fun we had!
Harry44Callahan2 1 year ago
All right! This is cool. Thanks for posting this. What a memory. Saw all the greats on this channel. kronos,the giant claw,reptilicus on and on. Thanks again.
BenBen5501 1 year ago
Yes, I remember PANIC THEATER - Channel 11 on Saturdays or Sundays, in the afternoon. It had theme music that featured a honking sax and an acoustic guitar that came up just before it faded for the break back to the movie.
AGGeiger 1 year ago
A blast from the 60's
MultiWatchguy 1 year ago
To Bizbee... your story reminds me of two Applebee`s waitresses who were bemoaning thier childhoods. When they asked my about mine I replied, "I grew up with an Irish Setter on each end of the fireplace." One girl goes, "So what does THAT mean?' I told her if she didn`t know already then I couldn`t tell her. When I lok back on desperate times its more like age 35! Funny about that I guess. Guess i had mine coming. It was my own fault. Yours wasn`t! Don`t ever forget that.
Kharkovkid 1 year ago
To tell you the truth, I remember so many of them, Shock theater, Thriller Theater, Creature Features, Chiller and Chiller Theater, Supernatural Theater, but, Panic theater, I don't remember that playing where I live out on Long Island NY. Was it on Channel 5? Oh, those were the days! I just wish, they would bring back Claude Krishner and Supernatural Theater, even now at 55 years of age, I'd sit and watch that show everyday if I could.
FrankBordelon 1 year ago
This was my favorite show of it's kind back when I was a kid. I looked forward to this all week when I was a kid. But, as I recall, I started my Saturday off very early in the morning with first, The Sons of Hercules TV show, it was full length Hercules movies, a different one every week, then Supernatural Theater, then Chiller Theater at night. I would go out and play baseball all week after school, but the Weekends were for Monster movies! As many as I could get. Ahh, thoose were the days!!!
XFringeDivisionX 1 year ago
Much better opening than the hand. The black and white format sets up the scare.
newjerseybt 1 year ago
I always loved watching this . Great stuff , I am 52 and from Brooklyn. Thay dont make stuff like this anymore
newmanpi1 1 year ago
I love B horror movies!
akmediascope 1 year ago
Magnificent! This was my bread and butter whilst growing up, along with CREATURE FEAUTURES on Channel 5. But that didn't have the way-cool openeing that CHILLER THEATER had. Channle 9 tried with SUPERNATURAL THEATER around the same time, with clips from FRANKENSTEIN 1970, THE GIANT BEHEMOTH and QUEEN OF OUTER SPACE But there's only one Chiller. AAAARGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gerry50ify 1 year ago
@Gerry50ify ...I can't believe somebody other than myself, remembers Supernatural Theater. That clip from the opening credits is impossible to find, and I'd love to see it!
XFringeDivisionX 1 year ago
@XFringeDivisionX Me, too! I'm glad you remember it too. I love the clip they used from BEHEMOTH with the big guy wending his was through downtown London. Maybe someone will find that SUPERNATURAL THEATER clip someday. I'd hock a kidney to see it!
Gerry50ify 1 year ago
@Gerry50ify ....I was thinking about Claude Kirshner's Sci-Fi show, instead of Supernatural Theater, I believe it was called, Super Adventure Theater, why is this sounding more like it??? I think this was the show I was talking about.
FrankBordelon 1 year ago
@XFringeDivisionX
I totally remember Supernatural Theater on Channel 9! I too, have been looking for that opening clip for years! Supernatural Theater is where I first saw "Carnival of Souls." Now's here's something to take you way back -- do you remember Panic Theater??
noteveharrington 1 year ago
What a mindblowing blast from the past!! Hahahaa! You had to be there! My brothers and I used to do a count down to show time with a bet that the last one to run screaming from the room won! Won what? Beats me. Hahahaaa
whatpriceglory 1 year ago
You Talk about about a show in NY which "Scared Us into Submission as a child- well folks this was one of them !
EMS221k 1 year ago
I remember seeing this intro in the late 60's or early 70's at my grandmother's house in Corona, Queens. I must of been eight or nine years old. Very scary!!
RTSD45N6 1 year ago
This used to scare me even more than the movie did! No kidding, I used to cover my eyes while the opening was playing! Then I could watch the movie with no problem! It was fantastic to see it again. Thanks!!
DrOlds100 2 years ago
My older brother used to put on my mothers clothes,turn off the lights and have my cousin use my sisters dolls as the chiller hand! Flip me the **** out! To this day, at 44 yrs of age, I cannot even listen to the chiller 6 finger hand coming out of the ground! Hate my bro for this! Sucks!
TheBklynraider55 2 years ago
TheBklynraider55: Your comment made me laff til i almost hurled a chunk....
btinsley1 2 years ago
Holy cow, this is great. Never missed the intro or any of those crazy movies
tropicvibe 2 years ago
In my VERY EARLY MEMORY, when I
was 5 in 1969, I remember this opening for 2 distinct reasons...the lettering for the Chiller Theatre title, and the giant throwing the car.
That scene was from "Attack Of The 50 Ft. Woman." But like most mid 40's models out there, my better memory comes from the 6 Fingered Hand that dominated the show until it's demise in 1982.
Channel 11 should put the FULL opening of The Hand on each future installment of Chiller Theatre. They can do it...
Shawnster65 2 years ago
Yes, I was about that same age but I could never forget that scary woman in the beginning or the giant throwing the car. I distinctly remember the intro with the hand although I think the older was more dramatic. One thing, I never realized back then that it was a 6 fingered hand, lol.
tropicvibe 2 years ago
The scary woman in the begining is Vampyra, from the "classic" Ed Wood mess they call Plan 9 From Outer Space.
I thought you meant the giant woman.
That was Alison Hayes, who, before she turns 50 feet, has a smokin' scene where she practically falls out of her top while laying on a bed wih her husband, and what a set she appears to have had, lol.
They don't make women like THOSE models anymore!
Shawnster65 2 years ago
Holy jumping Jesus! They also ran this clip as a commercial. For me, watchim WPIX was like Russian roulette...at any second that bitch either her arms up could appear on the screen and ruin me for hours! I'd start crying and yelling - she literally scared the pee out of me! Still bothers me to watch!!!
signthis 2 years ago
Watch Halloween night for the return of Chiller Theater!!!
VoonSattha 2 years ago
EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN
leeestrada 2 years ago
B-MOVIE - Theatre! I remmeber this very well!!
1975tooto 2 years ago
It's baaack this October ... dunno the film.
Saturday8pm 2 years ago
I used to love being scared by this intro as a kid!
bobgriffith2001 2 years ago
Wow! I was randomly thinking of my childhood through tv and music, and it's all here on youtube. I'm 54 years old, and I don't know why, but I keep thinking of those times. I guess that I'm comming to realize that my time is comming to an end in life, and I want to old onto my memories. Too bad because my life was filled with so much hurt, and pain in those times, but for some strange reason, I need to remember. Thanks to all that posted these memories and thanks to youtube.
bizzzybee 2 years ago 14
I feel the same way but we did have some good times with this stuff also! God still loves us!
1975tooto 2 years ago
@bizzzybee I was hoping to find Chiller Theatre...but the one from my childhood in Tucson, Arizona. But I saw that you were 54, and thinking like you may be heading into the last stretch of your life. I'm 55, and recently have been taking a hard look at my life too. I've determined that it's OK to make mistakes...even bad ones...if one is willing to take ownership of them. But, to complete the circle, one must sincerely apologize to the Good Lord...who has promised to forgive.
naderchaser 1 year ago
@bizzzybee
Sorry you had bad memoreies growing up. Hopefully this Video is good memories!
But..there is Soooo much more of life..after this life.
johnnydemo9 1 year ago
@bizzzybee I know exactly how you feel Im 56
thor1052 1 year ago
@bizzzybee Remember the "skull-face emerging from the black water, and then moving the jaw and submerging again" opening? Stark, Bizzare, and Sublime! I am about your age, and know about the tragedy and misery of life as well. We remember in order to hold a frame of reference to a time when everything was opening up to us. Now we let go, but want some small token from that innocence of our youthful folly. Thank you for the comment.
dynagravitomagnetic 4 weeks ago
the very sound of this music still creeps me out at 53yrs old..i still feel like i am 7yrs old..cringing to the sound of the music..sticking my fingers in my ears and puttin covers over my head. its one of the worst themes i have ever heard in my life.
blkshepherd 2 years ago 9
Awesome! Anyone remember that 70's weekly horror show that started with the revolving skull/head? I can't remember the name
willysnowflake1 2 years ago
NYC? If so, then that would be WOR Channel 9's "Fright Night", which ran approx from '73-'87. Check if that intro is still up.
Saturday8pm 2 years ago
I'm from youngstown OH. I checked out the Fright Night intro but it was not it. This show had a skull superimposed over a head and would rotate to eerie music. Thanks
willysnowflake1 2 years ago
Man just the intro used scare the crap out of me, my parents would go out on Saturday night, and I'd be home alone, eating popcorn and drinking chocolate milk shaking in my boots but loving every episode.
cosmic112 2 years ago 2
I remember the ringmaster Claude Kirschner announcing at the end of the show it is time to go to bed......I use to lower the volume so my mom wouldn't hear it
MickeyRushton 2 years ago 2
.......one of the creepiest of those fright flix had to be The Manster---complete with an eerie theramin soundtrack. I picked up a copy for a buck at the dollar store a few years back......
MajorSecord 2 years ago
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PetrusRuppert 2 years ago
I too have fond memories of Chiller Theater in the 60s. Does anyone remember Spectacular Theater (usually "Sons of Hercules" sword & sandal movies)or Supernatural Theater on WOR TV at about the same time? Or Claud Kerschners Super Adventure Theater on Sat. Am.???
Scryegazer 2 years ago
I remember Super Adventure Theater! I also remember that Claude Kirschner had his "TerryToon Circus" on weekdays on Channel 9 about 7 P.M. He was always dressed up in a ringmasters outfit.
Remember "Clowney"?
JoaquinTall 2 years ago
I was there too! Queens, N.Y. in the late 1950's and thru the wonderful 1960's. I remember Terrytoon Circus with Clownie calling Claude Kirchner STRINGBEAN and SKINYBONES, and the ending was allways,'' and now its time for most of you to go to bed''. And yes, WOR-9 from 7;00 to 7;30 pm. Spunky and Tadpole cartoons were on the show and maybe Colonel Bleep.
1952kid 2 years ago
@1952kid Man, thought you were good for remembering 'Col. Bleep' but you out did yourself with 'Spunky and Tadpole'. Think another locked corner of my brain just got picked. SOB, forgot all about that one. You are good ! I pray that if I google Spunky something with some images will come up - I think....never know what your opening up when you mess with those long locked away memories !! Until here, no one I talked to even remembered Col Bleep (and the cave man dude with the club :-)
ironman5454 1 year ago
@ironman5454 did you find SPUNKY and TADPOLE ? Its on you tube, i also found a video cassette of Spunky and Tadpole on Amazon. Nice to see this old cartoon 50 something years later . And theres A 600 Cartoon DVD set for 10.00 with 23 or 25 Colonel Bleep cartoons on it .
1952kid 11 months ago
@JoaquinTall YES !! Damn, couldn't remember the name of his show !! 'Terry-Toon Circus' !! Thank you !!
"Boys and girls and children of all ages..." and 'Clowny' his little side kick clown puppet - Nestles was the sponsor.
" N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestles makes the very best ....Chaaaaaw-clit". LOL !! The puppet dog riding the roller coaster did the 'chaw-klit'. Then there was 'Choo-Choo Charlie'...(was an engineer - Good N Plenty) 'nuther thread I guess.
ironman5454 1 year ago
Yeah I remember "Sons Of Hercules" As a kid I never understood why those Romans kept messing with him, since he always killed like 100 by himself every episode! LOL.
le238man 2 years ago
I remember this opening so well...that Vampira character (from Plan 9 from Outer Space) at the beginning used to terrify me. But - my brother and I(and other assorted relatives who were visiting) never missed a show. I do indeed remember Supernatural Theater (where I first saw "Carnival of Souls" -- does anyone remember "Panic Theater" - the opening contained this really eerie, scratchy music.
noteveharrington 2 years ago
.........of course, back in the 60s channel 9 ran Supernatural theatre at 7:30---channel 11 ran Chiller theatre at 8----with only a handful of channels we had some tough choices...
MajorSecord 2 years ago
I lived on LI, As I remember we had 11,7,9 & a snowy ghostly Ch 5. All this with a roof antenna & a booster on the antenna. Ch 5 ran the Outer Limits and it was all creepier with the bad reception.
le238man 2 years ago
....of course---Supernatural theatre showed more 30s & 40s fright flix while Chiller usually broadcast a lot of fabulous fifties fare. In my foggy memory, Sons of Hercules was a half hour presentation on channel 9 weeknights around 6:30.....Super adventure theatre draws a blank...was that in NYC?
MajorSecord 2 years ago
Wow major! you jogged my memory even more. Sons Of Hercules was indeed on early evening! Now I could be wrong but I believe there was something similar on for the 6:30 -7:00 time slot! I for the life if me cant remember what show it was. And yes we got the signal from NYC on Long Island.
le238man 2 years ago
I remember it like yesterday. Bring it back!
Thanks for posting.
sussexcounty 2 years ago
I loved the 'Screaming Skull' Use to scare my cousin in the dark.
acdeucee 2 years ago
I'm also 51! Back then, when I was just a kid, this opening segment of "Chiller Theater" sould scare the hell outta me! But interestingly enough, I always came back for more! Lol! I couldn't get enough of this stuff!!!
Jorge4402 2 years ago 3
I am 52 years old and watched this every Saturday night with my sister, right after Clay Cole. The opening still gives me the creeps! Wonderful memories. My favorites were Frankenstein's Daughter and The Black Sleep, which are laughable to me now....
MamaChoobie 2 years ago
OMG....lol...this brings the memories tumbling down...astro boy, tobor the 8th man, gigantor, and Chiller Theater...I'm 49....My family moved to Fayetteville N.C in 1967...I hated it...but I did get hooked on the Andy Griffith Show.....lol
larrycancooke2 2 years ago
YES!!! This is the one...I remember this Vividly..I am 55, and used to watch this every Saturday evening with my younger brothers + sisters..and calmed them down when they got scared...saw a lot of good ol' Horror flicks on this show...
curlingto 2 years ago
I am 51 yrs old and that music still scares the crap out of me. I used to freak out at the 50ft woman and that man with the jacked up hands! This was so much better that what we see today!! We need to get this back on the airwaves.
Nyqueen58 2 years ago
OMG OMG..be still my heart. talking about putting covers over your head..how about in addition to covers over my head sticking fingers in my ears to keep all sound of this horriable music or thoughts visions still creep me out when i was a child seeing that woman grow 50ft tall..all in black and erie white..the music..the sixties tv was very creepy and frightning to me especially early 1961-1963..frightened the Living daylights out of me. many a night i woke up screaming because of this.
blkshepherd 2 years ago
Coming from NY as a kid channel 11 Saturday night, first the Clay Cole show (a cheap knock off of American Bandstand,
2 commercials, THEN this opening!
It scared the living Hell out of me every time. It still gives me the creeps 45 years later. Thanks so much for posting.
gakcat 2 years ago 3
Remember the "Now Explosion"? That was on ch 11 Sat. nights.... Whenever this came on my brother would run and hide in the closet.....
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago
omg! I didn't think anyone else remembered Clay Cole's discoteque! you are right - what a great way to spend the Saturday night when you were a kid!
alifreckles50 2 years ago
This opening was so scarey that I often turned the channel. It was just too scarey to watch ! The music still delivers a terror feeling, even by todays standards.
fairnorth 2 years ago 3
This was the first of three openings for "chiller Theatre" and the third is the one with the six fingered hand emerging from a dirty stream.
imnazhole 2 years ago
I've searched YouTube for this opening several times, but for some reason, only found it tonight for the first time, even though it's evidently been posted for 3 years now. In any case, this montage dates back to at least 1965, if not earlier, because that's the year that I first saw it. And although it may no longer frighten me (As it once did), it still gives me a thrill. Thanks to webzotz for (ahem) unearthing it.
IntelProperty 2 years ago
Still gives me goose bumps especially the opening sequence with the zombie woman. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
Geostars 2 years ago
Carvel brown bonnett's and Chiller theatre! Nothing better than that!
ZIPPTPH77 2 years ago 2
Oh my!!!!
walalawasala09 2 years ago
Would it really hurt ch.11 to air these again on sat at 11;00 ,pm or even 11 am?
1952kid 2 years ago 2
I used to stay at my granmothers place on Saturday nights, just to watch this...The opening Vampira was from "Plan 9 from Outer Space"..It came on at 8:00PM...The opening was a scary as the movies!.....Loved it!
les284 2 years ago
I've never heard of Chiller Theater. What part of the country was this on? I live in the Memphis, TN area and here we had "Fantastic Features" hosted by SivAD
JonM11100 3 years ago
The New York area.WPIX-Channel 11 in the Mid 60s!!
1975tooto 2 years ago
GOD bless those days.
edwardcioffi 2 years ago 3
Yes Lord!
1975tooto 2 years ago
Hi, Jon11100: New York, WPIX-Channel 11 from the early 1970's to the early 1980's (I think 1981).
aliacapone8129ad 2 years ago
you poor bastard.
edwardcioffi 2 years ago
Hey JonM, I'm in Johnson City Tn now (still a Penn State fan) ;-) I lived in State College Pa. where PSU is in the center of the state - early 60's and watched this and WNEW had Creature Features. I'm glad we got the NY stations!!! The Invisible Man scared me as a kid then!! - that movie from 1933 is only 1:15min long w/commercials! Got to burn it off of AMC recently Ahh, the good ole days... black and white scary movies & being a kid
LOL
dougeroonie 2 years ago
Chiller Theater was very important to me from the time I could read TV Guide around 1962 in 2nd grade. I would look forward all week to Sat night when my Dad let me stay up later than usual to watch all of Chiller. (7:30P-9P) I too could not appeciate the charms of Vampira in 2nd grade...That came some years later. What was the source material for this opening which is a wonderful pleasure to see again as it recalls a very happy childhood.
kdegru 3 years ago
You guys were scared of vampira?? Hmm well guess it just explains my taste in women..
darchangel333 3 years ago
My brother would watch this on Saturday nights; I was about 5 years old, and we had just moved into our house in Queens. He knew I was petrified of Vampira, and would hold me down on purpose to watch it, then laugh his rear end off when I went crying to my mother....ahhh memories! Thanks for posting!
stellapena 3 years ago
Yeah, I remember this... Great stuff! I was born in 1956. I used to watch Chiller all the time!... Thanks for posting this...
sinsagoodmansbrother 3 years ago
Any news of Chiller returning to WPIX?????
harporocks 3 years ago
nah! those glory days are long gone...sadly.
but i don't remember this intro.
the other one i do.
astanjay 3 years ago
This opening preceded the opening with the "hand" that came up out of the ground and said "CHILLLLLERRR".
les284 2 years ago
This was the original one.
cosmic112 2 years ago
When i was 6 and 7 i used to watch the opening from behind the couch with one peering eye!
RGriff1935 3 years ago
Kids today can't possibly imagine being scared to death of that mad gorilla at 0:23!
Zacherle, Vincent Price, and their ilk forever!
Spectra92 3 years ago
GREAT NEWS!
Zach reconsidered and has taped two segments for the new "Chiller Theatre"!
It will also show the two alternative introductions that many of us know best.
So, get your TV ears up for Saturday 8pm on cw11 WPiX, it'll air this coming
weekend on October 25th!
Look for the new promo here on YouTube®.
Cheers!
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
I would shut my eyes when Vampira came on...I STILL have nightmares seeing her!!!!!
mervrun 3 years ago
Man, You me both...She was one scary woman.....They should show Vampira for any guys wants to get married:)
themisguidedpenguin 2 years ago 3
Watched it every Sat Night.
My favorite was 'The attack Of the 50 Ft Woman"
nutballgazette 3 years ago
A real masterpiece of editing.
We'll never know the name of the unsung artist who put it together.
Verdenfell 3 years ago
feo
urantiach 3 years ago
couldent agree more.
ROBERTDALECODY 3 years ago
Vampira!
IDontBrakeForStacy 3 years ago
BUMMER! Zacherley WON'T do a "Chiller" special this year after all. This was confirmed on his web page. But cw11 may move forward with one not on Halloween, but October 25th. Stay Tubed.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
This is so awesome. I have no idea why they don't this kind of stuff anymore on television... There's too much reality TV Bullshit taking up space in the tube now. Who the hell cares what the "Real OC housewives" are doing, or What girl Flava Flav or Brett Michaels is gonna pick??? SO stupid... It really is a shame that there's no good horror or Sci-Fi programming, like there was in the 70's... Sigh....
fishcreature 3 years ago
There is, Fishy. Check out the revamped "Battlestar", it's good. I'm basing that on the miniseries from 2003, however.
Yeah, I'm with you. American TV has discovered it prefers cheap production to quality, and while there are good shows out there, we've not gained much hour for hour when stations went 24 hours years ago.
I suspect "Chiller" is being resurrected for one night only in observance of WPiX's 60th year, but perhaps it sees potential in reairing cheaply obtained movies again.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
From Zacherly's website:
"CHILLER THEATER RETURNS TO TV"
"We have been informed by Channel 11 (the CW11 out of New York City) that on Halloween night Chiller Theater will return as a one night special with an airing of the classic 50s film 'TARANTUALA'.
"Channel 11 is now in negotiations with Zacherley to host the show.
"We were made aware of the event when personnel from the CW11 contacted our dungeon with a request to locate Zacherley.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
( Continued )
From Zacherly's website:
"C"As middle monsters for the Cool Ghoul we made Zach aware of the request and Zach gave a hardy, "Yes!" He is most certainly interested.
"Personnel from the CW11 informed us that if the special is a ratings success they may bring back Chiller Theater as more specials or as a regular series.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
( Continued )
"We could not confirm the rumor that this decision was brought about by numerous fans emailing Channel 11 and complaining about the omission of Zacherley on their 60th Anniversary Special, but we are elated that Channel 11 has remembered Zacherley in this manner.
"Stay tuned as we continue to update this news."
Hmmm ... so, people DO listen, eh?
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
Awesome childhood - scare the shit out of me memories! When this came on, I would hide behind a chaair and peek out at it!
RGriff1935 3 years ago
RGriff1935 - Ditto 100%
legendsandpros 3 years ago
Somewhere in the late 60's early 70's there was yet another opening for WPIX's Chiller Theater and I seem to be the only one left on the planet who remembers it. It was a short intro of the words Chiller Theater dripped onto a tumbleweed in blood accompanied by quiet, spooky music. Does anyone else out there remember this?
jimsher9880 3 years ago
Yes Jim, I do remember! It was approx 1968, and that night I do recall the station playing "Killers from Space". The main reason I think of this at all is for the bug-eyed aliens ...
One other poster at another website gave this intro more detail, as I only recall the bumper and our TV was B&W.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
"The 'Chlller' opening logo was less subtle: The word 'Chiller' was drawn in white paint on a black board, then lifted up, the gooey white paint slowly runnning down the board like blood ( it was broadcast in B&W in those days ) and the resulting effect was marvelous."
I seem to recall the bumper of this was a reverse of that. The music was provided via a small chamber orchestra, "boom Bump, boom Bump, boomBump-boomBump ... da, Da, DAAA ... with tympani fade-out. Better than the hand, IMO.
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
The musical intro I'm thinking of was quiet and truly creepy. It must be some sort of chamber piece because it turned up a few years later as underscoring for a scene in the TV series "Space 1999."
jimsher9880 3 years ago
Jim, it was quiet ... now, that it turned up in "Space: 1999" is interesting, 'cuz I got all the music from season one from this site: w.w.w.s.p.a.c.e.1.9.9.9.n.e.t., and I haven't sussed that out. He's got pages of mp3s from both seasons, I'm assuming the music was used for season one. I've burned all the scores from year one, and didn't recognize that piece. Although incomplete, go listen to 'em and report back here if you identify it, 'cuz there's ANOTHER intro we can recreate! COOL!!!
Saturday8pm 3 years ago
the zacherly web page says he was contacted to host a special halloween showing of chiller on wpix ch 11. they are supposed to be showing TARANTULA. it may become a series odf specials. more to come!
tapthat2012 3 years ago
Chiller Theater!
Now *that* was programming!
Heavy, heavy mind control for little kids.
I just watched the opening of Creature Features and went right into shock - just the way I did when I was a kid.
D2
SilverRedIndigo 3 years ago
Yeah me too. That Vampire Woman always freaked me out. I think I was like 5 and she gave me horrible nightmares... :(
Anybody remember Village of the Damned followed by Children of the Damn? That messed me up too and I was like 6. British children in the early 60s gave me the creeps.
zachNewYork 3 years ago
This scared the shit out of me when I was a kid, and then they changed the opening to that lame hand. Haven't seen it for decades!
3dBob 3 years ago
Thanks for posting. It brought back so many memories of all the "B" flicks I watched as a kid when I lived in New York City. WPIX-11. Vamipra in "Plan Nine From Outer Space" always scared the hell out of me. It all seems laughable now!
zprovidence 3 years ago
My brother would run out of the room when this intro came on...
ZIPPTPH77 3 years ago
Every Saturday nite @ 7 PM on WPIX 11
was watching CHILLER THEATRE
this opening brings back alot of good memories
THANKS FOR POSTING IT
popalock0610 3 years ago
I had nightmares for years as a kid seeing Vampira there also carnival of lost souls (the original) is terrifying!!!
mervrun 3 years ago
omg...most of the time the intro was alot scarier than the movie being showed that night! My sister and I were scared to death but never missed the opening!!! good memories ~ thanks!
alifreckles50 3 years ago
fatte schiffo in tutte le lingue.by fancescopio
GAME169 3 years ago
Growing up in Pittsburgh, PA I watched "Chiller Theater" on Saturday night hosted by Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille on WIIC channel 11.
He appeared in the original "Night of the Living Dead" as the TV reporter.
jaldav 3 years ago
In Northern California, we watched Bob Wilkins' Creature Features.
If you get a chance, check out our retro sci-fi serial, "Thirty Second Doom". Thanks!
rocketguy2 3 years ago
gotta love the classics of the 20th Century!
playgroundschannel 3 years ago
growing up in the NY/Tri-State area in the 60's was a great experience. There was horror and monster movies gallore on TV. There was Chiller Theater on WPIX/Channel 11, The Million Dollar Movie on WOR/Channel 9, The 4:30 Movie on WABC/Channel 7 (followed by Eyewitness News at 6PM with Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel...Remember this famous Roger Grimsby quote on Conrad Hiltons' death, "Conrad Hilton has just checked out", morbid, but a classic!
DaveG314 3 years ago
I am with you!I remmeber this show coming on Saturday late evening!I lived in Paterson NJ and remmeber all of these channels and SHOWS!The 4.30 Movie was originally called the Big Show and nailed down that time slot for some years!This original Chiller from the 60s was also kinda spooky coming on!Roger Grimsby was the Comedy Relief OF the show.He could say funny things and always keep a Poker face!His lines were usually just before the commercial! Do u remmeber the commercial he had?
1975tooto 3 years ago
The commercial I was referring to was the one for the News when the staff kept coming by his desk saying Oh boy ,french fries,till they ate them all! Hi I am Roger Grimsby here now the news!Great Comment!
1975tooto 3 years ago
OMG Was Chiller the series that had this episode: in a scientists' lab there's a strong monster in a room with a heavy door & barred window - monster tears off the guys arm thru the window. Also a talking dismembered head in a dish with electrodes?
That show traumatized 6 year old me!
palmyrajo 3 years ago
yes it was--the brain that wouldnt die
tapthat2012 3 years ago
Yea, the She Demons scared me to keep the lights on.
Busada 3 years ago
..Wow!..I remember this when I lived in New Jersey in the early 60s..Frank,Drac..the Wolfman never bothered me..but Vampira and the She Deamons used to have me running to the kitchen in terror!=:o@
mmmarjory 3 years ago
Still, after all these years, the eeriest t.v. show theme I can remember. These kids today don't appreciate being scared to death (and looking forward to it each Saturday night!)
olddweeb 3 years ago
loved it, brings back memories. brooklyn ny back in the day
grepodstfj 4 years ago
Brings back some great memories. I remember Channel 7 (in NY) used to have the "4:30 Movie" and WOR Channel 9 (also in NY) used to have the "Million Dollar Movie" and they'd both play a wide array of monster movies.
DaveG314 4 years ago 2
but do you remember picture for a sunday afternoon
bonewifey18 3 years ago
Not sure about that one, was that on Channel 2?
DaveG314 3 years ago
Sure was.
wmbrown6 3 years ago
This absolutely scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.
Vampira and the Cyclops especially. Nightmare city.
I'd slap my hands over my eyes as soon as this came on, or dash over to change the channel !
GREAT STUFF - Thank you so much.
comateensnyc 4 years ago
Me too! That original start of chiller theater was scary....lol
martdelcat 4 years ago
great memories..........being scared when watching that theme but not wanting to miss it
jdbaes 3 years ago
I loved this show growing up!
TBomb068 4 years ago
that scared the crap outta me
thefools 4 years ago
awesome memories... were can we get the episodes? thnkx...
mikemartello 4 years ago
Damn,I remember this opening a million years ago.......
ZIPPTPH77 4 years ago
What great memories!
joez116 4 years ago
I grew up in Southeast Virginia in the '70's-the Chiller version we had really scared the crap out of you. Every Saturday at 12 midnight you first would hear a blood- curdling scream, them evil laughter and then the words:"Chiller Theater- it will chill your blood, like those before you"!
system01 4 years ago
awesome!!!
they don't make em like this any more
richragsdale 4 years ago
holy crap. my older brothers would flip this on back in the day. i'd freak at the site of Vampira walking out of tv! it's probably the scariest intro i can remember. the music alone is enough to bring back my childhood nitemares! thanks for posting it!
- one happy baby-boomer.
storeatmacakin 4 years ago
Don't know what possessed me to type "Chiller" in the search. I can't believe somebody had this.
All I lived for as a young boy growin up in N.Y., was Saturday night (Chiller Theatre) and Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.
You rock for posting this.
atey6d 4 years ago
FMF was my favorite mag.... I used to buy the monster models assemble and paint them. That's when you could buy the LePage glue with no questions asked..... LOL
ZIPPTPH77 4 years ago
You are killing me over here. I didn't ever figure there would be another one like me around !!!!LOL
You really want a trip down memory lane my friend? Go to eBay and type in "1960S MONSTER AURORA FRANKENSTEIN"
You will almost cry...lol
atey6d