I'm 44. What great memories!! My mom and dad were so cool about letting me watch this. They let me climb into bed with them and we all watched it together. Then, after it was over, I had to go into my bedroom. If they had fallen asleep and didn't turn the TV off in time, I would hear KSTP sign off and I would FREAK OUT! I equated with sign off with death. The movies didn't scare me as much as sIgn off did. After watching a horror flick, my 4 year old brain got pretty morbid.
@badwx Yeah, therer's something the young whippersnappers have never seen, an actual broadcast sign off for the day. Usually in Mn itwas some inspirational prayer thingy, and then basic info on the broadcaster, then the national anthem, and then the official KSTP or WCCO or whoever is signing off and willl resume their regular broadcasting schedule at 6AM tomorrow. And then, snow - just like in Poltergeist.
Since you unearthed the Horror Inc. clips (thanks a billion!), can't you do the same for the Channel 9 "Creature Feature" bumpers as well? Those were pretty creepy too.
Loved the Hammer movies as a kid, they definitely brought a T&A element to thrill my 5 year old brain (which is 40 years older now but still works the same!)
FAR OUT! Somebody's got the beginning AND the ending of Horror Incorporated posted. Man when I was 6-12, this was how I spent my Friday and Saturday nights, getting scared sh-tless in St Cloud MN watching horror double features on channel 11. 47 now and these opening and closing bits are STILL as creepy as ever.
So much classier than other regional creature feature openers, this is one of the few that was genuinely scary....
I remember my older brothers putting on a great spookhouse in our basement circa '71; they used a tape loop of the Horror Inc opener & closer through the whole thing and it was so much the scarier for it!
WOW! This is GREAT! I am 44 years old. When I was about four or five years old, I remember sneaking out of bed at about 11:55 pm on a Saturday night to watch this opening clip on KSTP TV. It scared the tar out of me!!! I LOVED it! I would then watch about two to three minutes of the black & white "movie of the week" before my mother or my father would hear the TV on and yell at me to "get to bed!" from their bedroom.
God our family of ten had a popcorn party every Friday night and would watch this--my favorite show--then if I could stay awake, we would watch the Shadow with the spooky opening sequence of the Nosferatu-shaped creature as shadow on the stair way in black and white but I don't remember the show--was it Lamont Cranston?
Best Double-Feature on the Tube from the late 60's thru mid 70's. Couple this with William Castle's into to Homicidal (1961) and you'll be reaching for your heart medication. Many thanks for uploading. Ahh...the memories of KSTP late night, bring wolfbane to my eyes as I walk through The Chamber Of Horrors.
My good friend dated the vampire in the coffins daughter. They just broke up a couple of months ago. I understand he passed away in 2007.
redlobster49 5 months ago
I'm 44. What great memories!! My mom and dad were so cool about letting me watch this. They let me climb into bed with them and we all watched it together. Then, after it was over, I had to go into my bedroom. If they had fallen asleep and didn't turn the TV off in time, I would hear KSTP sign off and I would FREAK OUT! I equated with sign off with death. The movies didn't scare me as much as sIgn off did. After watching a horror flick, my 4 year old brain got pretty morbid.
badwx 1 year ago
@badwx Yeah, therer's something the young whippersnappers have never seen, an actual broadcast sign off for the day. Usually in Mn itwas some inspirational prayer thingy, and then basic info on the broadcaster, then the national anthem, and then the official KSTP or WCCO or whoever is signing off and willl resume their regular broadcasting schedule at 6AM tomorrow. And then, snow - just like in Poltergeist.
ryoushii 1 year ago
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badwx 1 year ago
I remember Creature Feature Night also!! I'm in my 40's so that would be our generation!
videor44 1 year ago
Also I remember "Creature Feature Night" It was on once a year or so?, Mostly showed the "Hammer" films of the UK, Those were the good ol'e day's!
Barnabas45 2 years ago
Since you unearthed the Horror Inc. clips (thanks a billion!), can't you do the same for the Channel 9 "Creature Feature" bumpers as well? Those were pretty creepy too.
Loved the Hammer movies as a kid, they definitely brought a T&A element to thrill my 5 year old brain (which is 40 years older now but still works the same!)
mndandy 2 years ago
FAR OUT! Somebody's got the beginning AND the ending of Horror Incorporated posted. Man when I was 6-12, this was how I spent my Friday and Saturday nights, getting scared sh-tless in St Cloud MN watching horror double features on channel 11. 47 now and these opening and closing bits are STILL as creepy as ever.
ryoushii 2 years ago
Obviously this made an impact on many of us as we did a search on youtube to see if the opening was there, such great memories
crmfghtr 2 years ago
SargeantFunshine
"I BEG you....PLEASE post some footage with the host from those old shows!!!!!!!"
There was no host, Sarge. Just the opening and the ending, with the voiveover, that you see here on YouTube. In between was the movie(s).
Actually I think there may have been a host in later years - but in not the early years on the original version of the show.
zeeker5000 2 years ago
So much classier than other regional creature feature openers, this is one of the few that was genuinely scary....
I remember my older brothers putting on a great spookhouse in our basement circa '71; they used a tape loop of the Horror Inc opener & closer through the whole thing and it was so much the scarier for it!
mndandy 3 years ago
I BEG you....PLEASE post some footage with the host from those old shows!!!!!!!
SargeantFunshine 3 years ago
WOW! This is GREAT! I am 44 years old. When I was about four or five years old, I remember sneaking out of bed at about 11:55 pm on a Saturday night to watch this opening clip on KSTP TV. It scared the tar out of me!!! I LOVED it! I would then watch about two to three minutes of the black & white "movie of the week" before my mother or my father would hear the TV on and yell at me to "get to bed!" from their bedroom.
Good times! Thank you for posting this!!!! :)
Poopdeck90210 3 years ago
God our family of ten had a popcorn party every Friday night and would watch this--my favorite show--then if I could stay awake, we would watch the Shadow with the spooky opening sequence of the Nosferatu-shaped creature as shadow on the stair way in black and white but I don't remember the show--was it Lamont Cranston?
Viacomclosedmedown 3 years ago
Very cool. Thanks for putting this out there.
monsterclosetdotcom 4 years ago
Best Double-Feature on the Tube from the late 60's thru mid 70's. Couple this with William Castle's into to Homicidal (1961) and you'll be reaching for your heart medication. Many thanks for uploading. Ahh...the memories of KSTP late night, bring wolfbane to my eyes as I walk through The Chamber Of Horrors.
sumtotal 4 years ago