Project Terror

This is an homage to the old Project Terror show from the seventies. I voiced this from memory, so I hope I got it right. Is this the way you remember it sounding? I could never find the original version, and I know there are lots of people who remember and have been searching for this, so here's something to remember it by, in case the original no longer exists. The original was produced by KENS Channel 5 in San Antonio and I believe it was voiced by Joe Alston, aka the one and only Capt Gus. Dennis "First Mate Mortimer" DuPriest has a wonderful website with tons of information and fond rememberence of Joe Alston. Thanks for listening and I hope it takes you back to those great Friday nights in San Antonio, Texas, right after the CBS Late Movie on channel 5....before we had vcr's or dvr's....and you had to stay awake if you wanted to watch whatever scary movie was coming on!
~Rick

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Entertainment

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• project terror
• kens
• san antonio
• joe alston
• captain gus
• 1970's
• project terror tv show
• project terror intro

[mylar27]

Yeah, when you see folks, especially folks you might even know, relating experiences that take you back as well, or that you had, too. We all feel like we were there. My house was a lot like your house when we we're waiting for "Project Terror" to come on. Window unit ac keeping us cool. Walking down to the corner store for the aforementioned snacks. Maybe friends spending the night, that just made it even more fun. What do you think?

[mylar27]

We could relive how Joe Alston originally put it together and whomever else was involved in the production. Maybe even track down some old commercials that would have aired at that time to really get the flavor. I think people like us, who really remember this stuff and it's part of our San Antonio in the Seventies experience could recreate and share this with the newbies. We could have clips of you guys, actual fans of the show retelling their scariest memory, or funniest, weirdest thing.......

[BaronDixon]

Ahhhh...that takes me back to my misspent youth! The klaxon sound effect is right but there was also an additional high-pitched electronic "space" sound on top of it in the original. Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, who grew up in San Antonio, titled his "Grindhouse" movie "Planet Terror" as an hommage to the "Project terror" late-nite horror show.

[videomix22]

Hi Howard, Thats going to bring back alot of my childhood memories of staying up late to watch Project Terror on KENS 5. This is great news. I look forward to seeing it soon.

[mylar27]

Hi Howard,

That's awesome! You are going to make a LOT of people SO glad when you post the original Project Terror intro! Can't wait to see it!

[hhwolfman]

Good News, Howard Harris Here. That is a picture of my TV with the Project Terror Logo on it. I do have the Intro on Video Tape. As soon as I load it up on the comptuer, I will post it on Utube. I loved watching Project Terror. Some of the Movies I watched were, The Blob, House of Frankenstein and First Men in the Moon. Just to hame a few.

[mylar27]

Yep, most people remember being scared (blank)less by the Project Terror theme, haha. Add to it that it came on like at midnight on Friday after the CBS Late Movie, and that really amped up the chill factor. Thanks for the comment pepper1dancer.

[pepper1dancer]

We would visit our cousins in Victoria from Houston in the summertime. We would always hear this theme on Saturday night. I swear this music scared the crap out of me when I was like 7 or 8 years old. Oh, the memories!

[videomix22]

Project Terror Update-

Hey Rick, bad news my friend. During the week I met up with Mr. Edward Moris who was the other person involved along with Joe Alsten in creating the Project Terror TV Show theme and he said he had no luck in finding the original Project Terror theme while seaching at the KENS TV vault. Oh well, you did a great job in re creating the theme.

[BrotherBeeBoz]

Grew up in Victoria, so all we had was Channel 4 and Channel 5 from San Antonio...and I remember Project Terror, and Captain Gus...Lordy, I'd sure love to see some "Cap'n Gus" footage! I grew up watching Captain Gus...he was responsible for my love of all the old cartoons to this day! All the old WWI-era WB stuff and Popeye...Gumby...all the classic Fleischer Brothers stuff....ah, thanks for this!

[mrmoonphotosa]

From what I heard from someone that used to work at KENS for 25 years is that when they moved to the new studios on Fred Rd in 1980 they threw away all the old films and reels and stuff they would never use again. Instead of archiving it or donating it to someone that would preserve it, it all got thrown in the dumpster. How sad.

[Sleyja]

What a great show that was!