Horror Host Graveyard

 

In a Halloween edition of The Joel Martin Show from the 1980's, Zacherley joined the host to discuss his career. Watch portions of his appearance below: For more Zach 101, visit: zacherley.com

In 1960, Zacherley made a run for the presidency of the United States. Part of his campaign included a book, an official campaign kit, and even a special campaign edition of his Zacherley At Large show. Listen to the audio from the TV special here: Vote for Zach at: zacherley.com

Horrible Horror was a VHS video that was released in 1986 by Goodtimes Home Video that featured Zacherley hosting horror movie trailers and clips. Watch the full video here: For even more horrible things, visit: zacherley.com

The Zacherley Archives was a VHS tape released in 1998 which featured Zacherley presenting most of the existing clips from his shows over the years. It was re-released in 2004 on DVD with more footage and a look into Zach's closet of memorabilia. Watch the full video here: Dig up more history at: zacherley.com

At the April 2012 Chiller Theater convention, Zacherley sang the song Monster Mash with the band The Dead Elvi . Watch the performance here: Sing along with Zacherley at: zacherley.com

In 1993, Zacherley appeared in the music video for the song Haunted House by the band Ghost of Rock & Roll . Watch the video here: Check out a scarier haunt at: zacherley.com

In 1991, Joe Bob Briggs aired a series of "Horror Host Hall of Fame" episodes of Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater in which he was joined by other horror hosts, including Elvira, Ghoulardi, John Stanley, and Zacherley. The October 5, 1991 episode had Zacherley joining Joe Bob to present the movies Killer and Jakarta . Watch the hosting segments from that show below: Part 1: Part 2: For more killer movie information, visit: joebobbriggs.com If you are in an experimental mood, go to: zacherley.com

The Vegas Vampire was the host of the show Shock Theater , and later Vegas Vampire , which ran on KHBV/KVVU Channel 5 in the Henderson and Las Vegas, Nevada area in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. Watch a compilation of hosting segments here:

In 1975, Zacherley appeared on a Halloween themed episode of The Mike Douglas Show . In addition to an interview, Mike Douglas joined Zach to do an experiment. Watch most of his appearance here: If you have evolved from an amoeba, visit: zacherley.com

The 2011 Halloween episode of the show That's Brooklyn features many clips of Zacherley including an appearance as Roland on a Philadelphia talk show with Matt Lauer, a clip from when he hosted Dracula , Zach performing Dinner With Drac on The Dick Clark Saturday Night Beechnut Show on March 1, 1958, a clip of him from a Chiller Theatre Convention , and the Zach portion of the Hooray for Horrorwood documentary. Watch the episode below: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Have a dinner, or lunch, or breakfast with Zach at: zacherley.com

In 1975, Zacherley appeared on Tomorrow With Tom Snyder for an interview and to perform an amoeba mating experiment. Watch his full appearance below: Part 1: Part 2: Experiment with a visit to: zacherley.com

The Organisers of HorrorHound Weekend wanted Zacherley to be a part of the convention's events. Since Zach could not make it, Count Gore, Karlos Borloff, and Halloween Jack visited Zach to film short segments to be shown during some points in the proceedings. Watch some footage of their day with Zacherley here: For more shocking things, visit: monstermadhouse.com To spook along with Zach, go to: zacherley.com

In 2007, Zacherley made an appearance at the Wonderfest convention, during which he received his Rondo Award . Watch a pair of clips from his time there: To see where Zach will pop up next, go to: zacherley.com

During the height of Zacherley's popularity, he made many personal appearances, which always drew large crowds. Even now, he continues to make a few appearances where his fans can meet him and he's always up to entertaining them. Watch footage of a visit Zach made to a zoo, probably in the 1960s, below: Part 1: Part 2: To see where you can find Zach, visit: zacherley.com

In 1982, Zacherley was brought out of hosting retirement to present a 3-D showing of Gorilla At Large on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York. Watch the opening segment here; Go bananas about Zacherley at: zacherley.com

In some of the early issues of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine in the 1960s, their mail order division, Captain Company, had a few Zacherley related items for sale. One of these was a life-sized poster of Zach, which measured 6 feet tall. It originally sold for $1.25, plus 25 cents postage and handling and later $2.0, plus 25 cents postage and handling. Not many of these posters survived and are considered very rare. Here is one of the original ads: These are photos of the actual poster: For the less flat version of Zacherely, visit: zacherley.com

The theme to Wisconsin's Shock Theater show that starred Tolouse NoNeck was written and performed by Pat McCurdy and the Men About Town . Click play below to listen to the song or right click here to download: Shock Theater Theme

Tolouse NoNeck was the host of Milwaukee's Shock Theater , which aired from 1979 - 1985 on WISN-TV Channel 12. Watch part of a 1982 episode, in which Tolouse presented the movie Dinosaurus! had a performance by the band Badfinger , here:

Josh Roush is a filmmaker and horror host fan who sites Ghoulardi as one of his influences. Inspired by his love of the genre, he created a short film with his own host, Dr. Mosavian, which is his tribute to and spoof of host shows. This is the backstory of Shock Theater With Your Host Dr. Mosavian : For over a year, horror host extraordinaire Mosavian treated young and old alike with terrible movies and witty banter with the help of his sidekick Edgar from within an undisclosed jail located deep in the heart of Cincinnati. Mosavian was sentenced there by Judge Fant in what was widely considered as the judge trying to garner popularity for his nephews crappy television show on the network that the he was partial owner of. Unfortunately, after too much back talking and turning his loyal viewership against the system, they issued Mosavian a security guard to keep him in line and not harass the Fant family. Watch the full short here: For more of Josh Roush's creations, visit: anticurr...