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Shock Theatre

  • TV Series
  • 1957–1960
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8.2/10
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Shock Theatre (1957)
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"Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Terry Bennett as "Marvin" and Joy Bennett as "Dear" on WBKB-TV, Channel 7 Chicago, Illinois, USA."Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Terry Bennett as "Marvin" and Joy Bennett as "Dear" on WBKB-TV, Channel 7 Chicago, Illinois, USA."Shock Theatre" was a hosted horror movie show with Terry Bennett as "Marvin" and Joy Bennett as "Dear" on WBKB-TV, Channel 7 Chicago, Illinois, USA.

  • Stars
    • Bruce Newton
    • Ronny Born
    • Terry Bennett
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    8.2/10
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    • Stars
      • Bruce Newton
      • Ronny Born
      • Terry Bennett
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    • Dear
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    Patrick Ferrari
    • Deadbeats (guitar)
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    Harold Siegel
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    Sam Porfirio
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    Clay Campbell
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    Russ Crandall
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    Shock Theater

    For early television played late at night,'this show was the best. The goofy music and the scary things on the show scared a little kid like me half to death but I loved it. Especially Marvin's humor. The movies were old time horror classics like Dracula and Frankenstein, etc. I wish I could get some of the episodes. I don't know if WBKB in Chicago kept any of them or not. Any show named shock theater in any other town just copied what was already done in Chicago. Marvin even took some of the show on the road to local ball parks like Comiskey. His band was great also. It even had a guy playing accordion in the band. I would love to see episodes of Shock Theater, even online somewhere.

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    • Trivia
      Marvin's wife on the show was always called "Dear" and her face was never shown. Only on the very last episode at the end of the show, did she show her face to the camera for everyone to see.
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      Referenced in Svengoolie (1995)

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      • December 7, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
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      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      • WBKB Chicago
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